giancarlobianchi

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Mar, 2016

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It is a snapshot while taking cover inside the train Station (Estación de Francia in Barcelona), while it was heavily raining outside, I took my came

Sunrise in Railay, Thailand, as a fisherman gets on a boat an leaves for the day.

A Young Monk bangs the drum to let the other monks know the time. Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The photo depicts a shy cat in the streets of Bangkok.

Sunrise on the waterfront walkway of Khiri Khan, Thailand.
A lovely fishermen town.

I was walking by the beach one day I found this incredible scene: A father holding his toddler daughter so the waves soak up her feet.
I love this pic

Kids are incredible, because they don't see barriers where we grown ups only see obstacles.

I took this picture while scouting for a video project.
I loved the idea of the Bank (Caixa, one of the biggest in Spain) and the financial district,

Took this photo while I was walking near the beach of Barcelona.
For me, it represent the own barriers we put ourselves in our minds, those moments wh

This is a photo of two friends waiting more friends on a park near Petronas Tower, to we honest, I would have love to capture a couple kissing, but un

The view of Khiri Khan pier, Thailand from the temple in the mountain.

I took this photo why walking at the outskirts of Barcelona port. I love looking for silhouettes against the sky.

An old man rowing on the edge of a long tail boat in Amphawa Floating Market, Thailand.

Behind The Lens

Location

Barcelona's Eixample district inner street.

Time

Golden Hour.

Lighting

I love shooting silhouettes against the skies, so when I saw this structure, I couldn't help myself. I wanted it to be a color piece and transmit the warmth of summer, but without going to the obvious orange, I wanted it to have more of a Savabah kind of feel. Lighting is just the building backlit by the sun in golden hour and crushed blacks in postproduction.

Equipment

Sony A7R with leica adapter and Leica 240mm f4 lens.

Inspiration

I love Alex Webb's skies, specially on the Cuba series, so I was trying to get something remotely similar to his mood; but with my own style.

Editing

Postproduction was actually pretty simple. I used the levels to crush the blacks of the building, then did a basic color correction to get the golden color and removed all traces of the blue skies. I wish I could say there is more to it, but it is not.

In my camera bag

Well, recently I readjusted my equipment, I was shooting with the Sony A7r with manual Leica lenses, but I am currently on a one month trip to Thailand, and decided to switch to Minolta AF lenses for my street photography; and since I don't know when I will be able to repeat this experience I have 4 lenses ranging from 17mm to 210 with a 2x adapter. I have in my bag the 35-70 f3.5-4.5 (close focus), the 75-210 f.4-5.6 and my most go to lenses 17-35 f.2.8/4 (beautiful lens) and since I am in monsoon season and didn't want to miss a thing when it gets dark is the 50mm f1.7. I just wish the 17-35 could be this fast.

Feedback

Always look up! Actually, this photo was a little hard to get, because in later years there is always a layer of white smog over Barcelona (and almost every city in the world), so when I have the opportunity to shoot against a clear blue sky, I take it. Most people prefer to shoot against cloudy skies because of the texture (I do it also), but there is something for me in the depth of a blue sky and the negative space it creates that is also beautiful. In this case, having a clear sky also helped me for a painless color correction, it was not hard at all to get the golden colors just with primary adjustments, which would have been really painful and the result not as beautiful with a cloudy sky.

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