Saturday 20/08/2011

Black and White photographs from my trip to Brazil. I still haven’t figured out why the images seem to be a bit out of focus on the blog. Anyone knows why? By clicking on them you can appreciate the quality of them though.

I noticed I didn’t introduce anyone in the last entry so I have decided to add this image on the first place. The little serious fella is Aleixandre who’s beeing fed by his mother Paula. On the background, Felipe, the eldest son, and Heather who you already know from previous posts.

Felipe and my legs. While writing this post I just realized I have unexplicably  lost some images I quite liked about the first  days I spent with Heather’s family in their flat in Rio. You can imagine how pissed off I am.

During a birthday party. Aleixandre was the centre of attention. I wonder how it might feel as a kid to be photographed constantly. I never experienced such thing or at least I don’t remember it.

Rafael.

Jumping on the trampoline. Pitty i cut Rafael’s head but I think the picture is still worth showing.

No comment.

The tampoline was deffinelty the attraction of the day!

Back home after a long day for the kids.

Jump in time! Taking a van from Campo Grande’s airport to the town of Bonito.

We met some very friendly people like Ramón

and Claudia who couldn’t spend as many days with us as she would have liked.  We were lost in the middle of Brazil but yes, there was still internet connection. A very slow and painful one…

We also met some not so nice people. It was the first time I felt ashamed of being catalan while beeing abroad.

The day of the spanish poisoned cocumbers which turned out to be german at the end. Great losses for spanish cocumber growers.

Bonito was a very chilled place without much to do during the day. Ramón used his time well.

We still woke up very ealry to do some eco-tourism activities though.

At Gruta do Lago Azul.

I am not going to deny the landscape was astonishing.

A dog that followed us during a walk on the forest.

Look closer.

Deffinelty making new friends.

The bird started to loose balance off my head and you can imagine the result on my skull. Hurt for a whole day.

spare time + boredom = photograph of a caterpillar (with a nice narrow depth of field, of course).

ouyeah…

The thing on the bottom left of the image is not dust on the sensor but te tail of another dog that followed us during walks in the forest.

I did not become crazy submering my camera on the water. Rented a shitty compact with a waterproof case. Heather in Rio de Prata.

The story is long but making it short I only had a pair of contact lenses with me beacuse I never though I would go to a river to photograph before comming to Brazil. Unfortunately one broke which let me blind only beeing able to see through the compact camera’s LCD.

Shortly after that day in Rio de Prata we were getting ready to go back

and say goodbye to the friends we made during our stay. Gideon and

(I actually forgot her name) Gideon’s wife.

Another jump in time! Iguabinha. Watching Rafa Nadal play tenis.

Felipe enjoying the pool. I’d be nice to be able to do that during winter in Europe.

Felipe getting a pan from the bottom of the pool.

End for now.