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I started taking pictures more seriously at the age of twelve with an Asahi Pentax K1000 (still working!) which belonged to my mother, but I never developed my techniques enough - in part due to the normal lack of discipline teenagers tend to have (e.g., I would have never thought of writing down the settings of each photo on a notebook to know what I was doing wrong or right afterwards), but also due to the lack of information (remember: no internet or google back then!), and of course because of the massive cost that film photography had, especially for a teenager. And who can forget the eternity between that faithful shutter “click” and having the results in your hands?

In 2002, with the (r)evolution of digital photography, the little photography bug started appearing in me again. I still remember one of my best friends saying at the time that we were still many years away from the moment digital photography could compete in terms of quality with film photography…. Who would have imagined that barely four years later in 2006 that Canon, Nikon, and even old traditional Kodak would have stopped production of most models of film cameras in every segment?

Digital photography has many advantages over film photography - besides the question of cost (you pay the same to take one or one thousand photos), edition and quality printing are possible on the most basic of home computers/printers sold today. There’s also the instantaneous transition between the “click” and seeing the results (and if you got it wrong, having the possibility of being able to repeat the same photo with the right settings), and the amazing fact that with each image file, all the settings (speed, aperture, white balance, ISO, etc.) are recorded digitally with the photo. Being your own teacher has become so many orders of magnitude easier.

For me, photography has many functions:

- Helps us preserve memories - who doesn’t like to see the pictures of our parents and grandparents before we were born, with the different fashions, cars, houses, everything!
- Brings to our eyes what is far away, be it someone in your family or some faraway exotic land.
- Makes it possible with long exposures and high speed photography to see what is too dark, slow, bright, or fast.
- It sells! It creates the allure for all kind of products, even before you see them with your own eyes.
- And last but not least, it can have artistic intentions, either by creating certain aesthetics, or by capturing and transmitting emotions.

These are all the reasons why I like to be an apprentice of photography, I hope you enjoy the results!

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Alcohol as still life 29,168 photos, 5,188 members
Fireworks 61,827 photos, 17,029 members
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM 886 photos, 279 members
Contre-Plongée Totale avec échappée. 66 photos, 36 members
LumiQuest 653 photos, 772 members
Your Best Shot 2011 13,993 photos, 16,443 members
Floating People 3,421 photos, 1,273 members
Parkour 5,264 photos, 1,323 members
CAR [directory] 車 306,040 photos, 13,912 members
Mercedes Benz 21,560 photos, 3,278 members
Car-photographer's digest 4,374 photos, 5,237 members
Bridges and Tunnels 121,885 photos, 15,278 members
Time Lapse Videos 4,964 photos, 2,225 members
pebble balancing 2,787 photos, 483 members
Wallpeople Official 146 photos, 100 members
Black and White Film Photography (bwfp) 56,467 photos, 2,515 members
Astronomy Photos 4,542 photos, 498 members
Digital Infrared 63,398 photos, 6,688 members
120 334,994 photos, 11,157 members
Analogue Photos of Vintage Cars 7,798 photos, 374 members
Fuji Medium Format Cameras 9,529 photos, 1,118 members
I Shoot Film 1,768,674 photos, 69,818 members
Astronomy 35,601 photos, 6,568 members
Astrophotography 45,779 photos, 7,895 members
Through the Viewfinder 57,628 photos, 6,908 members
Apple Users 4,158 photos, 508 members
MacSetups 1,289 photos, 576 members
Your Desk 679 photos, 336 members
Apple Inc. 5,712 photos, 1,149 members
Mac Setups 1,730 photos, 775 members
My Desk 6,096 photos, 4,137 members
Cult of Mac 26,094 photos, 5,370 members
Mac Addicts 31,492 photos, 7,932 members
Pentax 67 (6x7, 67, 67II) 22,649 photos, 2,039 members
Canon EOS 60D Owners 66,770 photos, 3,052 members
ontheplane magazine submissions 2,221 photos, 180 members
Macintosh 57,651 photos, 18,434 members
Airbus 62,365 photos, 1,492 members
Cloudporn 87,647 photos, 11,042 members
Airplanes and Airports 255,356 photos, 8,286 members
DOZE mag. Issue*5 VISIONÄR [CLOSED] 715 photos, 861 members
The Panopticon: Pictures Of Surveillance Cameras 2,755 photos, 728 members
Your Best Shot 2010 20,265 photos, 24,808 members
Vertoramas 10,211 photos, 1,694 members
Portra 81,040 photos, 5,110 members
Pentax K-1000 users and lovers (k1000) 47,869 photos, 3,210 members
film.means.something.to.us 44,821 photos, 1,603 members
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Love Reflections 3,968 photos, 303 members
CRAZY MOMENTS 401 photos, 137 members

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Testimonials (4)

Luis_Amaral says:

"I have known Pedro for a long time, maybe about 2/3 of my life. I have always appreciated his true friendship and willingness to help in every situation. In photography, we have shared a lot of information and advice, and I might have influenced him a little bit in the beggining, mostly on general photography theory. Since then, he has evolved much more than me and these days it's the other way around.
I can say that I find Pedro dominates the technique and the equipment very well and he is very careful about all the details in a shot. He also masters post processing techniques which of course are part of the photographers workflow; the work of a photographer does not end with pressing the shutter release button and recording the image.
Thank you Pedro for your friendship and advice, your pictures are a source of inspiration and I think you are creative by nature, so you have a long path of evolution to go through to make your work better and better everyday. I think at some point in time you will make a living of this too!"

31st May, 2008
Redfishingboat.com says:

"I don't know Pedro that well, but he's really friendly and funny. And when I think about throwing my camera away into the deep blue ocean to never take another photograph -- his unique compositions have made me want to keep trying to reach that place! That's a good thing."

5th May, 2008
Rumboaningures says:

"I have never written any testimony before, but right now I was looking at Pedro's stream and I felt the imperative necessity of writing this. It is very easy to realise Pedro is a great person and he is always there to help you and to let you learn from him, so it has been a blessing to meet him. Besides that, he is a great photographer. That's why I am always expecting his new shots so eagerly, as he loves so much experimenting and creating a new way of perceiving photography. Through his work and trials, he is not the only one who learns, but also his viewers so, please don't forget to keep your eyes wide open!!"

13th April, 2008
txkimmers says:

"Starting with the advice that "one doesn't buy a camera, one buys a lens", Pedro has taught me a lot about photography since I met him. And, since his photos are quite good, I have vested him with all kinds of authority. When he gives me advice, I listen. You should too."

10th March, 2008