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LEDS PANELS ONE LIGHT OVER HISTORY

PHOTOGRAPHYAS A DOCUMENT

FRIGHTENING PHOTOS

FRIDAY 13TH

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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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Maria Emília Pires

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ONE LIGHT OVER

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Maria Emília Pires

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ONE LIGHT OVER

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Maria Emília Pires

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ONE LIGHT OVER

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Paula Correia

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ONE LIGHT OVER

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Paula Correia

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Susana Leite

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Susana Leite

ONE LIGHT OVER

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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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Marion 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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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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photo: Paula Correia

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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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Maria Emília Pires

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Maria Emília Pires

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Paula Correia

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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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Susana Leite

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Susana Leite

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Susana Leite

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Susana Leite

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