Arpeggio Chair

This is a cardboard chair designed by Stephen Beemer. It is called Arpeggio. The chair is very sturdy, and has a lounge look to it. I could have this in my living room!

Bay Area Derby Girls'

Great game. Girls in roller skating playing very interesting strength, speed and thought group work. Here's a detail.

Tiefschwarz

Pics from Tiefschwarz visit to San Francisco. enjoy!

Style Dj

Polaroid

It's no news that Polaroid is going out of business. So they came up with a software that makes digital files look Polaroid like. Check the results with this image taken at San Francisco Supermarket Street Sweep.

Dj

Ghana and People

During the month of August I covered the work of several Non-profit organizations in Ghana. I had the possibility to see Ghanaian people getting together to help the community about several issues. HIV, manufacturing goods, loans, teaching, architecture, workshops in trauma, to name a few of the projects covered.

Too see the all the images go to my website at www.dugo.zenfolio.com

Tennis

Sports photos happen fast, so better have a high shutter speed in case the photographer wants everything sharp. If not, there is the exciting gamble to get just enough blur to make the shot interesting, while retaining sufficient detail.

Hermanos

In Brazil Latino means people of Latin origins, such as Uruguay, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Panama or Italy. It is a very general denomination, and I find very few South and Central Americans using the word. In the United States, Latino is used as a marketing strategy, targeting a great percentage of the population.

The North American non-profit organization Remezcla, makes intelligent use of the word Latino. The company seeks to promote Latino events in several U.S. metropolitan areas. Their home base is New York, where Remezcla already has a great variety of events to put in its calendar.

The images below are from the launch party for the San Francisco website. If you want to know what is going on in the Bay Area we have one more source: sfremezcla.

Light

It has been a long while since I posted something in the blog. So I found this image in my archives and decided that this may bring some inspiration and ideas on what to post.

Carne Val

Sometimes Brasil arrives in the States, usually just for a few minutes. It was fun to take pictures of these girls. They were dancing with their huge outfits in a crowded dance floor!

Enjoy, it's yours

Spring 2008 started well for City College of San Francisco students and community. Running over the budget, the school finished the Student Wellness Center. The complex has gymnasium, swimming pool, gym, dance and martial arts rooms. The highlight is the pool area, with glass walls very similar to the new wing of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Below are a photo inside the gymnasium where students play badminton, the pool and the outside of the Student Wellness Center.

Hell! Inferninho

Last night I encountered some of the best dancers in San Francisco, or at least the most animated ones. The three images have different feelings and colors. I went to photoshop and changed each image to a look that I judged better suit the images. I did so with confidence because the theme is pretty obvious and having all of the photos looking alike would be monotonous to present as a trip tich.

Maria

Last Night!

I guess I don't have much to say, except: it was fun!! good people interacting.

Self Portrait

Both self portraits were taken in the same afternoon. The woman is a friend Marcela and the guy in the bathroom I don't know. I like his awkward yet discrete look.

Relaxed

I took these two photos more than a year ago. It was a relaxed session. We started with the gray background and after an hour we changed to the white one. At that point, Nicole - model - was more comfortable resulting in this very strong look. The stretching in the first photo probably helped Nicole to get into the mood.

The moment

When I saw this scene I knew it was not going to be a "pretty" shot, but I felt a connection. The three people looking at the camera kind of slowed down their dance for me to take the photo, but at the same time they were still doing their thing. I believe they knew they were making a good image. It was a rare opportunity where the moment stopped in front of me, instead of trying to run away from the camera.

Tryptich

When I arrived at this club I knew it was going to be a slow night. Not very many people were there. The bartender also agreed with my opinion. While waiting for things to pick up a little more I ordered a drink, talked to a few people and wondered around as if I were not working. The clubs had a cool set up of lights, which was very helpful. The fact that the night was slow for shooting portraits I have had more time to explore other facets of the night club.

At the Club

Another image at a night club. People were dressing with Halloween costumes. Econtrei Eva.