3/ Everyone Gets a Flower Shot

3/ Everyone Gets a Flower Shot, originally uploaded by Alexcia DeVasquez.

Everyone has flower shots, I thought that I should have one too. I don't normally find myself attracted to flowers. They seem a bit over photographed, but as someone who has just started my first tomato garden from seeds, I understand why gardeners love their plants so much. I digress.

I did have some fun today experimenting with over exposure of them and composting them together. I was hoping to maintain the quality of light and the paradise feeling that I have at the Duffy house. Sunsets and fairytale light on the mountain normally hypnotize me.

I wanted to show how the hills make me feel, but with different subject matter... with the idea that if you know the feeling you want to portray, subject matter is important to emphasize the nuances of the feeling.

2/ Life of the Dogs...

2/ Life of the Dogs..., originally uploaded by Alexcia DeVasquez.

Dogs in my town, have a wild life.

They roam the town and hang out in roundabouts... they go in when they want, and they protect the house when they are there. When they aren't home, they hang out with their friends. Being dogs and doing what ever dogs do.

The Calm before the Storm

1- The Calm before the Storm, originally uploaded by Alexcia DeVasquez.

Friday night was beautiful. The sunset was amazing and the thunderstorm was beautiful. I have never seen a storm like I did last night.

Being in a new country doesn't guarantee an amazing day or night, but I find that I am much more relaxed here. I am more edger to pick up the camera and 'hang out for a bit'. I was trying to catch the lightning that was going off in this cloud, that failed but what came out of it was still pretty. Like I said yesterday, I think I could photograph this valley every day and not get bored. I may get lonely, never leaving a hill, but not bored.

The last few day's we have spent alot of time up at Alan's parent's house. This is a picture from there. I really missed having my underwater camera that day. It was a bit chilly, but we had a blast.

The light up in Valtocado is like a fairy tale. I do believe that I could photograph these hills everyday and not get tired of it, which is something I never imagined possible.

Once I got to Spain, I understood how people photographed the same thing everyday for 20+ years... the Golden Gate bridge, the ocean's horizon or their loved ones. I wish I could remember all the photographer's names that I'm referencing but I can't. If anyone wants to comment them, that would be great. I'll add links. :)

May Day

I'm normally not a big fan of sideshows, but I thought I'd be able to put the images here with all the captions separately but Pisaca wasn't letting me do it... frustrated me. If you have problems seeing the sideshow try to refresh, if that doesn't work click here.


It was May Day. We went for a drive, to where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic... well, that's a poetic stretch. After driving past the harbors of Algeciras, we found the best Mexican Food in Spain and new friends. The last few hours of sunlight was spent having a long walk on the beach. We probably should have kept the camera in the car but here are the images that we took. By we, I mainly mean Alan.

Torros and Amore

Here are the images I took from the Torros, the bull Fight on Sunday. It was an amazing dance between the Matadors and the bull. There were many unexpected sights in watching my first bull fight.











"Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honour."
-Ernest Hemingway

Love

love, originally uploaded by Alexcia DeVasquez.

There is a love for the Bull Fight, it can even be found in the shadows of their dance.

Torro

Torro, originally uploaded by Alexcia DeVasquez.

This is one of the images form my first bull fight. There are many more on Flick'r. It was pretty amazing seeing how influential the Bull Fight is to the culture here and all of the Latin American countries as well.

I found the fight a lot different then I expected. I find that I'm not quite sure how to explain everything I noticed. I expected to the crowds to go wild and be ruthless. I realized, that's not the Spanish way. They are much more reserved then the Latin American countries that I have been to. The Spanish Matadors were surprisingly modest and polite. The audience was respectful and surprisingly quiet.