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Fotografiar es fácil. Lo difícil es mirar.
(Eduardo Momeñe)
Siempre me he sentido atraído por las manifestaciones artísticas en general, especialmente la pintura, la música, el cine... Me gusta pasear por la playa y el campo, escribir haikus y, cómo no, disparar... con una cámara, por supuesto.
Tengo imágenes de arquitectura, nubes, flores, paisajes, hojas, naturaleza muerta, árboles... Fotografío tanto en color como en blanco y negro (mi debilidad).
Al principio, no presté atención a la fotografía digital, hasta que el ordenador me hizo descubrir su increíble potencial creativo.
De momento, aunque tengo cámara digital (una Panasonic Lumix FZ8), sigo prefiriendo las capturas analógicas, a la antigua. Me encanta el grano auténtico y el poder de evocación que poseen las imágenes de época. ¡Oh hermosa imperfección de la memoria visual...!
Sin embargo, como muchos otros fotógrafos, combino estos dos procedimientos:
Uso principalmente película (negativa y diapositiva), que llevo a revelar a un laboratorio de confianza, donde también me imprimen copias sobre papel fotográfico.
Escaneo con Canoscan 4200F y software VueScan, y edito las imágenes con Photoshop. Algunas veces (pocas) utilizo también Photomatix.
Equipo
De niño jugaba con una Kodak Instamatic 133-X "Made in Germany" (en paradero desconocido). Algunos años más tarde, le “tomé prestada” a mi cuñado una flamante Canonet 28 (¡menudo salto!), y empecé a revelar yo mismo blanco y negro (carretes y ampliaciones) en un modesto e improvisado cuarto oscuro (el baño de casa, claro).
Mi primera réflex fue una deslucida pero eficiente Yashica TL Electro X de segunda mano. Se la compré a un compañero de trabajo junto con un Tokina 28mm/2.8, un Yashinon-DS 50mm/1.4 y un Formula 5 Gold Crown 75-205mm/3.5. Con este equipo "setentero" mi visión fotográfica se ensanchó bastante.
Seis meses antes de la caída del muro de Berlín, compré una Praktica MTL5B nueva con el CZJ Tessar. Es la cámara que uso habitualmente, y funciona aún como el primer día.
También disparo a veces con una Samsung Slim 145S, una telemétrica automática, compacta y versátil, ideal para ir de vacaciones.
Últimamente, he incorporado dos trastos más de los 60’s: una FED-2 con el Industar-61 L/D 52mm/2.8 y una Praktica Nova PL1. ¡Qué bien van... de momento! Con ellas, unas veces expongo a ojo y otras le echo un vistazo a un viejo fotómetro de mano.
Otros objetivos
Pentacon 29mm/2.8, Helios-44M 58mm/2, Industar 61 L/Z 50mm/2.8, Super-Takumar 135mm/3.5 y Super-Takumar 55mm/2.
Espero que les guste mi galería. Gracias anticipadas por sus comentarios y/o testimonios.
About me
I am interested in the artistic expression on the whole, especially painting, music, cinema... I enjoy walking along the shore and the country, writing haiku and shooting... with a camera, of course!
My pictures are of architecture, clouds, flora, landscapes, leaves, still life, trees... I take them both in black and white and color.
At first, I paid no attention to digital photography, until I found out first-hand her amazing creative potential.
For the time being, although I have a digital camera (Panasonic Lumix FZ8), I prefer analogue rather than digital captures. I love the genuine grain and the powerful evocation of the vintage look. Oh, beautiful imperfection of the visual memory...!
However, as many other photographers do, I combine these two processes in my work:
I shoot mainly film (negatives and slides) and I develop the rolls in a reliable lab (where I also print on photo paper).
I scan the film in a Canoscan 4200F with VueScan and edit my pictures with Photoshop. Sometimes, I use Photomatix too.
Gear
When I was a boy, I used to take pictures with a Kodak Instamatic 133. A few years later, I borrowed a Canonet 28 (what a jump!) from my brother-in-law and I started to develop black and white rolls and prints by myself in a modest improvised darkroom... at the toilet!
My first reflex was a faded but efficient secondhand Yashica TL Electro X. I bought it from a workmate with a Tokina 28mm/2.8, a Yashinon-DS 50mm/1.4 and a Formula 5 Gold Crown 75-205mm/3.5. My photo vision had been expanded quite a lot.
Six months before the fall of the Berlin wall, I purchased a brand-new Praktica MTL5B with the standard Tessar 50mm/2.8.
This is the camera I use regularly and it works without a flaw so far.
I have a Samsung Slim 145S too: it is an automatic, compact and versatile rangefinder. Lately I added to my gear two more cameras: the soviet rangefinder FED-2 with Industar-61 L/D 53mm/2.8 and the DDR Praktica Nova PL1.
Other lenses
Pentacon 29mm/2.8, Helios-44M 58mm/2, Industar 61 L/Z 50mm/2.8, Super-Takumar 135mm/3.5, Super-Takumar 55mm/2.
I hope that you’ll enjoy my gallery. Thanks in advance for your ocasional comments and testimonies.


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- Name:
- Miguel Ibáñez
- Joined:
- October 2009
- Hometown:
- Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz, Andalucía)
- Currently:
- Gelves (Sevilla, Andalucía), España
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Occupation:
- Administrativo

















