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May 02 2012
substract
Electronic storage systems, as compared to older technologies such as paper, have the disadvantage of still being in the process of evolving very rapidly, thus creating different challenges to long term archival of data. In absolute terms, digital data storage can be more resillient (easier to replicate, avoiding localized destruction), but it's more difficult than just sticking paper in boxes.
Electronic storage systems, as compared to older technologies such as paper, have the disadvantage of still being in the process of evolving very rapidly, thus creating different challenges to long term archival of data. In absolute terms, digital data storage can be more resillient (easier to replicate, avoiding localized destruction), but it's more difficult than just sticking paper in boxes.
May 01 2012
sequential dreams
Dreams within dreams, it would be awesome if someone made a movie about that!
Dreams within dreams, it would be awesome if someone made a movie about that!
blue monday
It's the new order of things to come.
It's the new order of things to come.
an idea
I want to do a photo just like this one, but with a bunch of people standing perfectly still on the rocks. Or lots of chairs. But I need help... :-) I'll pay in beer!
I want to do a photo just like this one, but with a bunch of people standing perfectly still on the rocks. Or lots of chairs. But I need help... :-) I'll pay in beer!
April 29 2012
ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Even if immersed in water. An exposure of two minutes, twenty two seconds.
Even if immersed in water. An exposure of two minutes, twenty two seconds.
family man
Leave me alone, I'm a family man, if you push me too far, I just might.
Leave me alone, I'm a family man, if you push me too far, I just might.
April 28 2012
April 26 2012
a model of perfection
The perfect snore when sleeping, a sound like a locomotive diesel engine with injector problems.
The perfect snore when sleeping, a sound like a locomotive diesel engine with injector problems.
April 25 2012
Carolina
My daughter Carolina being a very good model so I can learn how to use the Phase One.
My daughter Carolina being a very good model so I can learn how to use the Phase One.
April 20 2012
prototyping in the 1990s
Another recovered image from my 3D Studio days, circa 1996 or so, for an acquaintance that wanted to have a coffee table built.
Another recovered image from my 3D Studio days, circa 1996 or so, for an acquaintance that wanted to have a coffee table built.
I remember this one
I remember creating this 3D model on 3D Studio (pre-Max) in the mid 1990s because of the amount of work I had with it, having the glass panes fit the table's strutucture on the corners, designing the wire so it seemed to have the right properties, the number of lights to achieve the right glow and shadows, and getting the exact transparency and texture to the lamp shade so that the shape of the bulb could be seen.
I remember creating this 3D model on 3D Studio (pre-Max) in the mid 1990s because of the amount of work I had with it, having the glass panes fit the table's strutucture on the corners, designing the wire so it seemed to have the right properties, the number of lights to achieve the right glow and shadows, and getting the exact transparency and texture to the lamp shade so that the shape of the bulb could be seen.
Another blast from the past
Mid 1990s, rendered on 3D Studio (still the DOS version, pre-Max), on a 486DX33 with 2MB of RAM at the time, I believe (I later upgraded it to a whooping 4MB).
From the time the "M" stood for "Music". I also found this one on a backup CD.
Mid 1990s, rendered on 3D Studio (still the DOS version, pre-Max), on a 486DX33 with 2MB of RAM at the time, I believe (I later upgraded it to a whooping 4MB).
From the time the "M" stood for "Music". I also found this one on a backup CD.
a history of dogs
Since we moved back to Portugal, we've always had dogs. These are the Cocker Spaniels we had, Preta on the left, and Spike on right, back in 1993. This is a scan from back then, from the photo (not the negative), with the crappy home scanners of the 1990s, I don't know where the original of this photo is. I found this on an old CD backup.
Since we moved back to Portugal, we've always had dogs. These are the Cocker Spaniels we had, Preta on the left, and Spike on right, back in 1993. This is a scan from back then, from the photo (not the negative), with the crappy home scanners of the 1990s, I don't know where the original of this photo is. I found this on an old CD backup.
UFO
I'm going through some old backups on CD, and I found this image I thought I had lost. This is a ray tracing image I did on a Commodore Amiga 500, back in the early 1990s. An image like this took several hours to raytrace, and sometimes the Amiga crashed during the process! Ah, the good old days! This was one of the Amiga's full color resolutions, 352x282 with 4096 colors, amazing how any phone nowadays has more resolution and color depth, not to mention speed, memory and storage!
I'm going through some old backups on CD, and I found this image I thought I had lost. This is a ray tracing image I did on a Commodore Amiga 500, back in the early 1990s. An image like this took several hours to raytrace, and sometimes the Amiga crashed during the process! Ah, the good old days! This was one of the Amiga's full color resolutions, 352x282 with 4096 colors, amazing how any phone nowadays has more resolution and color depth, not to mention speed, memory and storage!
April 19 2012
collapsed wave functions
My second portfolio is out, it's called collapsed wave functions, available on Blurb both as a hardcover, and as an eBook. Here's the introduction text, that explains the reason of the title:
In some of the interpretations of quantum mechanics, the universe at very small scales doesn't have an objective reality. On those scales, reality depends on observations which collapse the wave functions that describe, in terms of probabilities, all the possible states that a particle system can have, thereby creating a single observed state.
We can use this scientific concept as a metaphor for photography: each photograph taken of a certain part of the visible universe, and its subsequent editing, sharing, observation, and interpretation, becomes an unique reality for each viewer, every time they observe that part of the universe through that certain photograph. Like an intermediate link between the visible universe and the conscious observer.
Therefore, a photograph that doesn't get shared and observed is a dead end, as it needs conscious observers to complete that link and become part of reality.
My second portfolio is out, it's called collapsed wave functions, available on Blurb both as a hardcover, and as an eBook. Here's the introduction text, that explains the reason of the title:
In some of the interpretations of quantum mechanics, the universe at very small scales doesn't have an objective reality. On those scales, reality depends on observations which collapse the wave functions that describe, in terms of probabilities, all the possible states that a particle system can have, thereby creating a single observed state.
We can use this scientific concept as a metaphor for photography: each photograph taken of a certain part of the visible universe, and its subsequent editing, sharing, observation, and interpretation, becomes an unique reality for each viewer, every time they observe that part of the universe through that certain photograph. Like an intermediate link between the visible universe and the conscious observer.
Therefore, a photograph that doesn't get shared and observed is a dead end, as it needs conscious observers to complete that link and become part of reality.
dual core
Twice the fishing power!
Twice the fishing power!
April 17 2012
changing gears
Well, my photographic meltdown ended up serving a purpose. Sold some gear, bought "new" stuff. This is a Phase One 645AF (aka Mamiya AFd III) with an 80mm f/2.8 lens, and a Phase One P21+ 18 megapixel back, from 2008.
550EX with a reflective umbrella from the top, 580EX with a Lumiquest Big Bounce from the front/right side, triggered by a Radiopopper JrX Studio system.
Well, my photographic meltdown ended up serving a purpose. Sold some gear, bought "new" stuff. This is a Phase One 645AF (aka Mamiya AFd III) with an 80mm f/2.8 lens, and a Phase One P21+ 18 megapixel back, from 2008.
550EX with a reflective umbrella from the top, 580EX with a Lumiquest Big Bounce from the front/right side, triggered by a Radiopopper JrX Studio system.
clean faith
The just re-painted and cleaned Loreto Church in Chiado, Lisbon. This church is interesting because it belongs to the Italian state.
This is a 36MP panorama, from four 18MP handheld exposures.
The just re-painted and cleaned Loreto Church in Chiado, Lisbon. This church is interesting because it belongs to the Italian state.
This is a 36MP panorama, from four 18MP handheld exposures.
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