O que vi e observei em Berlim
Hoje é 26 de Maio de 2023, e semana passada estive em Berlim em uma viagem fotográfica inacreditável! De início eu não gostei muito da cidade, fui com um mindset americano, achando que Europa seria perfeitinha e delicada. Estava meio frio e vento no primeiro dia, isso talvez tenha interferido um pouco. Mas a partir do segundo dia o tempo abriu, e eu saquei qual era a da parada. Levei a X-Pro3 e a 23mm f2. Essa é uma lente que eu tive quando comprei a câmera, mas vendi para um amigo para comprar uma 16mm. Senti falta e comprei de novo, porque acho que é uma das melhores lentes para fotografia de rua. Nem muito longe, nem muito perto. Acho que eu também teria feito fotos boas com a 16mm, mas acabei não levando pra não ficar carregando lente além da que estava na câmera. O objetivo primário da...
Sandberg California - Oliver Riedel's edition
Recently, I bought a bass from Sandberg, a german brand. Their basses are known for pristine construction quality, and they offer a relic’ing service. I got very impressed with the quality and decided to take my Macro lens and make some shots. Read the post through the end if you want to know how the tone looks like! I am dividing this posting into 2 main categories: Photography and Music. Photography Music First and foremost: pancakes to the belly! Second: bass tabs at 4:47. Third: Please let me know if the reflex of my lights are distractive. Now the audio: It took me a while to get to this tone. I am using Oliver Riedel’s Sandberg bass. Although it’s an active instrument, I am using it in passive mode and doing a balance of 80% bridge 20% neck pickup, because that’s how Joe Dart bass from MusicMan kinda operates. I...
Photo Mode: Ghost of Tsushima (PlayStation 5)
The year is 1274. Samurai warriors are the legendary defenders of Japan—until the fearsome Mongol Empire invades the island of Tsushima, wreaking havoc and conquering the local population. As one of the last surviving samurai, you rise from the ashes to fight back. But honorable tactics won’t lead you to victory. You must move beyond your samurai traditions to forge a new way of fighting—the way of the Ghost—as you wage an unconventional war for the freedom of Japan. Video games and photography are two of my biggest passions. With the increase of graphical quality on the Playstation 5 and PC, games started adding new features like Photo Mode, and I don’t need to say that I am already in love with it. Photo Mode allows to pause the game and set camera controls like aperture, focal length, luminance, blur, game logo, film grain, aspect ratio, bokeh balls, tone curve,...
Seattle in HDR
On the first week of August, I got a work trip to Seattle, and of course, I brought my X-Pro3 with me. Recently, I have been exploring a software called Aurora HDR, which has the ability of generating amazing HDRs from a single RAW, so I don’t need to make bracketed exposures anymore, unless I am using a JPEG file. Aurora HDR comes with some built-in presets that come super handy as a starting point. When editing, I usually load a preset that does not modify that much on the photo, and do my fine tune from there. When I see HDRs around, usually people exagerate on the effect, transforming the image into something kinda bizarre and ugly. My approach to HDRs is to usually preserve what my eyeballs were seeing at the moment, with an extra of some spices, but that’s why I like doing them at the very...
PhotoPills - Plan it, shoot it!
Did you like the picture above? That was only possible because I planned the shot using a mobile App called PhotoPills (and Aurora HDR, since it is an HDR to preserve the clouds composing the scene [it added some cromatic aberration though])! The composition, made possible by this app, is so exciting that even made me code a new functonality for this website, the new EXIF overlays! Make sure to move your mouse over the images on this post to see the EXIF information, including GPS coordinates, use your mouse wheel, or trackpad scrolling to zoom in/out on the minimap, located on the lower left side, and you will see exactly where I was when taking the photo! Let me know on my Instagram if you liked that new feature! PhotoPills is a photography planning app that help me plan my photos ahead of time, so I’m always at the...