Felix Sanchez

Andante I by Fernandino Carulli

Felix Sanchez — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:29:12 +0000

Wanted to do an interesting angle on a very classical piece.
So I ended up with this:

Played on a Oscar Schmidt acoustic.
Recorded on a DSLR: Canon 550D – f/1.8 50mm.
Tripod used.
Sound through a Sennheiser MKE 400.
Sound noise reduced in Soundbooth but otherwise unedited.
Video edited in Premiere.

Location: Pitchblack living room. Guitar front-, side- and lit from below by 3 cheap spots (Jansjö, Ikea, §10 each)

Photography: Loving this £3 cap from H&M

Felix Sanchez — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:18:01 +0000

Bought a cap for my son last autumn. It cost me something like £3.
Ridiculous, especially when actually thinking of how many hours he’s spend playing with/wearing that cap. He really loves it.
Thought I’d pay a tribute to the cap. And create a picture for my son to remember the cap by.

(Click for much larger versions at Flickr)

Loving this £3 cap from H&M

Exif data

Aperture: 4.0
Shutter: 1/30 – 1/40 sec
ISO: 100 – 640
Focal length: 19 mm

Camera: Canon 550D
Lens: Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8

Editing data

The pictures are all edited in Camera Raw.
The collage is set up in Photoshop, text added. Finally contrast increased.

Photography: Kid eating icecream

Felix Sanchez — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:01:52 +0000

One of my favorite pictures.. Nothing can make a high energy boy aged 3 relax like an icecream. Moments before this picture was taken we’d run, fought and pretended to be playing american football, tackling away on each other. And then suddenly – he just sits there, relaxing, but still dirty and a bit exhausted from all the commotion.
The photo is from Malaga, Spain, October 2010.

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Kid eating icecream, Malaga 2010

Exif data
Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Focal length: 55mm
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100

The photo is cropped and converted into sepia-colors in Photoshop

Photography: ..you got issues?

Felix Sanchez — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:07:13 +0000

Was shooting random shots of my son the other day while waiting for his mother. Suddenly – while posing as a tough guy – he had this expression on his face. It reminded me of Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols and their lazy, crazy “I don’t give a fuck” attitude.
So I decided to alter the photograph into a Sex Pistols inspired “rebelling youth”-poster.

Here’s how it turned out:

You got issues?

(Click for larger versions at Flickr)

The graffiti wall and texts are created in Photoshop.
The photo is given a lot of contrast and then “torn” out using the Quick Selection tool. Some adjustments are made in the Refine Edge dialog box.
The color theme is from Kuler.
Hope you like it.

Thanks to Esben Hindhede for advise on creating this poster

Opel Kadett 1.3 for sale

Felix Sanchez — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:10:39 +0000

Opel Kadett 1.3 for sale.
Original red paint, rarely driven and ind herb condition.
Casette player. A few Creedence tapes included!
Naturally air conditioned.
5 door, 3 working, body and engine in perfect condition, only need a tiny bit of attention.
So far only 1 owner, my grandma, using it for church on sundays.
Papers in absolute order.
A get-in and go car, truly a steal; only $6500.
..by the way; tires are missing.

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Opel Kadett, original red paint!

Opel Kadett, herb condition. A get-in and go car!

Body in almost splendid conditon, only needs a little TLC!

Opel Kadett for sale. Truly a steal!

Opel Kadett for sale. Minty!

Drop your bid at Twitter – @felixsanch or directly in this post.
But be quick, guess it’ll be sold by tomorrow.

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All photos with a Canon 550D – 50mm 1.8
Photos edited in Photoshop, contrast increased, framed, stamp added.

Photography: Sunset in Rhodes

Felix Sanchez — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:28:12 +0000

Being december and entering the 3 coldest months in Denmark, I thought I’d post a picture reminding us of sun, happiness and summer holidays. So here’s a picture from Rhodes july 2011 with the sun setting over the Mediterranean Sea

Sunset in Rhodes

(Click for larger versions available at Flickr)

The picture is cropped in Photoshop, levels adjusted and a deep red 70% Photo filter added.
Hope you like it.

Photography; Mojitos, anyone?

Felix Sanchez — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:01:37 +0000

While visiting the official rum- and whisky-festival in Frederiks, Denmark, I saw the opportunity of photographing these 3 delicious Mojitos in the cocktailbar.

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Delicious Mojitos

The photo is cropped, a black frame and 3 layers of texture is added in Photoshop.

Credits

Viveca Koh Photography for nice photographies and excellent use of textures.
Jerry Jones for excellent textures.

Old benches and autumn leaves

Felix Sanchez — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:29:48 +0000

In late October the autumn leaves partly covered the grass area of the playground at Centralsygehuset in Herning. Besides from these fallen leaves, the old benches at the playground really made the scene look sad, in a beautiful brown/green autumn way.

Old benches and autumn leaves

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The picture was captured with a Canon 550D, using a 50mm 1.8 lens.
The raw file was imported and saved with 7 different exposures, making a fake HDR possible. Contrast boosted and Unsharpen Mask used in Photoshop. Finally the picture was added texture and framed.
Hope you like it

Credits

Jerry Jones from Shadowhouse Creations for texture and frame.
Viveca Koh for inspiraton.

Email from Leo

Felix Sanchez — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:39:45 +0000

Dear Ma.
A short email-hello from me and Rafa here in sunny Crete. And hello from uncle Yorgos too, we’ve helped him pick a lot of his delicate olives and he’s very grateful, that we’re here.
By the way, the trees in Greece carry all kind of nice eatable stuff, the other day we climbed a palm and found lots of nice bananas. In general, the fruit here is quite nice.
I must admit, Ma, working here in this heat has been kinda hard, but luckily we’ve have had lots of spare time, too.
We’ve spend some of that spare time ninjaing randomly around, the other day we went fishing and we’ve kept in shape playing some football.
And you’d love this, Ma, we’ve found an absolue killer spot for sunbathing, too.
The food here is lovely. We’ve tried a lot of different pizzas with local ingredient, and some it it has been surpricingly good.
Of course, we’ve tried some of the local beers too, and last night I got Rafa so drunk he fell asleep on his shield, ROFL, no ROFLMAO, actually!

I’ve attached some pictures for you, Ma, just click ‘em if you want to see ‘em in larger versions.

Here's Rafa and I picking olives

Check us out up in one of those banana palms

Me ready to slice some of that tasty, juicy local cretan fruit up

Rafa playing american football

One of me fishing in the local pool

Heres that amazing spot in the sun I mentioned

Amazing crackers, gotta bring some of these with us back

Rafa quite excited about a traditional ham and cheese pizza

One of the last snapshots of Rafa before he blacked out on Mythos

As you can tell from the pictures, Ma, we’re doing good, and you don’t need to worry about us. We’re looking forward to getting back home to you.
Rafa, Yorgos and everybody else says hi.

Love you, Ma.
Yours
Leo

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Technical info.
All shots with a Canon 550D / Tamron 17-50 2.8 lens.
All shots taken on location in Crete, only natural light sources used.
Slightly cropped and edited in Photoshop.

Handheld short: Hillbilly humor

Felix Sanchez — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:14:58 +0000

After a month of rendering and editing the video for Mette Mikkelsen I felt like doing something else.
Something completely different.
So I grabbed this apple-eating son of a hillbilly and shot this short about an uncontrollable passion and the nonexisting ability of knowing when to stop

Remember; Turn the volume up and go fullscreen!

The short is shot with a Canon EOS 550D and a Tamron 17-50 mm F/2.8 lens.
The short is set up in Premiere and then given a serious makeover in After Effects.
Auto Color, Hue/Saturation, Sharpen and Brightness/Contrast is used to correct picture, color and contrast.
Posterize Time is used to simulate that good old recognizable look.
Twitch is used to add an element of chaos in each transition. From kid to box of apples and back to kid.

Hope you found it entertaining.