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Multiple Fernando Pessoa - Photo: Mário Pires

Yesterday was Fernando Pessoa birthday, so i made a little homage to his 3 best known heteronyms.

I used Camera+ to take the photos, of some book covers with his picture, processed them in Halftone and layered them in Photoforge2.

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The iphone as a portrait device II

by Mário Pires 30.05.2011 Art

On the previous post, i talked about the genesis of this portrait series, but after the general theme i needed to narrow it down further, and decide who to photograph and where to find them. The gender issue was clear to me, i’ve always loved photos of woman smoking, so that choice was easy. But i [...]

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The iphone as a portrait device I

by Mário Pires 25.05.2011 Art

Having left my Lumix in the closet, and relaying almost exclusively on the iPhone for all my photo needs, i wanted to put myself and the iPhone to the test. Thinking about possible challenges, i remembered that i never did a portrait session. Portraits are a bit vague, how could i make a series that [...]

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Coimbra C

by Mário Pires 03.03.2011 Foto MP

A good example of a series all done in a few hours using just the iPhone, is Coimbra C in Lomoville, an online platform, curated by Susana Paiva, for all photography projects created with plastic lenses or toy cameras and mobile phone cameras

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I dream of series

by Mário Pires 01.03.2011 Fotografia

I always think of series, regardless of the imaging device i’m using. From the moment i surpassed an “amateur” mindset and started to think about the concept of a “series”, i’ve never been able to work differently. Even when i’m not consciously thinking about it, after some time, a series emerges and i can’t help [...]

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New tool: Glif tripod mount

by Mário Pires 14.02.2011 Mobile

I bought a Glif tripod mount for the iPhone4, now i can secure it to a tripod and avoid camera shake in some situations. The only problem i see with it is the need to take the phone out of it’s protecting case. But it was inexpensive, and until the Jumba from Canopy becomes available, [...]

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Hipstamatic is not really my cup of tea

by Mário Pires 22.12.2010 Art

Hipstamatic is a popular photo application for the iPhone, even photojournalist are using it, so i bought it to see what all the fuss was about. After a very short time i found that this application doesn’t really suits my shooting habits. I take pictures with the iPhone just like any other camera i use, [...]

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