Today, I was finally able to leave home early to wander through my streets and take photographs. Today, I sent all my commitments to hell, the same ones that had been keeping me from going out to do street photography for almost a week.... I didn't check the messages on my phone upon waking up; I didn't spend time organizing orders; I didn't want to spend time filling the reservoir with the little drinking water that comes through the pipes; I didn't make coffee; I didn't design an itinerary to collect outstanding invoices; I didn't do any of that... I simply woke up, washed my face, fed my dogs and cats, petted them for a while, took my camera, and went out into the streets to roam them for the first time in this month of August, which has been a complex tangle of commitments and unexpected events until now... And, let me tell you, the feeling of doing this was frankly "liberating"...
Hoy finalmente fui capaz de salir temprano de casa a deambular por mis calles y hacer fotograf铆as. Hoy mand茅 todos mis compromisos al diablo, los mismos que hab铆an estado evitando que fuese a hacer fotos callejeras durante casi una semana. No revis茅 los mensajes en mi tel茅fono al despertar, no me dediqu茅 a organizar pedidos, no quise invertir tiempo llenando el reservorio con la poca agua potable que llega por las tuber铆as, no prepar茅 caf茅, no dise帽茅 un itinerario para hacer los cobros de facturas pendientes, no hice nada de eso... Simplemente despert茅, me lav茅 el rostro, di de comer a mis perros y gatos, los acarici茅 un rato, tom茅 mi c谩mara y sal铆 a las calles a recorrerlas por primera vez en este mes de agosto, el cual ha sido una madeja compleja de compromisos y eventos inesperados hasta ahora... Y, perm铆tanme decirles, la sensaci贸n de hacer esto fue francamente "liberadora"...
馃摲 01 - From the "Maestro Rios" corner on Farriar Street... / Desde la esquina del Maestro R铆os en la Calle Farriar...
馃摲 02 - Mercedes and Margot's Window... / La ventana de Mercedes y Margot...
馃摲 03 - A rose in Giovanni's garden... / Una rosa en el jard铆n de Giovanni...
馃摲 04 - Facade of a poor house... / Fachada de casa pobre...
馃摲 05 - The grocery store that has a watchful rabbit... / El abasto que tiene un conejo vigilante...
I confess that, after several days without going out to take photos, I felt a bit self-conscious. It is as if the "habit" were lost a bit and in a surprising way. But after a few blocks observing and understanding the light, what I call "As I see it" came back to me in its fullness and I began to look at what others do not see, and the streets and their things unfolded before me like an enchanting atlas of things happening. And for me, feeling all this is good; it is something that connects me with myself and makes me feel good...
Confieso que, despu茅s de varios d铆as sin salir a hacer fotos, me sent铆 un poco cohibido. Es como si el "h谩bito" se perdiese un poco y de forma sorpresiva. Pero, despu茅s de unas cuantas cuadras observando y entendiendo la luz, eso que llamo "C贸mo veo esto" volvi贸 a m铆 en su plenitud y comenc茅 a mirar lo que otros no ven, y las calles y sus cosas se desplegaron ante m铆 como un atlas encantador de cosas ocurriendo. Y, para m铆, sentir todo esto es bueno: es algo que me conecta conmigo mismo y me hace sentir bien...
馃摲 06 - Our local version of the "Cheshire Cat" that turned invisible in Alice's Tales... / Nuestra versi贸n local del "Gato de Cheshire" el que se hac铆a invisible en los cuentos de Alicia... 馃樃
馃摲 07 - "Lina", Rafaela's sister.. / "Lina", la hermana de Rafaela... 馃樃
馃摲 08 - "Rafaela", Lina's sister.. / "Rafaela", la hermana de Lina... 馃樃
隆Esta publicaci贸n es mi entrada al reto #monomad de hoy!... 隆Muchas gracias por pasar y apreciar!
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL NOTE: Photographs captured with my Nikon D7000 DSLR camera in RAW format, then processed in Adobe Camera RAW for adjustments regarding light, sharpening, contrast and depth... They were then exported to JGP format on which minor modifications such as straightening and adding watermarks were carried out using PhotoScape v3.7
NOTA T脡CNICA ADICIONAL: Fotografias capturadas con mi c谩mara DSLR Nikon D7000 en formato RAW, procesadas posteriormente en Adobe Camera RAW para ajustes relativos a luz, afilado, contraste y profundidad... Luego fueron exportadas a formato JGP sobre el cual se llevaron a cabo modificaciones menores como enderezado y agregado de marcas de agua usando PhotoScape v3.7
"We make photographs to understand what our lives mean to ourselves." - Ralph Hattersley.
"Hacemos fotograf铆as para comprender lo que nuestras vidas significan para nosotros mismos." - Ralph Hattersley.
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Lens: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8d FX
Lens:AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
C谩mara: Nikon D7000
Lente: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Lente: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Lente: Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8d FX
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
Montalb谩n, Carabobo, Venezuela.