Fieldnotes

There’s more than pretty landscapes in the North of Spain, I love when a splash of color comes from nowhere. #spain #picosdeeuropa #asturias #androidonly #vscocam

Sometimes “bad weather” is nothing but a different photographic opportunity (more updates on Instagram Stories at @t3mujin) #spain #picosdeeuropa

…and at the end of the day they rise from the horizon! #picosdeeuropa #spain #castillayleon #androidonly #vscocam

Picos de Europe, finalmente de volta!Há muito, muito tempo, numa altura onde apenas fotografava com uma velha Nikon FM2, fiz uma viagem ao norte de Espanha, que definitivamente foi a minha primeira viagem digna desse nome. Saindo rumo a Norte, em direcção a Compostela, depois seguindo sempre pela costa ate San Sebastian, para depois cortar caminho no regresso, fazendo a estrada do emigrante até chegar a Salamanca. Na altura um dos nossos pequenos desvios a caminho do País Basco foi Covadonga, o santuário mesmo na periferia do Parque Nacional do Picos de Europa, uma das mais belas cadeias montanhosas de Espanha. Gosto mesmo muito de montanhas, e por isso mesmo saí de lá com o compromisso comigo mesmo que haveria de regressar um dia. Esse “um dia” demorou bastante mais que estava à espera, mas finalmente estou a fazer as malas e, juntamente com o João, companhia de muitas outras saídas fotográficas, vou estar finalmente de regresso!

Picos de Europa, finally back!A long, long, long time ago, in a time where I only shot with an old Nikon FM2, I did a road trip to the north of Spain, it definitely was my my first proper trip, the one worth remembering. Driving straight North from Lisbon, heading to Compostela, and then following the coast until San Sebastian, then return via Salamanca, in what here’s called the “Immigrants route” because it’s one of the common paths for Portuguese immigrants to returning for Summer holidays.One of our short detours before heading to the Basque Country was Covadonga, a sanctuary placed at the edge of Picos de Europa National Park, one of the most beautiful mountain ranges of Spain. I really love mountains, so I left there with the commitment to myself that would have to return someday. That “someday” took longer than I expected, but finally I’m packing my gear and, together with João, my mate from other many other photo travels, I’m finally going back!

I can’t stress enough the importance of having a valid backup strategy for your work, one that really works and is part of your workflow, and if you find this just a secondary matter I strongly advise you to review your perspective on this (www.thephoblographer.com/2012/04/2… photographylife.com/photograp…). A few years ago I nearly lost my photos on a stupid mistake, it wasn’t a small disaster or even a faulty drive, only a simple “delete partition” command executed on the wrong place; you can say it was my enlightenment moment of backups. Because this isn’t a very technical post I’ll sum up how mine currently works in a couple of lines:My RAW files are automatically synced to multiple external drives.My finished photos (full-size JPEGs) are automatically synced to the cloud. Syncing all my RAW files to the cloud could become time consuming and become more expensive.Right now one of my main backup external drives has died (side note: checking the state of your data is also part of a good backup workflow) and times like these are great to reevaluate the strategy. I can either replace it and keep things as they are, or think in different a different approach like a Network Drive or a higher reliance of cloud backups.Without going too much in detail, what’s your thoughts on this? What works for you?    

There’s something beautiful and ghost-like in the last minutes of the so called “blue hour” outside urban areas, like here outside Lisbon by the Tagus, as if everything is holding tightly to the last remaining rays of light.(this and more from this day on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/t3… All processed with my darktable styles, Fuji Provia 400X preset)

The river people #portugal #tejo #avieiros #vscocam #androidonly