Fieldnotes

Já há muito tempo que não há novidades em condições, por isso estou a aproveitar este sábado chuvoso para preparar a primeira actualização da minha newsletter em algum tempo. Vai cobrir uma boa parte do que andei a fazer no final do ano passado, e ainda início deste, por isso vai ser um email mais longo que o habitual, o que quer dizer que ainda se vai a tempo de registar para receber. ;) eepurl.com/AOVF1

Has been a very long time without any updates, so I’m taking this rainy Saturday in Lisbon to prepare my first newsletter update in a while. It will cover most of what I’ve been doing late last year, and a bit of this year’s also, so it will be an email longer than usual, which means plenty of time to register to receive it ;) . eepurl.com/AOVF1

Wasn’t even planning going there today, kinda went along as a guide for my mate Joao Maia, but a nice surprise was expecting us there, as we spent most of our time not photographing but talking with some elders with their memories full of stories of the river

Nun concurso de fotografia de referência, e pago, isto dá muito mau aspecto, e não haver alternativas ainda mais.

Sometimes I read that an #instagram account should be consistent, so I guess they mean something like this? 😀

Like a lizard, I’ve been charging my batteries by the sun. This year has started with slow movements: looking back, planning for the months ahead, time to be a bit lazy after the hectic last days of last year (http://updates.joaoalmeidaphotography.com/post/155025637827/time-to-relax-from-the-fast-pace-have-a-cold-one) and before the next one is around the corner (http://archive.joaoalmeidaphotography.com/index/G0000UCjCrIbgLwo). The first photos of the year (https://www.flickr.com/photos/t3mujin/shares/8n7Jd2) aren’t that different from the rest: easy and uncomplicated, saturday morning out in the streets with friends (and not taking that much photos with all the talking), letting winter sun warm up the face and enjoying the slow days. 🙃

t3mujinpack 0.2.0 está aí!Novo ano, nova versão do t3mujinpack!Muito trabalho foi feito ultimamente no temujinpack, desde o pós-processamento das minhas imagens, que levou a muitas alterações em alguns presets, a uma nova versão do Darktable. Tudo isto quer dizer que já estava na altura de lançar uma nova versão com todas estas alterações:Kodak Portra actualizados (principalmente os Portra “novos”, não os UC/VC/UC).Fuji Pro actualizados (160Z, 400H, 800H).Fuji Provia actualizados.Kodak Kodachrome actualizados.Suporte para Darktable 2.2.Novo script para remover os styles do Darktable, útil para desintalar e actualizar para a versão mais recente.Fix: Velvia 50 não estava a activar o módulo Tone Curve.Dê um salto à página (apenas em inglês…) para mais detalhes de como obter grátis, e se fez download de uma versão anterior já deve ter um email com a nova versão.http://www.joaoalmeidaphotography.com/en/t3mujinpack-film-darktable/

t3mujinpack 0.2.0 is out!New year, new t3mujinpack version!A lot of work has been done lately on t3mujinpack, from my own post-processing, that led to many changes in some of the presets, to a new version of Darktable. All this meant that it was about time to release a version with the new stuff:Updated Kodak Portra styles (mostly the new ones, the non UC/VC/UC presets).Updated Fuji Pro styles (160Z, 400H, 800H).Updated Fuji Provia styles.Updated Kodak Kodachrome styles.Support for Darktable 2.2.New style removal script, both for uninstall and upgrade.Fix: Velvia 50 wasn’t enabling the Tone Curve module.Head to the preset’s page for more details on how to get it, and if you downloaded a previous version you should have an email with the new version.http://www.joaoalmeidaphotography.com/en/t3mujinpack-film-darktable/

The communal lunch of the Santo Estêvão festivities, aka Winter Solstice #portugal #trasosmontes #androidonly #festadosrapazes #vscocam

Uma nova versão do #t3mujinpack está mesmo aí à portaNos últimos meses as minhas photos (como estas da semana passada em Trás-Os-Montes) foram processadas no Darktable usando o t3mujinpack, o meu pack de presets de emulação de filme, o que quer dizer que pode ser testado a fundo, com algumas emulações actualizadas e mesmo reescritas quase do zero. Uma das emulações que sofreu mais alterações foi o Kodachrome, provavelmente umas das mais complicadas de replicar, e a verdade é que estou bem mais contente com o resultado, quando comparado com a versão anterior. Enquanto espera pela versão final, e completa, dos novos presets pode já ir testando estas alterações nas emulações Kodachrome.Faça já o download em bit.ly/t3mujinpa…

A new version of #t3mujinpack is just around the corner!In the last couple of months my photos (like these from last week at Trás-Os-Montes) have been processed in Darktable using temujinpack, my film emulation presets, and that means it was tested quite thoroughly, with updated emulations and some even “rewritten” from zero. One of those big updates was the Kodachrome emulations, probably of the most complicated to replicate, and the truth is I’m much happier with its outcome when compared with the last release. While you wait for the final, and complete, set of the new presets you can already test the new Kodachrome film emulations by yourself.Download now it now from bit.ly/t3mujinpa…

Funny to see how my most popular nine Instagram photos of 2016 (generated by 2016BestNine) are a nice mix of some portfolio stuff with work from my current trips and projects. Thank you all for the past year and there’s more of this coming in 2017!!!#mymostpopularof2016 #2016bestnine #instagram

And it’s over… #portugal #trasosmontes #caretos

Going again after masked peopleEarlier this year me, Emanuele Siracusa and João Maia drove north, to the small village of Lazarim and its carnival played behind alder masks (http://www.joaoalmeidaphotography.com/en/2016/05/lazarim-alder-masks/). Nowadays these ancient masked traditions from Northern Portugal and Spain are connected, as they share a common background, and it’s very common to have invited groups in each others events. It was the case there with, among others, the red clothes and noisy cow bells of the masked men from other places of Northeastern Portugal doing their mischiefs and pranks to the crowd in the streets.Despite being funny and highly photogenic my attention wasn’t on them last February: they were out of place (my focus was Lazarim with its masks) and out of time (although similar theirs is a solstice tradition, not a carnival one). But next week will be different, I’ll be at the right place at the right time. Follow my updates to see it!

Time to test drive new Fujifilm gear: the XF 50-140mm and, more important, the new Fuji X-T2 (which is still hard to find, here and everywhere else). Today was about pushing its ISO to the limits, all photos have been processed and have noise removal applied, but even when at ISO12800 there’s plenty to work with. Feels great to have my two feet on the Fuji system!

Magusto“(…) essential Galician and Portuguese autumn pagan origin festival similar to the Gaelic Samhain (or “Samaín” word adapted to the Galician from the irish Gaelic). In addition to chestnuts and local young wine, various foods have been incorporated such as sausages and other products made from the pig slaughter, which occurs precisely at that time.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castanyada)Despite being an event that should take place in early November, close to Saint Martin’s day, any cold Autumn Sunday is a good candidate for a magusto, just as long as there’s chestnuts and wine.