Felix Sanchez

Photography: Charming, urban decay

Felix Sanchez — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:09:18 +0000

Just a little bit of charming, urban decay. Cracks in the wall texture, dandelions, weeds, grass and plants growing freely

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About:
Shot with the Fuji x100s.
Edited in Lightroom, frame added in Photoshop.

Notes:
I included the white part of the wall to add a bit of dimension. The white part is maybe some important part of the entire construction, as it is 5 cm closer to me, than the rest of the wall. I deliberately added a bit of the wall on the right side of the white structure, to show, that it is not a corner of the building or something like that.
At first I shot this picture in bright sunshine, but the white part of the wall was totally blown out and the shadows of the weeds was quite disturbing. So, actually, this final shot was done the day after in cloudy weather.

Photography: Beach trash – bottle caps

Felix Sanchez — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:14:08 +0000

Was walking around the local Fuglsang Lake with my kids today, and we found no less than 59 bottle caps! A scary amount, especially considering that it’s off season.
We brought the bottle caps home, washed them and now keep them in a glass bowl to remind us how not to act.

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Fuglsang lake is located in Herning, Denmark and there is a 2.5 km walk around it.
The photo is edited in Lightroom, frame is added in Photoshop.

Photography: Colourful reflection

Felix Sanchez — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:42:01 +0000

Was challenged to do a photo with the theme colours, and after havng tried and failed several motifs like colouring pencils, beads and blankets I’d almost given up…
..until I noticed the contrasting colours from blue wall and the red reflection in the window.
I thought the colours teamed up nicely and made an obvious motif.

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The photo is edited in Lightroom, frame added in Photoshop.
Camera: The Fuji x100s

Photography: Shadow portrait

Felix Sanchez — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:14:42 +0000

My son Sylvester and I in a nice and simple shadow portrait.
The trees and the diagonal lines add dynamic to the photograph.

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Shot with the Fuji x100s.
Slightly edited in Lightroom. No cropping. Frame added in Photoshop

Urban photography: Neighbours

Felix Sanchez — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:07:14 +0000

An artistic looking couple of neighbour buildings in Frankfurt, Germany.
Shot with the Fuji x100s from the opposite Holiday Inn Express Hotel.

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Edited in Lightroom, framed in Photoshop.

Photography: Double exposure with the Fuji x100s

Felix Sanchez — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:57:27 +0000

For a long time I have been using a Canon 550D and besides that a Sprocket Rocket film camera for double or multiple exposures.
The Sprocket Rocket has so far delivered a lot of mistakes and only a few good multiple exposures. But hey, I’m a relative new photographer and shooting multiple exposures on film is quite a challenge.
So I had a lot of fun, even though it has cost me a lot of money in film and a lot of time in development of the films.
Recently, I bought my new camera, a fuji x100s, and this amazing digital camera is capable of delivering double exposures, digitally of course. So now, suddenly, it’s a totally new experience for me to do these photographs, and it’s like I’m starting all over again.
I simply love it!
Here’s a double exposure, a portrait I did recently. Hope you like it.

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Betina Birkkjær Graversen portrait – double exposure with the Fuji x100s.
Made up of silhuette portrait and blanket. Split tone processed and cropped in Lightroom.
No Photoshop work except for the frame.

Photography: Wait for eye contact

Felix Sanchez — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:36:45 +0000

Was shooting some documentary pictures at work recently.
8 group of young design students TEKO was given a handful of very different materials each and 2 hours, and needed to use that material to make their version of the theme: Light.

When walking around these groups I practised waiting for the right moments to shoot.
One example is this girl, she was and had been working on creating something from this mesh a long time, and I’d tried to get a good shot of her.
But none of the pictures came out as I wanted them.
So I decided to sit on the same spot and kept focus on her until she looked up.
It took a couple of minutes to get the shot, but when she looked up, it made it worth the while (Click for larger version):

Waiting for eye contact is often worth the while

I love that expression. And I think the surroundings actually captures that day nicely, materials all over, people on the floor dedicated to a specific task or up hurrying, getting new materials somewhere.

Here’s selected pictures from the shoot that day:

Decorating the light

Evaluating the materials

Setting up the proper environment

Identical approach to the materials

A mesh for the dress

All photos with a Canon 550D / 50mm 1.8 II
Edited in Lightroom, used the AP Lomo preset from Presetpond.

Photography: Popcorn, popped and pre-popped

Felix Sanchez — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:55:10 +0000

Contradictions, a before and after picture of one of the ultimate snacks; Popcorn.
Originally discovered by the Guatemalans, now an absolute musthave for filmlovers all over the world

Popcorn, popped and pre-popped

Canon 550D with a Canon 60mm f/2.8 macro lens.
Naturally lit, edited in Lightroom, frame added in Photoshop.

Photography: Inside The Whale, Demo Cassette

Felix Sanchez — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:26:09 +0000

This amazing demo cassette by local heroes Inside The Whale was “released” in 1993 and today celebrates 20 years of existence.
As the band will be re-united for 3 summer concerts I thought I’d do a collage of how it all started.

Inside The Whale – Demo cassette from 1993

Canon 550D with a Canon 60mm f/2.8 macro lens.
Artificial lightning.
Edited in Lightroom, collage set up in Photoshop

Headless portrait of young man seeking fame and fortune

Felix Sanchez — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:09:02 +0000

Another headless portrait.
This young man doesn’t give a fuck about talent shows, he’s going straight to the capital of rock and roll.

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Next stop: Fame and fortune

Camera: Canon 550D
Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.8
Lightning: Natural
Post processing in Lightroom
Frame and text added in Photoshop