Update
Any random update, like a rant or some kind of news.
“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