Been there blog that

Sun Aug 31

Again…..

Mon Aug 11

Back from my UK vacations, a whole day driving around France and Spain.

Sat Aug 09

Slowly decaying since it stopped to be operational, one of the many airfields scattered around Lincolnshire UK, which supported bomber command operations with great sacrifice of people and resources, that are slowly dissapering.
Thanfully RAF Metheringham has a visitor center which carries the memory of the airfield, even when those old derelict buildings will fade away in time, the visitor center will carry the history of this and many other airfields that aren’t going to survive the time.

Thu Aug 07

Wed Aug 06

How different this is from Spain, on the fence looking at the runway with your car waiting for the jets…. If only…..

Tue Aug 05

Sat Aug 02

At Lincoln in Lincolnshire UK, the bomber county, where in every couple of miles there is an active or abandoned RAF base, my kind of town :)
Apart from that a beautiful and friendly part of UK where I love to stay.

Thu Jul 24

I’ve been to a celebration today at EADS CASA in Getafe, Madrid to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the flight of the Breguet XIX GR (Gran Raid) Super-Bidón christened “Cuatro Vientos” in which in 1933 Mariano Barberán and Joaquin Collar made the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from Madrid to Cuba

Tue Jul 22

At last got my Hassie after some long time lurking on ebay and waiting for its arrival, I think this relation is going to last long, still shooting my first roll with many more to come!

Fri Jul 18

Agree, really cool.


mareen says:

The Multicolr Search Lab by Idée uses Flickr photos to show you the color combinations you are looking for. So awesome!
(Neil via email)

Thu Jul 17

Your artist work when things get messed up in windows.

Wed Jul 09

Leaving to RIAT today and what a especial one, my beloved Vulcan is going be flying, just when I thought it was going to be one of those cases of never seeing her flying again (or never for the case), so it means that you never know what life would bring you and that some planes should never stop flying. Expect only minimal Twitter activity in the following days.
Photo by me (Newark Aviation Museum).

Tue Jul 08

Via flightglobal

Thu Jul 03

Via Vintageviews.org

Wed Jul 02

“What’s the #1 characteristic of photographers? We are all CHEAP…..”

Wed Jul 02

zehnuhr:

As I promised (silent to myself) here is something like my linklist for inspiration and daily/weekly creative news updates. See it as a present.

DAILY & WEEKLY
A List Apart
Computerloveâ„¢
Design Observer
It’s nice that
MagCulture
MANYSTUFF
NY Times/technology
QBN — Design Industry and discussion
swissmiss
TED — Ideas worth spreading
TheDieline — Package design
The Morning News
today and tomorrow
Type for you
VVORK
Werbeblogger (German)
WIRED
Yay! Monday!
YouWorkForThem

INSPIRATION: INTERIOR
Apartment Therapy
DesignSponge
DesignSponge: Sneakpeeks
FresHome
German DJs and their living rooms
the style files

INSPIRATION: FASHION
AltamiraNYC
bored & beautiful
styleclicker
Stil in Berlin
The Sartorialist

INSPIRATION: PORTFOLIOS
96kâ„¢
Albert Folch
Bishbo
Christiaan Postma
Craig Butterworth
Hannes Gloor / Stefan Jandl
Hillman Curtis
Jennifer Daniel
Jung & Wenig
Julie Joliat
Ken Meier
Liz Plahn
Neil Donnelly
Philip Dam Roadley-Battin
riografik
Serial Cutâ„¢
Shaz Mandani
Sissel Johannessen
Stefan Golz
Stefan Sagmeister
Tina Berning

Feel free to reblog this list, save some links as your new favorites or mail me some other great links, I didn’t mention yet. Thanks! Have a nice day!

Since we share many links, here it goes, great stuff for the creative mind.

Tue Jul 01

Creative Rut

Another take on how to jump the creative gap or why digital photography makes photographers dumb, the situation described on the post brings me the point on my reasons to embrace analog photography along with digital.

First I must say that is not only about the coolness and magic of film, although is definitely on the list ;) is about going back to the basics of photography and thinking before shooting. This thinking and learning process really helps to improve your photography in general and of course your digital photography, but let’s cut the chase, here are some real points of improvement:

• No reliance on Av or Tv modes, everything is manual. No more thinking of aperture or shutter speed in terms of separate settings, instead you will learn to match them for getting what you want, less shooting looking behavior of digital photography and better single shoot results.
• Control over ISO and White balance behaviors. As you get used to different film properties, the way your digital camera behaves when changing this will start to make sense, helping you to get the most out of them for more accurate results.
• Thoughtful framing. Since you are going to just shoot once, you will make sure you are framing your subject the way you intended, no more cropping adjustments or cut elements (well I know you scan your film, but you still would do it less).
• Clever use of light and better lighting. Since you will not rely on a light meter (in general), you will start to think about light in terms of shutter and aperture numbers to squeeze the available light, which again is another case of stopping the shooting and looking behavior (guessing). There is a great example of this improvement in the link story.

Mixing all that with the fast and tweakable nature of digital photography really expands your abilities as a photographer, whether this method is better or faster than the no limits shooting of digital photography is a whole new discussion but I can only say that at least the analog one is a lot more rewarding and enjoyable.

Link via prophotolife.com

Mon Jun 30

Via my flickr

Wed Jun 25

The Creative Gap

Creative Gap, who doesn’t suffers it? Apart from the great recomendations and examples that Chase Jarvis provides in his post, here are my two euro cents on how to try overcoming it:
- Jot your ideas and feelings on the project, helps to conceptualize and go back to the “drawing board”.
- Draw schemas and story boards, after all the more graphical the better when on spot.
- Planing is great, but after all the real world and moment is what matters, so trial and error is the best way, especially if you aren’t constrained.
- Don’t throw anything away, revisiting projects always gives a new light into the problems.

Sat Jun 21