Hello there!

It's been a while since i've seriously looked at DA. Two main reasons: i've been traveling a bit (here in Portugal) and i've been doing film photography, as you may know. Is film and DA incompatible? Of course not. But, as i said before, printed images are beautiful real life, but they loose a lot after being scanned, sharpened, etc. So, i've been somewhat hesitant in publishing my works. I just do it so that my friends know that i'm alive and trying to improve in my "art".

Doing film photography has been a true joy. All the process (from loading the film to washing the prints) is just magical, and the results are amazing. If you are not convinced, go out and see a good film photography exhibit - the detail, tones and dynamic range is amazing! You may have seen the recent announcement of the Canon 1Ds Mark III - they say it would rival with medium format film. Well, i AM shooting MF film, and my camera costed me 200Eur... ANyway, there's a place for every technology, and what matters is that everyone is happy with their work

About the tagging: as i've been trying to keep up with all the messages (right now, 602 deviations and 169 messages), i saw a recent "tagging frenzy" that also got me. So, i saw that *pedroinacio and =timeodd attacked me (maybe more people, still some journals and comments to read). Here goes:

1. post these rules
2. each person tagged must post 8 random (hopefully interesting) facts about themselves
3. tags should write a blogpost about these facts
4. at the end of the post 8 more bloggers are tagged and named
5. go to their blog and leave a comment telling them they're tagged

So here are 8 facts about me:

1. I'm into photography because i love to do it. No money or career involved. No exhibits wanted, at this moment.
2. I've changed a lot my ideas over photography. I used all kind of gear and cameras, until i settled on film photography. Next stage: large format.
3. Sometimes i talk to lamps. If they blink for me, of course.
4. Cookies and ice cream. Hmmmm.
5. I love to run, walk, play basketball, swim; sports, in general, is a part of my life.
6. Even though i have a degree in computer and electronics engineering, i recently started another one in History. Just to get my mind busy.
7. I have a nice view over the Atlantic ocean. However, i do travel for over 1 hour to get to work.
8. I had the luck to meet amazing people who became my friends.

I tag nobody.

PS: After being tagged, *rob-art diplomatically tagged me again. Nice move!

PPS: More tagging: ~Digaas

Thanks for your time