Observer by nature
Earlier this week I wrote something about how in my recent shots around Lisbon there were some with people actively interacting with their devices, but more than those devices the’re very engaged with the moment, being the selfie stick the most eye catching of the “tourist rituals”. Coincidence or not I had this photo from last year from Havana ready to publish on my Flickr account (https://www.flickr.com/photos/t3mujin/29069643805/), this made me think about how I perceive photography…I’m an observer by nature, someone who collects its surroundings rather actively interacting with it. That means that people photography for me is much more about capturing them, specially when engaged in their rituals, which can be as diverse as their faith, but also their craft or leisure. I don’t do portraits often and the reason is that I don’t like to direct people, I’m not creative person so my work is not will never be imaginative or visually compelling. In fact I don’t create anything, I just capture it.
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.
