On The Go
Quick picks and previews, taken with the phone or processed with the phone, usually while travelling but also random moments from everyday routine.
With confinement old routines were replaced with new ones, streets almost unknown to me became familiar and favorite spots kind of abandoned. Today, while running by the river at dusk, it was clear to me that was the second option.
Out of nowhere Covid-19 changed everything, in a matter of days we went from looking at something that was distant to being in total lockdown (which I am right now). One first day of lockdown for many, and almost as fast as the virus rushed in, within a few hours some WhatsApp chats had turned into a collective instagram account. The goal: document the everyday life under the Covid-19 pandemic, where I’m proud to be among many talented photojournalists in this photo diary. Follow us there!! And I’ll also be posting these shots in my Instagram Stories, check the #everydaycovid Highlight. instagram.com/everydayc…
This one almost went unnoticed: Sean Tucker, an inspiring photographer and the creator of one my favorite photography YouTube channels, was in town and setting up photowalk but the instagram algorithm kindly hid it from me. Kudos to my mate João for the heads up!Photowalks are rarely a time for great photos, but always a perfect to hang out with some fellow photographers and get new ideas, specially if someone talented like Sean is coming along. In the end end being a really nice and sunny Saturday morning, and in between all that we may get out a few nice shots out of the memory cards! #street #lisbon #Portugal #fuji_xseries #vsco
All the winter festivities in Northeast Portugal have in common warm welcome so common in this part of the country, but each have their own thing, their own vibe. Some are more fast paced than others, some don’t even have masks. At Vila Boa one of the most distinctive features has to be how things are build around bonfires: gathering hay and wood to build them, lighting them, jumping over them… #onthego #portugal #trasosmontes #vilaboa #entrudo #entrudochocalheiro #caretos #fujifilm_xseries #vsco
Back from Northern Portugal, a drive that’s getting more and more familiar to me, and from a place that I’ve been coming back in the last few years by Shrove Tuesday. Back to the masks running through the streets, back to the warmth of the open wine cellars, back to the bonfires waiting for the brave to jump over them (but more on than later…). #onthego #portugal #trasosmontes #vilaboa #entrudo #entrudochocalheiro #caretos
One of the nice perks of hanging out with my local group of Fuji-shooters is that some times we happen to have the local reps with us, that bring some shiny gear for us to play around, just like this past weekend where we went out to our lovely Alentejo region and I got to play a bit with the new X100V. All photos are JPEGs from the camera using Classic Negative film simulation.#portugal #alentejo #fujifilm #x100v #fujifilmxpt #fujixfocus
The festivities related with the winter solstice run from mid December to mid January, with three peaks: Christmas, New Year’s Day and Three Kings Day. Salsas is probably the largest of the Three Kings Day festivities, where the local “caretos” are joined several masked people from the northernwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula, and where everybody finally gathers around the burning “Old Year”. This massive bonfire feels like a perfect spot to end this “winter solstice season”. #snapshot #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festadosreis #mask #fujixt3 #vsco
Unlike other festivities around winter solstice in the North Eastern corner of Portugal, that are fast-paced and a bit on the crazy side, things at Vila Chã are more on the cozy side, which doesn’t mean less fun! Even in a ice cold morning like the one today. #snapshot #portugal #festadavelhaedomenino #trasosmontes
The ice cold dawns in Trás-Os-Montes during winter, that covers everything white . #portugal #trasosmontes #fujixt3#vsco
Back to the Mirandese plateau, where the pauliteiros will roam the streets inviting the villagers to the party, dancing or praying at each house, and finishing at the church: the only time of the year they are allowed inside.#snapshot #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice
