Visión: Of Mistakes and Memory

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The three photos in this post are a statement. A statement, say, a principle more than anything. A would-be reminder of the constant path of mistakes that one take before one can acomplish something remotely good.

What does a photo of two garbage man in their daily routine has to do with mistakes and self-deprecation?

Well, because you can barely see them. Because there’s no detail of the situation, no context, no faces, no nothing. Because in the rush of taking this pictures I forgot about the light and forgot how to use my freaking camera.

8pm. 100 ISO, f/14 @ 1/60 sec.

And the moment is gone. Underexposed forever. Sure, you can go to Lightroom and brighten the hell out of your photos (like in this case) but the quality will suck. Period.

Maybe because of the time I’m typing this, I’m being way too negative, but regardless of the tone, the lesson stands:

Know your gear, be ready and don’t forget about the light!

Specially if you are just strolling through the city. There’s always situations happening, people doing interesting stuff in front of you and moments you don’t wanna miss. This is particulary true the moment you pull out a DSLR camera. Being kinda big and menacing, people inmediatly asume you’re a pro of some sort and will pose for you.

I salvaged this photos in this gross manner jsut because I liked the attitude of this two workers and I didn’t want this moments to be lost.

Damn. They could’ve been great photos.

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Marcha CUT, 25 de agosto.

Fotografias marcha de culminación de los dos dias de paro convocados por la CUT (Central Unitaria de Trabajadores) que contó con una masiva convocatoria, especialmente por parte de los estudiantes chilenos.
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This is a series of photos taken on August 25th at the march to conmemorate the end of the two day national strike called by the “CUT” (Central Unitaria de Trabajadores) a multi-sindical organization.

Although the total numbers of participants vary depending on the estimates of the CUT (600.000 nation wide), government and police (175.000) , it was for sure a massive concurrence backed up by the Student Movement (who have been protesting for more than 3 months now) and various civil organizations.

Even though most of the march was held in a pacific way, which culminated in a cultural act, some masked rioters showed up with intentions of provoking the police, damaging public and private property and, in some cases, even attacking the pacific protesters that were trying to restrain them.

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