Galhofa. Wrestling on top of straw in the barns of Trás-Os-Montes, where showing one’s strength goes hand in hand with local rivalries. Because not everything related with winter solstice has to do with masks.
Yesterday, when I wrote about masks becoming less important to me as I go more often to these masked traditions, this is a bit why: the joy of celebration, the sharing of an identity, those were subtle things I was referring to. The kind of things that actually drive me more to go there than just the mistery of the masks and costumes.
Not on purpose, but today the photo I picked from today’s visit to Grijó de Parada was more in tune to that.
I often tell everyone that the more I go to masked traditions, at least in this corner of Europe, the less important the mask and the costume feels to me. It still is, a lot, don’t get me wrong, but there are so many other subtle things that it feels not fair to look only at that one.
But today, as I quickly browsed through my pictures from my return to Ousilhão, one that caught my eye was one where the mask is the main character.
I’d love to be more consistent, but things aren’t as linear as that 😁
É quase 2024 e ainda continua a haver gente a dizer que Sistelo é o “Tibete português”…
Always having a camera nearby
It’s almost 2024, but most of Google web applications still don’t have dark mode…
And with Threads and Tumblr having plans to federate their own networks, this hopefully means that the “digital town square” we hear about is meant to be open and interconnected, and not a walled garden at the whim of a billionaire or a small group of investors…
Sunday mornings where it would felt much better to stay in bed, but glad I didn’t! Hiking at Tapada de Mafra, my mate Bruno’s idea.
Slack has a neat little feature where it plays ambient music when there’s no one else in a call. It’s funny, but I need different options, something like:
- Grim Shadows
- Ethereal Echoes
- Mechanized Pulse
- Midnight Reverie
- Underground Vibes
I love how most of VPN clients, at least for Windows, like to push themselves into the Startup, most of the times in a way it’s not easy to turn off…
Often nag people about using more public transit and less car. This morning decide to take the car to work, because it would be faster. Got really stuck in traffic, taking much longer than usual. I guess this is karma getting back to me…
Winter afternoon photowalk at Lisbon’s eastern neighborhoods with my mate Bruno. There’s no better way to catch up with friends that also photograph than going on a walk with our cameras, if you happen to take nice shots then that’s an extra bonus!
Also was a chance to take out new gear for a drive, but in the end mostly used only one camera. Mental reminder not to take the X100V when testing new gear…
Time of the year to take the Christmas tree from the basement, turn on the lights and count the days to feast around the table.
As localizações possíveis do novo aeroporto são anunciadas hoje.
Nos canais de TV logo de manhã: directos no aeroporto de Lisboa para perguntar a quem está por lá o que acha disso.
Há lá melhor maneira de encher chouriços?
Monday morning commute
In the latest video of Framelines (https://youtu.be/Sd41x2vp0fM), Josh Edgoose goes on a small tangent from the main topic: lenses should use the full-frame equivalent focal length, not the real focal length.
Why should the full-frame equivalent be the base reference? I understand the conventions and all that, but feels weird to put a focal that’s not the actual focal length, and, more important, it gives the sense that full-frame somehow is the “right one”, and the others orbit around it, which for me isn’t the case (all sensor sizes have their place, from tiny smartphone sensors to large format).
If it’s to get an universal measurement, then I’d rather jump head first to thinking in lenses in terms of field of view angle, and not focal length, something I’d loved lens makers displayed more prominently.
Hoje não peço muito para o Benfas, um joguinho sem história, aquelas vitórias aborrecidas por 2-0… ⚽
Uma pessoa pode ser boa a “vender o seu peixe”, a “esticar a cena ao máximo”, podem ser muita boa nisso até, mas muito dificilmente será o Fernando Pereira que ainda continua a fazer a vida a imitar o Thriller do Michael Jackson!
…aaaaaand one more trip around the sun…
Not leaving home today!
