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PHOTOGRAPHYAS A DOCUMENT
FRIGHTENING PHOTOS
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blog noteWhile we’re taking fantastic landscape photographs that are beautiful,
although sometimes repetitive, documenting the places we live, trying
to mix document with art is, for many, a forgotten art form. A tour I
organized, recently, on a stretch of the Atlantic Coast, tried to alert
participants to the importance of capturing a glimpse of activities and
signs of a changing landscape. The results are, from my point of view,
quite interesting and should seduce others to try this.
This collection of virtual pages also has space for some other
experiments with Light, Photography and Culture, a triumvirat I
think works perfectly to give people an education while entertaining
themselves. As always, the portfolios published are a direct result of
some of the activities I organize.
Jose Antunes
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OPENINGSHOT
From May onwards, until there are no
more flowers left in the fields, I will run
a series of workshops on photographing
flowers. Not with a macro, but with any
other lens you may have. Like a zoom.
flower photography workshops
The images on the poster published on
the right page were all taken with a long
lens, in fact one that I’ve mentionned
lately in multiple articles: my new EF
100-400mm lens. Although that specific
lens offers some unique perspectives
due to its close focusing distance, I’ve
been taking photographs of flowers for
decades with other lenses, with different
focal lengths. Rarely with a macro lens,
although people tend to think MACRO,
every time I show my photographs.
I’ve a special interest into the use
normal lenses for flower photography:
they are the ones most people have, and
there’s no reason for them to not use
them fully to get more than snapshots
of flowers. So, this series of workshops
intends to help people to get their best
flower photos and some understanding
of what they can achieve, even with a
normal 18-55mm humble kit lens. Yes,
even with those. In fact, even with a
Smartphone you can get good pictures
of flowers, if you know why. I’ve pages
dedicated to that on my eBook The Best
Secrets of Flower Photography.
These workshops will teach you how to
get the best results without the need
to learn complex rules or settings. A
simple understanding of how your lens
works and the potential of selective
focus, along with notions of composition,
use of light, colour and, above all, the
understanding that what your eyes SEE
is different from what your camera
captures, is all you need to reach a new
level in your flower photography.
Knowing your camera well is a must
to participate in one of these sessions.
You need to know how to adjust the
essential controls, even if you do not
completely understand they work. That
I will explain you during the activity, so
you’ll get the best of the experience.
I’ve scheduled the dates of 16, 23 and
30th of May (Saturdays) – and then
the Saturdays 13, 20 and 27 in June
-, to run these workshops, under the
condition that I’ve at least a group of 4
persons for each session. The price per
person is € 75 and includes my eBook
mentionned above. The activity can also
be organized any day of the week, under
request, as long as there are at least 4
participants. It is also possible to run it
on a One2One session (please contact
for info about price).
PHOTOGRAPHING
FLOWERS
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ONE LIGHT OVER
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Photographing museum
artifacts is already a
challenge, but photograph
them inside the cabinets
is an extra challenge, due to the
reflection on glass.
This activity helps people to achieve
results, using just one single light source.
It’s a whole day experience, divided
in two parts. First participants learn
the basics and how to work with the
ambient light at a museum exhibit.
The second part of the activity is done
with the use of LED panels, with one
light per participant. Photographers
learn how to use one light and then are
left to explore on their own what can
and can not be done.
The portfolio published here is the
result of such an experience. Although
not all the participants made all the
way from taking the pictures to editing
them and creating the final selection,
the images published show the variety
of approaches, based on the techniques
learned. Each of the participants was
asked to photograph different artifacts
first and afterwards choose one and
explore it in detail. Then at the editing
process, choose from the images created
a selection that would reflect their own
experience. I think we all will learn from
looking at the photographs.
This experience derived from my
own work photographing the exhibit
DIIS MANIBVS at the Archeological
Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas. I
felt it would be interesting to share the
techniques apllied there, to create some
of the materials that have been used to
promote the exhibit.
This activity can be done any time of
the year, if there is people interested, for
groups that can not exceed five persons.
Do get in touch with me if you want to
explore this side of photography and
the use ol LED panels for photographing
museum artifacts.
ONE LIGHT OVER
HISTORY
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João Dionísio
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João Dionísio
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ONE LIGHT OVER
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ONE LIGHT OVER
HISTORY
Maria Emília Pires
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ONE LIGHT OVER
HISTORY
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ONE LIGHT OVER
HISTORY
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Paula Correia
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Paula Correia
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Susana Leite
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Susana Leite
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These are examples of some of the material
I produced for promotion of the exhibit DIIS
MANIBVS - Death Rituals in the Roman Empire,
which runs until the end of June 2015. All
photographs were created with the artifacts inside
the cabinets, with some minimal editing (more in
the case of the fire image) in Photoshop.
The activity shown on the previous pages was
created using these and other examples as base. I
can run a similar activity for people interested.
Jose Antunes
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Romans and the Atlantic Realm - Landscape photography on the coast of the Temple of the Sun, Moon and the Ocean A photo tour for you, when you want it.
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Romans and the Atlantic Realm - Landscape photography on the coast of the Temple of the Sun, Moon and the Ocean A photo tour for you, when you want it.
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FRIDAY 13THA little fun on a Friday 13th at the Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas. I crerated two small studios using LED panels at the library area of the Museum, and invited regular participants in my activities to photograph the actors before the Friday 13th show held, as obvious, each Friday 13th of the year.
This had to be done hastily, as it was done minutes before the play started, so the images are somehow similar. But it was an interesting experience and everybody had a lot of fun, as it was, for some, a first time doing something like this. The actors are people working at the Museum, so they’re real amateurs although they’ve been doing this kind of presentations for years now. Enjoy these frightnening photos!
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FRIDAY 13THA little fun on a Friday 13th at the Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas. I crerated two small studios using LED panels at the library area of the Museum, and invited regular participants in my activities to photograph the actors before the Friday 13th show held, as obvious, each Friday 13th of the year.
This had to be done hastily, as it was done minutes before the play started, so the images are somehow similar. But it was an interesting experience and everybody had a lot of fun, as it was, for some, a first time doing something like this. The actors are people working at the Museum, so they’re real amateurs although they’ve been doing this kind of presentations for years now. Enjoy these frightnening photos!
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FRIDAY 13THMaria Emília Pires
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FRIDAY 13THMarion McCristall
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Marion McCristall
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FRIDAY 13THSusana Leite
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FRIDAY 13THSusana Leite
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FRIDAY 13THSusana Leite
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Revisit the Past in Broas - Photographing a ghost town as a means to better understand the past A photo tour for you, when you want it.
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Revisit the Past in Broas - Photographing a ghost town as a means to better understand the past A photo tour for you, when you want it.
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PHOTOGRAPHY AS A
DOCUMENTWhile we’re taking fantastic landscape images that are beautiful - although sometimes repetitive -, documenting the places we live, trying to mix document with art is, for many, a lost art form. A tour I organized on a stretch of the Atlantic Coast recently, tried to alert participants to the importance of capturing a glimpse of activities and signs of a changing landscape. The results are, from my point of
view, quite interesting and should seduce others to try this.
Maria Emília Pires
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PHOTOGRAPHY AS A
DOCUMENT
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The discussion about the importance
of photography as a document has
been on for a long time, and there are
different opinions about its value. Still,
there is no doubt that without many of
the photographs from the past it would
be difficult for many of us to visualize
it… from the big changes in our town
to the faces of our grand-parents. So,
photography is a document, even if
sometimes it takes the shape of an
artistic form.
It does not matter how much one praises
the artistic value of Ansel Adams photos,
they’re also documents that show us
something we’ve completely lost. In
fact, already in 1922, in a letter to his
future wife, Virginia, Adams complains
about the crowds in the Yosemite valley
and says: “How I wish that the Valley
could be now like it was forty years ago
-- a pure wilderness, with only a wagon
road through it, and no automobiles nor
mobs.”
So, already in his time Adams felt that
dramatic changes had occurred in the
places he loved. Changes happen
around us every day, and while doing
beautiful artistic photographs is a goal
we all want to meet, there should also
be a time when we document the world
around us. Sometimes it is even possible
to do both things simultaneously.
The collection of images shown here is
a step in that direction. Each participant
was asked to tell in 20 photos what had
been their day on a stretch of coast that
offers more than at first glance meets
the eye. From the drastic changes on a
popular beach area to the remains of
Roman and Muslim civilizations at an
archeological site, through the simple
sign of change that graffiti covered
by sand tell us, this is a lesson on
photography as a document. And visual
storytelling, something that we all
should try to do with our photos, once in
a while.
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Paula Correia
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Paula Correia
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Paula Correia
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Susana Leite
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