I’m growing more and more disconnected of many travel people sharing stuff in the webs, specially Instagram. Trying to avoid generalizations, that I truly hate to do, but there’s a specific pattern that I seem to have a part of my brain dedicated to it:

  1. Plenty of videos in the stories walking in the streets with an action camera, saying “I’m in this really cool spot!”
  2. Visited country counter in the profile
  3. Linktree with all the affiliate links

Rant mode off…

So… The thing now on Instagram is spamming by bulk liking my comments, despite being years old, so I eventually click their OF page?… 🙄

Moon today comes with a black myst filter included.

A serene landscape features a glowing full moon over a vast, calm body of water with a grassy foreground.

Regardless not planning to shoot large format on film, I tend to watch LOTS of it, it’s some of the best photography related content on YouTube.

It has been a strange few days, with the Meta owned services slowly moving closer to become X. Another blunt reminder that we must move away from these centralized services, that depend on the whim of their owner, into something more open, more decentralized, more transparent and where the user owns its data. This is very uncomfortable and somehow painful, but means transitioning from X, Facebook, WhatsApp to Mastodon, BlueSky, Signal, etc.

While I’m still the “old social media”, and kind of active, I’ve been much more present in this more decentralized and privacy conscious side of the internet, and that’s a trend to continue in this weird near future. Except on Signal, because it’s complicated to move people away from WhatsApp, but there’s still hope to change that this year!

In my mind, and because I’m often out and about during this season, the new year only formally kicks off when I return home. So let’s get this going!

Waking up to rain pouring just above my head. I’ve had worst Sunday mornings.

Raindrops are clinging to a window, with a blurred view of a landscape in the background.

A regressar de Trás-Os-Montes, mas confuso com uma bola de luz no céu que não sei bem o que é…

A bright sunset view is seen from inside a car, with road and sky visible through the windshield.

Here we go again! Driving for a good chunk of Christmas day, just to reach the many winter solstice traditions happening in this upper right corner of the country. And starting strong with probably one of the best: Ousilhão.

A person dressed in a dark, detailed costume with horns and holding a stick ascends stairs at night, while another person looks on from inside a lit room.

Quick thoughts on Darktable’s new camera specific styles: gives a really nice starting point for processing, and for me that’s awesome, as I don’t like to spend a lot of time on it. Even better, you can change those styles.