If there is something I will never complain about, it’s having sunny and warm holidays. I always hear people wishing for a white christmas, but not me. Ever since I can remember I would always spend christmas day swimming on the pool or just laying down just sunbathing. Off course it is a bit awkward when people put christmas lights on palm trees or fake snow as decoration, but nothing beats feeling that good ole warmth instead of freezing to death in below 0 temperatures. The real hoot comes in new years, that holiday it’s all about the beach. People on the southern hemisphere get this, new years marks the start of summer.

Here are some highlights of the weekend, El Matador was the star of the show as always. I got a GoPro Hero 2 as a Christmas gift from my dad, and since I don’t exactly practice extreme sports (or any sport for that matter), I decided to try it out at sea. I think they turned up pretty cool, I love the almost fish eye effect that its concave lenses give to the pictures.

Under water pics are the best! So awkward..

Yes I am wearing sunglasses, I realized this was stupid and that is my hand mid shot trying to catch them before they drown in the sea.

I hope you enjoyed yourselves during the holidays! Tell me all about it in the comments I would love to hear from your :) Now lets start the year with a good kick!

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I’m very proud of this batch of photos, even though most of the faces have too many shadows because of the very strong sun that day, the colors are what I was expecting. And also I am very happy because I was almost giving up because every lab I took my films would ruin them. But well seeing that this lab finally got it right, i will be taking more pictures in the future. The pictures were taken with a Diana F+ medium format camera, with a Kodak Ektar 100 film, this are more expensive but totally worth it for the colors you can capture.

In the pictures we have El Matador‘s first family ride, I had not been on a sail boat in so long that I can’t remember. It was very nice because it brought out childhood memories. My dad looks so happy when he sails it is obvious that this is his true passion. He is teaching me to sail too, it is more difficult than I imagined but the sense of freedom is amazing. Just imagine being able to control this big boat and to see only ocean and sky in front of you and feeling the wind on your face. It is priceless, I guess I finally understand why he loves this so much.

Photography by the little hibou

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I went to the beach last weekend, and it got me really excited about photography. The atmosphere is practically magic and the lighting is perfect for amazing shots. However, I only took my Diana F+ which is an analogue camera, and for some reason I either don’t get the hang of it, or my film isn’t correctly developed (sadly there aren’t many photography labs where I live). However, I still have a strong conviction to learn how to make great pictures, so I’m going to stick to digital right now so that I can have more practice without spending so much money  on developing. This is probably the first visual media that has given me such a hard time, that’s probably why I’m so determined to learn. There is just something so special about capturing a moment that I can’t quite explain. I’m really good at editing, but without a well taken picture you can’t really do much more.

Anyways, since you probably were expecting some beach pictures, I found this incredible photo shoot on Flikr that was taken with an analogue camera by Australian photographer Beth Lane. I’m in love with the lighting and the colors portrayed, it looks so real like you are looking right at the moment instead of looking at it through a camera. I’m not sure if this pictures were for a fashion shoot, since the photographer did not give any description to them, but the outfits are very cute. It definitely has a vintage vibe that its not only represented in the clothes, but in the whole scenario. It really inspired me to try my best to sometime get there, and I really hope it can inspire you too. Enjoy!