Amazing how this place, and adjacent Ribeira das Naus, have become a place of pilgrimage at the end of the day. Nice how every one calmly lies here to enjoy the last rays of sun. (via my Flickr account)
Something last weekend: I enjoy people’s relation with their electronic devices. This weekend I was on assignment in Lisbon, which took me around multiple spots of my city, and some that I haven’t seen for a long time. A funny thing I quickly noticed from an initial review of the weekend’s work (https://www.flickr.com/photos/t3mujin/shares/77Aou6) that I didn’t notice while taking the photos: somehow people’s relation with their devices interests me, a lot, starting with the ubiquitous selfies!And because I’m still working in my own film emulation presets and I strongly believe in the eat your own dog food principle, all these photos have been processed with my Kodachrome 25 preset.
Today is “old lenses in mirrorless bodies” day, can anyone spot what lens is mounted on the right Fuji?
Going after my own city #lisbon #street #onassignment
De volta das minhas próprias emulações de filmePor motivos que não são relevantes agora eu mudei para Linux há alguns anos, ao invés de Windows ou Mac, e na verdade nem por um momento voltei para trás. Mas não existe Lightroom nem muitas das soluções de edição de imagem mais populares, por isso ao fim de algumas tentativas acabei por assentar no darktable para processar as minhas fotos, uma opção livre que é desenvolvida activamente e com uma forte comunidade por trás. Mas ainda assim faltam alguns recursos disponíveis, em particular presets, presets para simular filme para ser mais exacto. Por isso há uns meses lancei a mim mesmo o desafio de fazer os meus próprios presets para simular filme, feito obviamente devagar no meu pouco tempo livre. Esse trabalho está perto da primeira meta, e com ela posso começar a levantar o véu com um dos maus populares filmes de sempre: a última geração do Kodak Portra (Portra 160, Portra 400 e Portra 800), com a garantia que o pacote final vai ter bem mais opções, seja slide ou negativo, cor ou P&B!Faça já download dos presets de Portra! bit.ly/t3mujinPo…
Doing my own film emulationsFor reasons that aren’t really relevant right now I switched to Linux a few years ago, not Windows or Mac, and never went back. But there’s no Lightroom or the other common photo editing options available, so after some tries I ended up settling with darktable to develop my RAW photos, an open source option very actively developed and with a strong community behind it. But it still lacks some resources, presets in particular, film emulation presets to be even more specific. So a few months ago I launched myself the challenge of creating my own set of presets, developed at a slower pace in the available free time. That effort is about to reach the first milestone and I can share a preview with one of the most popular films in the planet: the latest generation of Kodak Portra (Portra 160, Portra 400 and Portra 800), with the guarantee that the final pack will contain much more options, like slide and negative, color and b&w films!Download the Portra presets now! bit.ly/t3mujinPo…
Aquele momento em que aquele caminho…Aquele momento em que aquele caminho, sem razão aparente, te leva a percorrê-lo, e para no fim encontrar aquele lugar escondido que é teu e de mais ninguém. Sou capaz de fazer umas coisas porreiras aqui.
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That moment when that path…Than moment when, for no reason whatsoever, a path seems to call you to walk through it, and at the find an hidden place that’s yours and no one else’s. I might do some cool stuff here.
Summer nights mean moving the table outside for dinner.
Not long ago I wrote how unexpected, strange or unlikely football fields interest me a lot, most of those I found in hidden corners of my country or even in other continents. Often things appear closer than we expect, and this creepy spot was almost in my backyard, taken on a hot night stroll. This photo won’t make into that project, mobile night shots aren’t good enough, but must return here one of these days.
One of my little side projects for the last couple of months has been a set of film emulation presets for darktable (my open-source RAW developer), which now is very close of its first release. While testing it I went back to this lovely portrait of me, taken when Niall grabbed one of my cameras at Botequim, during one of our usual photo walks with my long time friend Rui.PS - this is the output of the Fuji Pro 400H preset.
An empty football field in the woods nearby Lamego, seems a favorite spot by local street racers
League of the Last
If the previous month was all about Lisbon this has to be about football! The epic victory of the Portuguese National team reminded me I kind of have a football related project still ongoing: football pitches, not the green turf and covered seats stadiums, but the empty small fields where no plays at, some for quite a long time other only since the previous day. Throughout the years I paid attention to unlikely, empty football fields, never looked for but payed attention whenever those appeared in my path. Now is time to put it together.The name League of the Last? A blatant copy of an old TV show here in Portugal dedicated to lower league football.
Liga dos Últimos
Se o mês anterior foi de Lisboa este certamente é o mês do futebol! A vitória épica de selecção nacional fez-me lembrar que tenho um pseudo-projecto em andamento relacionado com futebol: campos de futebol, não os estádios de relva viçosa e modernas bancadas cobertas, mas sim aqueles campos vazios onde não joga ninguém, alguns há bastante tempo, outros provavelmente desde o dia anterior. Ao longo dos anos fui tendo uma especial atenção para campos de futebol vazios e improváveis, nunca os procurei mas sim ia estando atento a eles quando se cruzavam no meu caminho. Está na altura de juntar tudo isso. O nome Liga dos Últimos? Um roubo descarado do programa de televisão, com a diferença que nesse havia mais animação.
A month of Santos Populares is now over
As June ends it means the month of Santos Populares celebrations in Lisbon come to an end, when the city goes out to the streets and its most typical neighborhoods hold a celebration that lasts the entire month. Throughout the month I alternated between some of this year’s shots and looking for some older stuff from my archive, all that can be seen at a gallery in my Flickr account, the best place for my ongoing projects and unfiltered work.
Um mês de Santos Populares chegou ao fim
Ao terminar Junho o mês de Santos Populares em Lisboa chega ao fim, depois de um mês inteiro onde a cidade andou pela rua. Ao longo do mês fui alternando entre os disparos da animação deste anos e ir buscar coisas mais antigas ao arquivo, tudo isto pode ser visto num álbum na minha conta de Flickr, o melhor sítio para seguir o trabalho em curso e uma visão sem filtros das minhas fotos.
Nas catacumbas da Gulbenkian...
…E terraços também!!De vez em quando a Gerador, plataforma de promoção da cultura portuguesa, organiza um tipo diferente de instameet, onde um pequeno grupo de instagramers é levado a um local onde muitos de nós têm acesso condicionado ou mesmo restrito. Neste último fui um dos convidados pela Gerador e a Ana Morais, e para esta edição o local escolhido foi o edifício da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, com todos os seus recantos maravilhosos, e agora aqueles que quase ninguém ve. Podem seguir as minhas fotos e as do resto do grupo no Instagram.
At Gulbenkian’s catacombs...
…And terraces also!Every once in a while Gerador, a platform dedicated to promote Portuguese culture, organizes a different kind of instameet, where a small group of instagramers is taken to a location where most of us have restricted access, or no access at all. On the last one I happened to be one of the invited instagramers by Gerador and Ana Morais, and for this one the location was the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, one of Lisbon’s cultural references and a remarkable building in every single detail. You can check my photos and the also the ones from the rest of the group in Instagram!
Control room! Dia de ir às entranhas da Gulbenkian a convite da @anitados7oficios e do @gerador_eu em mais um instameet
#lisbon #fujifilm_xseries #snapshot #gerador #osfabulososinstameetsgerador #gulbenkian #Jardimdeverao
But it happened… the 35mmF2 is selling like hot cakes and therefore made Fujifilm rethink their lens strategy! —
Fuji’s sweet spot for me: small, light and fast
I don’t write about gear that often, but this is one of my favorite news from the Fujifilm world, probably more than the release of the new generation cameras.
I own a couple of Fuji X cameras and a few Fujinon lenses, I made the switch as it seemed perfect for travel, street and documentary work. But as I got more used to the system I noticed the available lenses at the time weren’t a perfect match for that purpose; although quite capable, lenses like the XF23mm f1.4 or the XF56mm f1.2 are a bit on the big and heavy (and expensive…) side for someone who wants to remain light.
Meanwhile the Fuji X started to sell, and that made room for variations of existing lenses. When the XF35mm f2 was I released it might seem redundant but I knew that was it and bought one of the first units made available in Portugal, has been a favorite ever since. Fortunately I wasn’t the only one, it was a massive success and Fuji got the message (they usually do), so now more lighter, smaller and faster versions of already excellent lenses are on roadmap.