Focal point

I ain't gone..

Sorry for disappearing.
Uni's got me busy and the best of me.
I shall be back at least every week.

Much love.

Bokeh studies

It's been a while since I last blogged. I'm on holidays now, so I've been busy on a few things. I really want to take more pictures though.. here are a few that I took on a night in the city.

Vivid Sydney 2010; curated by Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed

Hmmmm, I knew I should have had a bit more control over my ISO that night. But hey, it was raining, foggy and windy. But regardless of that, the projections are animated! HOW AWESOME! Thanks Laurie and Lou for the show.

Double Rainbow

La verdad, no me lo esperaba

The sharpness of the air

is no clear announcement of the excitement

up ahead.


We come together,
and dance,
and laugh,
and sing.

And the world seems better everyday.



Spread your wings
in front of me.
Open up.

I knew you were an angel already,

everytime

as I watched

you

walk away

everyday
and disappeared from my sight,
but remained standing next to me
in my heart.

And the world seems better,
oh it just gets so much better
every time I see you.

There is one thing...

... that I haven't been able to do recently.

And that is, to take good pictures!

It's not that I'm a perfectionist, just that I want to take better pictures. : /
I'm still kind of experimental, but I want to get my photo-vibe back!

Peri to the neum

I shall not succumb to the devils raging inside me

As the night falls

and darkness is penciled into my eyes

the devils come out

and dance upon my flesh.

They rip my heart into pieces

and shred my box of emotions into fine dust.



Although there is a storm inside my head,

my body remains still, silent.



Only my hands are those in motion, grasping everything in their path:

hair

skin

nails

blankets

clothes.

As if they were trying to catch those devils.

As if my fingers were trying to find a meaning to all of this.



But eventually, the storms recede, and light enters my eyes once again.

And the world is at peace again.

I shall not succumb to the devils raging inside me.

Y tú, ¿qué piensas?

A veces me lo preguntas en los momentos más inesperados, de la nada.
Pero sé que tus intenciones son buenas, y sólo quieres saber más del torbellino de ideas que tengo en la cabeza.

Y te lo agradezco. Yo también me pregunto de vez en cuando qué es lo que tienes ahí adentro.

Yo guardo mis sentimientos temporalmente en una cajita de madera, justo a lado de mi corazón. La mayoría de las veces dejo que las emociones salgan de la caja al mundo exterior, y las comparto. Es bello verlos revolotear en el aire y a veces quedarse dentro de las cajas de otras personas.

Pero cuando me preguntas qué es lo que pienso, solamente puedo pensar en la caja y su contenido. Y luego me tengo que inventar una mentira ahí en ese mismo instante. Detesto mentirte.

De vez en cuando, cuando abro la caja, se siente bien porque sé que aquellos que escuchan son gente amistosa y amable.

Y tú, ¿qué piensas? ¿Qué es lo que tus ojos ven? ¿Qué es lo que tus oídos perciben? ¿Qué es lo que tu lengua saborea? ¿Qué es lo que tu piel siente? ¿Qué dice tu corazón?

Eres

tres seis cinco (365)

When I started uploading my photographs onto Flickr, I thought that perhaps doing a photography project would be a fine way on perfecting my skills as an amateur photographer.
And one day I came across a photography project called the 365 Project.
Basically, it's all about taking a picture of yourself, a self-portrait to be precise, every day for an entire year.
It sounds like a great idea at first, but then it becomes a struggle to keep it up as the weeks go by and things happen and come along in the way.

I have to admit it.
I totally suck at taking portraits. But most of my suckiness is because I never really got the chance to actually do it, to actually test my skills and learn about such photographic format.

But the 365 project gave me an idea of how to do it. The only difference from normal portraiture is that I was the subject. So I had to learn about and appreciate my body and face from a photographer's perspective. Too bad I'm not photogenic.

It was a bit hard at first, then it went along smoothly, but then it went bad towards the end.
As I started university, I completely broke off from the project's rules. I stopped taking pictures of myself, I just didn't have the time to do it properly.

However, I learned quite a lot about the art of portraits within the scope of photography. It was quite a lot of fun, but it wasn't easy. I'd like to think that I am now able to take a portrait of another person, but I seriously just wouldn't know for sure. It'll just have to happen one day for me to realize of what I've learned.

Hence, I give you a few samples, perhaps the ones that turned out good, of the project that I began on the 19th of August 2009, and abruptly finished on the 29th of February 2010. Enjoy.

Nuevas Texturas 01

One of the many daily "commutes", caught on fish-eye