Update
Any random update, like a rant or some kind of news.
Ainda a propósito destas sensações que o Ricardo Costa fala: há dias alguém que certamente se achava “imigrante de bem” dizia-me que Portugal tinha de pôr ordem na imigração por não tinha gostado de ver homens de turbante… …e africanos também…
Domingo a terminar em “beleza”, o mote foi a manifestação de hoje no Brasil. Uma conversa acesa com alguém a tender para o bolsominion, mas que mora cá, sobre a imigração em Portugal. A conversa teve direito aos chavões comuns, desde “eu não sou racista, mas…” a “eu até tenho um amigo preto”, mas há uma frase que me ficou na memória:
“Só uma revolução, só uma pessoa com muita firmeza para melhorar isso.”
Qual é este fascínio de muita gente numa figura messiânica, num salvador para resolver os nossos problems? Não é necessariamente um problema de esquerda ou direita, nem de se uma pessoa é religiosa ou não (se bem que neste caso…), que hoje em dia encontrarmos dogmas em tantos lados, mas faz-me pensar que é por isto que ainda vamos tendo ditadores e que não podemos baixar a guarda…
“It turns us into the worst version of ourselves while convincing us that we’re at our best.” Despite travelling I’ve started to grow a kind of love/hate relationship with it, and this article kind hits the nail on many of my dilemmas. At some point I thought that travel makes us more tolerant, by having a wider perspective and experience other realities, and while that’s not wrong it isn’t as straightforward as I once believed. Often is more self-centred that people like to say (and I’m including myself in it…), both for the one who travelled or those back home: the questions usually are more in the “what have you done?” than the “what’s it like?”, and I don’t really like love talking about myself. The Case Against Travel - www.newyorker.com/culture/t…
In the latest video of Framelines (https://youtu.be/Sd41x2vp0fM), Josh Edgoose goes on a small tangent from the main topic: lenses should use the full-frame equivalent focal length, not the real focal length.
Why should the full-frame equivalent be the base reference? I understand the conventions and all that, but feels weird to put a focal that’s not the actual focal length, and, more important, it gives the sense that full-frame somehow is the “right one”, and the others orbit around it, which for me isn’t the case (all sensor sizes have their place, from tiny smartphone sensors to large format).
If it’s to get an universal measurement, then I’d rather jump head first to thinking in lenses in terms of field of view angle, and not focal length, something I’d loved lens makers displayed more prominently.
On fear and travel.
It’s funny how often the questions towards a traveler are kind of projection of the doubts and fears of a non traveler: “Where you scared?”, “Was it dangerous?”, “Don’t you think you can have an accident?”, “What if?”, etc.
This is neither good or bad, or it might be, depending on who’s asking. But there are much interesting answers when the question is realigned to things that were actually found, more than the things that could have happened.
I’m becoming a grumpy old person, and still kind of getting back to the everyday routine after returning from Nepal, so take this with a huge pinch of salt. But I’m getting so tired of most of the travel content being created nowadays, we somehow lost the joy of curiosity and discovery.
When did the travel stuff switched from the displaying the best of a place to “hey, look what I am doing now!”?
Why do most of the travel content creators now put themselves between the reader and the place they’re at?
Why do so many of them kind of play around with the readers lack of knowledge of that place to not be entirely honest about it, so it conveys the narrative they’re building?
I think I know the answers to all these questions, I guess this evolution to a more lifestyle driven way to do things never really caught on me. But again, I’m just a grumpy old guy…
The sheer size of Nepal’s largest stupa easily imposes itself onto all the crowds and noise circling it.#Kathmandu #Nepal
I’m kind of addicted to Paulie B’s Walkie Talkie series on Youtube, even when the photographer isn’t really my cup of tea. But following the process in the moment is really neat!
A versão “digital” do meu destaque na Volta Ao Mundo deste mês, agora no Instagram.A mesma foto daquele fim de dia lento em Santo Antão 🇨🇻, mas o texto completo só na edição impressa 😉.
Some of you may have noticed I have a site where I share other people’s photos, it’s kind of a natural extension, and a way to share, of what I already do: consume lots and lots of photos. Lately, due to a combination of photo platforms and sharing tools, some may appear with a weird crop. I’m not really bothered with that, but if you find the photos looking strange, that’s why.https://tirelesseye.tumblr.com/
O artigo é apenas para assinantes, mas fotos da Cláudia e do Diogo (em especial aquela capa linda com o Dom Quixote) não. “Por Trás-os-Montes a caminhar, seguindo o passo certo dos burros”
This one I was fortunate enough to be allowed to follow for some time, after all the car trips up north are long and we have plenty of time to chat. João Maia’s project of capturing Japan’s traditions is officially on! And you can follow it, and get all its amazing details, in its dedicated Instagram account. Project Matsuri
Has anyone found a way to download their entire data on VERO? Or a standard way to interact with it, like RSS feed or web service? Is it me, or VERO is a walled garden? One with very high walls… Nowadays I get very weary with stuff like that, I want to own my data. If you follow me there and wonder I hardly post, that’s why… vero.co/t3mujin
If you happen to be a Dev with MacOS experience, Darktable needs you…discuss.pixls.us/t/darktab…
De volta a casa depois de mais um Exodus Aveiro Fest cheio de emoções, mesmo que nem todas alegres, e de coração muito cheio. Durante os três dias fui partilhando nos quase sempre nos Instagram Stories, e juntei todos eles aqui: Instagram
As fotos da Cláudia, provavelmente as mais bonitas do Planalto Mirandês, para além de estarem expostas em Mogadouro estão também no Fugas. www.publico.pt/2022/10/1…
So, since everybody is annoyed with Instagram (me included) and looking for alternatives, and Vero has been one of those. So I went back to my old account, just to check it out. Won’t guarantee I’ll stick around, but for now meet me there! vero.co/t3mujin
Regarding this post from João Sousa, with the update on his issues social networks while sharing content from Beirut. I’m not going to say there’s a deliberate attempt to ban all posts that focus a given topic, like posts from a specific country. I have nothing to base that and it would be going deep into the realm of conspiracy theories… But what’s real, and a weird sign of our times, is a kind of “algorithm censorship”, where, by only providing us with what “we like” certain controversial topics are buried that algorithm, leading to all kinds of creators to avoid them and only create “happy things”.And a simple example of that is the pandemic that starts with a C…
Going back a couple of years, and returning to the unique New Year’s pagan traditions of the Mirandese plateau. blog.joaoalmeidaphotography.com/en/demons…
Andar para trás um par de anos, e regressar às tradições pagãs de ano novo muito particulares do Planalto Mirandês. blog.joaoalmeidaphotography.com/pt/ano-no…