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As the posting schedule of my Burma photos was approaching the Christmas season it started to become obvious in my head that I had to do a children’s post for Christmas day! One of the best things of leaving the “western world” … Continue reading
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Despite having large cities like Yangon or Mandalay, Myanmar still is a very rural country where half of it’s population works on agriculture or fishing. So it’s no wonder that even in the most visited places people still managed to do their … Continue reading
I’m not a full time photographer (yet…), on regular workdays I’m an IT consultant and one of my favorite buzzwords has to be kaizen, a japanese term that roughly means constant improvement. My plan for my site, and this blog, … Continue reading
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What have I been doing lately? Besides processing a large batch of Myanmar photos, being part of global change protests or just going back to the countryside? Not much, just the return to the routine, to everyday’s life. But meanwhile I … Continue reading
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I love “scape photography”: landscape, cityscape or seascape photography! Some places absolutely overwhelm you just for being there, and you can stand and look for hours. But the thing is Myanmar it’s all about people, capturing close portraits and subtle … Continue reading
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The global occupy protests also took place at Lisbon, great opportunity for street photography.
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Wherever I travel I have to go to the local market, either faraway in Southeast Asia or closer to home, a busy market full of fresh goods and colorful vegetables, people announcing their products, haggling or picking the best tomato or piece of … Continue reading
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A pause from the Myanmar rush, because life goes on at home, and at home September and October are the months for harvesting the wine grapes. Vindimar is Portuguese for harvesting the wine grapes, usually a occasion to gather family … Continue reading
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After the close and intimate portraits of young monks, and some not so young, where we sat and were allowed to share a space, interacted and played around, where what was sought was eye contact, a kind of complicity between … Continue reading
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Back from Myanmar (or Burma, if you prefer) and back with lots of photos and lots memories! It’s was an overload to the five senses, fortunately only Vision can be reproduced in a photo but you’re still overwhelmed by everything happening around, but … Continue reading
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I often end up being involved in many things, sometimes I thing in way too many that I can handle, but I guess that’s just the way I am. One of those projects, and one of my favorites, has been … Continue reading
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This week, and for something completely different, I went to shoot a street concert of the very talented You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown at one of my favorite places in Lisbon, the Chiado area. Despite arriving slightly late, the problems of … Continue reading