This area which I like to call "my immediate neighbourhood" makes up perhaps a quarter of the town and are the streets in which I grew up, in which I had friends and in which I played as a child. So when I have little time to walk in the morning, I simply opt to take a short stroll through these streets around my house. And there I always find something to photograph, or there is always some forgotten story to remember...
Esta área la cual yo acostumbro llamar "mi vecindario cercano" conforma quizás una cuarta parte del pueblo y son las calles en las cuales crecí, en las cuales tuve amigos y en las cuales jugué siendo un chiquillo. Así que cuando tengo poco tiempo para caminar durante la mañana, simplemente opto por dar una pequeña ronda por estas calles aledañas a mi casa. Y allí siempre encuentro algo para fotografiar, o siempre hay alguna historia olvidada y vuelta a recordar...
"A glimpse on the grocery corner"/"Una mirada a la esquina del abasto"
"Barefoot children playing"/"Niño jugando descalzos"
Now, at this point in my life, I have the luxury of wandering these streets as "being transparent", as people here have become accustomed to watching me walking and taking pictures with my camera. Lately I do less portraits as I have done it with almost all the people on the streets. However, there is always something on the street that is good for a photo.
Ahora, a estas alturas de mi vida, puedo darme el lujo de deambular por estas calles como "siendo transparente", pues las personas aquí se han a costumbrado a mirarme caminado y haciendo fotos con mi cámara. Últimamente hago menos retratos pues ya lo he hecho con casi todas las personas en las calles. Sin embargo, siempre hay algo en la calle que sea bueno para una foto.
"José Gregorio"/"José Gregorio"
"Glimpses between courtyards"/"Atibos entre patios"
It's a handful of heterogeneous streets, I have looked at them a thousand times since my childhood. However, there is always something I regret not having seen before. Sometimes I think I imagine things and then I photograph them, sometimes I confuse the names of the inhabitants and sometimes memories and stories come to my mind which I have doubts about whether they are real or a product of my inventiveness... At this point in my life these are a jumble of magical and ephemeral things happening in disarray.
Es un puñado de calles heterogéneas, las he mirado mil veces desde mi niñez. Sin embargo siempre hay algo lo cual siento no haber visto antes. A veces creo que imagino cosas y luego las fotografío, otras veces confundo los nombres de los habitantes y otras veces se vienen a mi mente recuerdos e historias respecto a las cuales tengo dudas si son reales o es producto de mi inventiva... A estas alturas de mi vida son un revoltijo de cosas mágicas y efímeras ocurriendo en desorden.
"The house where firewood is sold"/"La casa donde venden leña"
"Street with flock passing through"/"Calle con parvada atravesando"
I breathe, I imagine poems, I listen to the noises and words emanating from inside the houses, I am surprised by the sudden street solitude, then disturbed by people as soon as I turn a corner and walk a few meters... Doing this is a whole universe of sensations and events happening in very short intervals...
Respiro, imagino poemas, escucho los ruidos y las palabras que emanan desde dentro de las casas, me sorprendo con la repentina soledad callejera, luego perturbada por personas apenas giro en una esquina y camino algunos metros... Hacer esto es un universo completo de sensaciones y eventos ocurriendo en intervalos muy cortos...
"Empty cage in the backyard"/"Jaula vacía en el patio trasero"
"Giovanni's Corner"/"La esquina de Giovanni"
Thank you very much for your visit and appreciation!
¡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 3.6.3.
NOTA TÉCNICA ADICIONAL: Fotografias capturadas con mi cámara 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 3.6.3.
"We make photographs to understand what our lives mean to ourselves." - Ralph Hattersley.
"Hacemos fotografías para comprender lo que nuestras vidas significan para nosotros mismos." - Ralph Hattersley.
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
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
Some great shots you got here! Nice work! You are often shooting the streets?
Thank you for your appreciation friend @careassaktart!... Yes, I have been taking street photos in my town for about 12 or 13 years, and I have been sharing them here on #Hive for almost two years! ;-)
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I felt like I noticed but I still wanted to check with you 🙂 It is Cuba or?
Hello friend @jlinaresp I am surprised by the number of votes you get for each post you post, well done, you are a recognized photographer. Have you ever had an exhibition?
Oh @cyboule friend, it makes me blush!... he he he :))... Thank you very much for your appreciation!...
I actually take photographs just for hobby (and I started doing this almost 20 years ago as therapy against work stress)... Between 2010 and 2102 I did some regional and local exhibitions, but (and this will sound strange) my low ability to socialize in physical way, my natural introspection and tended to say what I think crudely, ended up getting me into trouble with the attendees at the expos, with the sponsors and with everyone I was close to!... ha ha ha ha :)). .. I'm a solitary guy by nature and I've never liked groups of people, that's disconcerting and makes me act incorrectly (at least that's what my psychologist said before I got into a fight with him ha ha ha)... Since then I have only provided my images in digital format for non-profit exhibitions at the local cultural athenaeum, but I only request in exchange the condition that I do not have to attend the events... Strange, isn't it?...
Sending hugs a thanks again!... Have a great week!
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Good morning @jlinaresp. There will always be something to photograph, even if for years we take photos in the same place and to the same people, the story every day is different. You do an excellent job in your town.
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Thank you very much for your appreciation and lovely comment! Have a happy week @parauri friend!
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Thank you for allowing us to accompany you on your journey through your neighbourhood. I always find it very interesting and touching to read your stories and look at your pictures. I can literally feel life through your descriptions. Thank you! You really are a great artist!
Thank you very much for this motivating and valuable comment friend @candelart!... Wow!... It makes my day!... I send a hug and my best wishes for a wonderful week full of your art, your lights, and lots of #hive time! ;)
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Beautiful and heart warming photographs @jlinaresp. Well done.
THANKS a lot dear @sunshine29 friend!!!... Have a great week!
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I can't imagine you living anywhere else, the village where you live has been perfect for your life and of course for the photography you love to do.
You are right dear friend @wilfredocav... I was about to move a couple of times during my life, but I simply "couldn't", I don't have the will to leave these streets which seem so perfect for "me to be and be"... I don't know the future, but I would like to leave this world within the strange corners of Montalbán...
Thanks a lot for visit and appreciate!
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Thank you!!
Muchas gracias por pasar, apreciar y por ese motivador comentario mi gente de @celf.magazine!
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