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City of London
After several years, it was time to go back to London. I really like the metropolis. It is like NYC but with an old country vibe. There are always things to do and new places to notice.
This time was different. This time, London was going to be seen through a viewfinder. Spoiler: I loved it. What a photogenic city.
On top of this —as if I was not lucky enough already—we had some sunny days and others lightly sunny ones. Every other corner of the city, from the busy City of London to Southwark, Borough Market, the tube lines, the trains, Notting Hills, and the museums, among many other corner pubs, had the perfect light casting upon the bricks and deep shadows that gave me the ideal scene for capturing candid subjects with such exciting lighting.
I cannot wait to go back, but in the meantime, here are some M11 21mm moments to share as I usually do.
Leica Master shot
During my visit to Argentina and Uruguay, I was lucky to capture some beautiful moments with my Leica M11 and M7. Every so often, I submit some of my images to LFI. I do not do it often, but whenever I like something, I share it and get some criticism.
On December 29th, I was surprised to see one of my submissions selected as a Leica Master shot. It was an incredible honor and I look forward to continue improving on my photography.
https://lfi-online.de/en/gallery/m-mastershots/Colorful-Dresses-2824542.html
Soccer Foggy Night
Recently Seattle has thankfully being sunny, but very foggy in the mornings. A few Mondays ago I had to take my son to soccer practices around the Hillmam City area in Seattle. When we got there, I was immediately thankful I had taken my cameras with me because, we could barely see a few meters from us and it was a great opportunity to take some interesting foggy pictures at night.
Mystic Fog
I have been enjoying these last few days in Seattle. The morning cold with sun give space for the myst/fog to come into the city and they generate a beautiful photogenic scenario.
Pacific Coast
A few weekends ago I visited the Pacific Ocean coast. A small community called Seabrook, WA. It is a lovely town build from 0 in the past 20 years or so. Since I was staying a weekend I decided to take my camera(s) [ Leica M11 + Leica M7 ] and test my luck with the non-stop raining weather.
Here are some of the pictures I was able to capture with Kodak Tri-X 400 and with the M11.
Deception Pass
I have meant to do a little more landscape and architectural photography. Summer is almost gone, and I wanted to do some hikes with my family and take the time to capture some lovely pictures with my M11 and M7. I was shooting Ektar 100 on the M7, so I did BNW with the M11.
Deception Pass, if you do not know it, is a fantastic place to take photos and a super easy hike for the kids to do since is mostly no elevation on the hikes, and beach walking is very easy to talk, primarily stones and sand beach.
The weekend we went was mostly cloudy which played very well for the mood I was going for the in the pictures.
Paris 21
Paris 21 - Paris through a 21mm
After my trip to Ushuaia, I felt 35mm was not giving me enough of a view to capture some interesting moments in all of its magnitude and beauty. At the same time, I wanted to experience what would it feel to do street and city landscape with such a wide angle glass. Change my view of the world and learn to compose with 90 degrees. What could be done, how close and how much I could capture inside a single frame.
The perfect opportunity came when we decided to take a one day drip to Paris. Took the train from Avignon to Paris early in the morning and came back later that day. In shorts, one crazy field day.
While in the train I had another crazy idea: I would work to create a small series, “Paris 21”. I would take pictures for one day all in 21mm in Paris, select the ones that best represented Paris and share then. Easier said than done, but I was hyped about the challenge.
Paris is Paris, it’s been photographed for centuries but I still wanted to share my moments, my view, a small portion of what caught my eye. How Eiffel and Louvre would look through a super wide framing. I hope you all enjoy Paris 21., as much as I enjoyed the process of creating these because this one unforgettable day.
Tierra de los Fuegos
Ushuaia - The end of the world
Photography is my muse, my art, my time to remove all worries and enjoy the moment. A few years ago, I got a Leica because I wanted to slow down, stop time and enjoy the moment of capturing the world through a rangefinder. The pictures were the result, but I was on it more for the process, and few cameras provided that experience.
In 2022, I bought my first Leica M — M11 — in Leica Marseille while visiting Provence. I have not put it down ever since; it goes with me everywhere. Early in 2023, I had an opportunity to travel to Ushuaia for pleasure, and I took my M11. I wanted to capture some of the "End of the world" through the M11 glass. See if I could steal some of the magic of the "end of the world" and put it into pictures.
The following pictures are a small selection of this trip that I hope represents the spirit of "La Tierra de los Fuegos".
