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Fotomondeo
- Mar 9, 2018
- 1 min
Story of an Image - Number 12
A street in Spain, literally millions of lights, so what's the story? Las Fallas is a traditional celebration, held annually in commemoration of Saint Joseph, in the city of Valencia, Spain. The term Fallas refers to both the celebration and the monuments burnt during the celebration. I was aware of Las Fallas but had never visited. However one year I read of a potentially interesting part of the celebrations, a competition to find the best illuminated street. Now that sounds
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Fotomondeo
- Feb 7, 2018
- 2 min
Story of an image - Number 11
First a couple of clarifications! One, this is not one of my most technically excellent shots. Two, I am not religious! However, I have chosen to write about this photograph because I was emotionally moved by the event. So let's provide the background. Easter is Spain in big! Being a catholic country, they actually spend a whole week celebrating it. In fact it's called Semana Santa, or holy week in English. The events culminate on domingo de resurección (Easter Sunday) with p
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Fotomondeo
- Feb 4, 2018
- 1 min
Story of an image - Number 10
Times Square, New York City. The second most Instagrammed location in the world in 2017. Just how do you go about getting a "different" view of one of the world's most recognisable locations? Well it ain't easy! I'd been wandering around the place with a wide-angle lens on the camera capturing all the classic views of the neon-clad buildings. Incidentally, the place really is as amazing to see as you'd hoped it would be. So, after a while I had a collection of shots for my co
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Fotomondeo
- Feb 2, 2018
- 2 min
Story of an image - Number 9
Love and despair..... That's the title I gave to this photo when I first uploaded it to Flickr. I don't do enough street photography. I've spent little time dedicated to it, but when I have done some, I've captured some interesting subjects. For some it can be daunting. I guess there is the fear of confrontation if someone objects to having their photo taken. It's not happened to me, and to mitigate the risk I have on occasion actually approached the subject and asked them if
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Fotomondeo
- Jan 31, 2018
- 2 min
Story of an image - Number 8
I'm posting this image because it's the one that has been the most commercially successful for me so far. I submitted this to Getty Images for commercial use back in 2011, and since then a license to use it has been obtained many times since. It has featured in daily newspapers across the world, on travel websites, in corporate brochures and other online articles. It's had a lot of visibility! So a little about the photograph. It was taken on the main promenade of the Spanish
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