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		<title>Photographing during the Venice Carnival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of last month I was able to visit and and work in the unique city of Venice. The Carnival was the main subject for my photographic intentions. Knowing in advance that Venice and its Carnival is one of the most photographed events ever, I was shocked to see the amount of photographers [...]]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_1279" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 600px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery/Venice-Carnival/G0000nWYvH1ynsz8/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1279 " title="Carnival of Venice, Italy 2012" src="http://guillemlopez.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/GLS_2623.jpg" alt="" width="590" height="393" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">photographers around one person wearing costume at San Mark&#39;s Square, Venice, Italy.</p></div>
<p>At the end of last month I was able to visit and and work in the unique city of Venice. The Carnival was the main subject for my photographic intentions. Knowing in advance that Venice and its Carnival is one of the most photographed events ever, I was shocked to see the amount of photographers that gathered in San Mark&#8217;s square at sunrise trying to get their shot. It was like seeing with my own eyes the fierce competence photographers have at this moment and the ongoing conflict known by most of you about the fact that nowadays anybody can be a photographer.</p>
<div id="attachment_1277" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 600px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery/Venice-Carnival/G0000nWYvH1ynsz8/"><img class=" wp-image-1277 " title="Carnival of Venice, Italy 2012" src="http://guillemlopez.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/GLS_15731.jpg" alt="" width="590" height="393" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">photographers gather around people wearing mask for the Venice Carnival, Italy.</p></div>
<p>Waking up before the first light, it was hard to believe that by that time there was more that hundred photographers, all with their gadgets, including all types of light modifiers, stands and specially big and chunky tripods with the legs open, hoping to obtain the perfect and unique shot of the carnival. As you can imagine, to get a clean shot with so may photographers, mixed with normal tourists was nearly an impossible task.<br />
Do not get me wrong, Venice is an amazing city and during Carnival you have the perfect opportunity to improve and enjoy your photography as all of the people wearing masks will pose and happily listen to any posing suggestions. Personally I tried, when I had the chance, to get a different perspective and play with the composition of the shot just by looking to where most of the photographers were and moving away from them hoping and trying my best luck with many people staying in the middle of your shot.</p>
<p>You can see some of my images in the Photoshleter gallery below:</p>
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		<title>Venice Carnival Workshops 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am very glad to say that I will be joining forces with my great friend and photographer Marco Secchi  next February in Venice for a street photography and storytelling workshop with the Venetian Carnival as a theme. You can see more details of the workshop details HERE. &#160; other posts by me:Photographing during the [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Venice-Carnival/G0000nWYvH1ynsz8/I0000xnJgd51Yx0M"><img title="Carnival of Venice, Italy 2012" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000xnJgd51Yx0M/s/580/385/GLS-Venice-Carnival-138.jpg" alt="Person wearing mask at the Carnival of Venice, Italy (Guillem Lopez)" border="0" /></a>I am very glad to say that I will be joining forces with my great friend and photographer <a href="http://www.marcosecchi.com/" target="_blank">Marco Secchi  </a>next February in Venice for a street photography and storytelling workshop with the Venetian Carnival as a theme.</p>
<p>You can see more details of the workshop details <a href="http://sitheanphoto.com/" target="_blank"><em><strong>HERE</strong></em>.</a></p>
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		<title>A new inspiring E-book worth reading (Nuevo E-book para inspirarse)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(En Español más abajo) Just arrived to Poland and the first big snowfall has arrived. This is my third Christmas here and I have to admit that I really enjoy the feeling of having a proper winter.  having said that, temperatures can drop quite a lot, specially at night when they can reach up to [...]]]></description>
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<p>Just arrived to Poland and the first big snowfall has arrived. This is my third Christmas here and I have to admit that I really enjoy the feeling of having a proper winter.  having said that, temperatures can drop quite a lot, specially at night when they can reach up to -25C, way too much for an Spaniard!!.<br />
When it gets too cold outside I really enjoy to sit down by the fireplace and have a good read. Being a travel photographer it is always nice to get new points of view and insides of how other colleagues get their job done and of course learn from it. That is why I would like to recommend the new <a href="http://www.mitchellkphotos.com/" target="_blank">Mitchell Kanashkevich</a>&#8216;s E-book that just arrived into my hands. In The E-book, called <a href="http://www.lightstalking.com/how-award-winning-travel-photographs-are-taken" target="_blank"><strong>Rabari &#8211; Encounters with the nomadic tribe</strong></a>, you will be able to find the whole process that Mitchell goes through in order to achieve his stunning images.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lightstalking.com/how-award-winning-travel-photographs-are-taken" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1209" title="rabari-cover-300x175" src="http://guillemlopez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rabari-cover-300x175.png" alt="" width="300" height="175" /></a><br />
The e-book is very well structured and you will be able to find deep information in how to pose people, lighting diagrams, post production process, equipment used, camera settings and specially how and why he took those pictures.<br />
Without doubt you&#8217;ll find valuable information in how to get your travel images a step further.</p>
<p><a href="http://guillemlopez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rabari-kutch.png" rel="lightbox[1208]"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1210" title="rabari-kutch" src="http://guillemlopez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rabari-kutch.png" alt="" width="334" height="508" /></a></p>
<p>You can find the E-book in <a href="http://www.lightstalking.com/how-award-winning-travel-photographs-are-taken" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>I hope you like it.</p>
<p><strong>Best wishes to all and Merry Christmas!</strong></p>
<p><strong>(VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA)</strong></p>
<p>Acabo de llegar a Polonia y la primera gran nevada ha caído. Esta es mi tercera Navidad aquí y tengo que admitir que me gusta mucho la sensación de tener un invierno de verdad donde haga frío, aún así  a veces las temperaturas pueden llegar a bajar mucho, especialmente por la noche cuando pueden llegar hasta -25C, quizá demasiado para un español!.<br />
Cuando hace mucho frío fuera me gusta mucho sentarme junto a la chimenea y con algo bueno para leer. Como fotógrafo de viajes siempre es bueno aprender sobre nuevos puntos de vista y consejos que otros colegas de profesión siguen para poder obtener la imágenes deseadas. Por esta razón me gustaría recomendar el nuevo E-book del fotógrafo <a href="http://www.mitchellkphotos.com/" target="_blank">Mitchell Kanashkevich</a> que acaba de llegar a mis manos. En el E-book, llamado <strong><a href="http://www.lightstalking.com/how-award-winning-travel-photographs-are-taken" target="_blank">Rabari &#8211; Encounters with the nomad tribe</a></strong>, podréis leer sobre el proceso que Mitchell sigue para poder lograr sus impresionantes imágenes.<br />
El e-libro está muy bien estructurado y podréis encontrar muchísima información e ideas detalladas de como trabajar con los sujetos, esquemas de iluminación, el proceso de post producción, el equipo utilizado, ajustes de la cámara, y especialmente cómo y por qué Mitchell realizó las fotos.<br />
Sin duda, mucha información valiosa para poder llegar un poco mas lejos con tu fotografía de viajes.</p>
<p>El E-book lo podeis encontrar <a href="http://www.lightstalking.com/how-award-winning-travel-photographs-are-taken" target="_blank">aquí</a>.</p>
<p>Espero que os guste.</p>
<p><strong> Felices Fiestas!</strong></p>
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		<title>Moroccan Fossil Workers (Los Trabajadores de Fósiles de Marruecos)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(En Español más abajo) A few weeks ago I had the chance to travel to Rissani, a small city situated just before reaching the Moroccan Sahara where I was able to photograph the people working at the fossil workshops. The Sahara is the world&#8217;s second largest desert after Antarctica, but millions years ago it was [...]]]></description>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I000049HG3W.dWOQ"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Workers polishing the fossil stones at hte workshop in Rissani, Morocco" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000049HG3W.dWOQ/s/580/386/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers22.jpg" alt="Workers polishing the fossil stones at hte workshop in Rissani, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)" width="580" height="386" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Workers polishing the fossil stones at the workshop in Rissani, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
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<p>A few weeks ago I had the chance to travel to Rissani, a small city situated just before reaching the Moroccan Sahara where I was able to photograph the people working at the fossil workshops.<br />
The Sahara is the world&#8217;s second largest desert after Antarctica, but millions years ago it was just the opposite, a much greener and wetter place blooming with life. Nowadays the only testimonies of that are the Fossils than can be found deep under the ground. In the regions close to the Sahara there are people who make a living digging those fossils up and transforming them into beautiful artisan crafts to sell them later in the international fairs and markets.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I0000TY04Sn8v3Ck"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="General View of the Rissani Desert with a van passing by, Morocco" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000TY04Sn8v3Ck/s/580/385/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers76.jpg" alt="General View of the Rissani Desert with a van passing by, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">General View of the Rissani Desert with a van passing by, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_1133" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 600px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/GLS-Fossil_Workers_Morocco-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[1118]"><img class="size-full wp-image-1133" title="GLS-Fossil_Workers_Morocco-1" src="http://guillemlopez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/GLS-Fossil_Workers_Morocco-1.jpg" alt="" width="590" height="393" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The final product: Ammonite fossil</p></div>
<p>How I manage to find these people was all part of chance and good luck.<br />
Last year while travelling in Morocco, I went to visit the magnificent desert of Merzouga and to get there I had to stop in Risssani. Walking down the streets of the city I came across a dusty cloud that instantly cough my attention. The cloud itself was created by the huge amount of dust that some people were making while polishing some rocks which turned out to being ancient fossils. Unfortunately, last year I was not able the photograph the workers and the whole process in a proper manners so just a couple of months ago I decided to contact them and try again.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I0000d0K5U1AH2R8"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="worker cuts in half rock containing ancient fossils, Rissani, Morocco." src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000d0K5U1AH2R8/s/580/386/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers35.jpg" alt="worker cuts in half rock containing ancient fossils, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)" width="580" height="386" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">worker cuts in half rock containing ancient fossils, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I0000I2WOQI0.7ss"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="view of the working place of the Fossil workers, Rissani, Morocco." src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000I2WOQI0.7ss/s/580/384/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers25.jpg" alt="view of the working place of the Fossil workers, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)" width="580" height="383" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">view of the working place of the Fossil workers, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I0000XuxMsAYdwnk"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Close up of a fossil stone being shapep, Rissani, Workers" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000XuxMsAYdwnk/s/580/385/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers21.jpg" alt="Close up of a fossil stone being shapep, Rissani, Workers (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Close up of a fossil stone being shapep, Rissani, Workers (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<p>Thanks to my great friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/birding.morocco" target="_blank">Brahim Mezane</a>, an amazing birdwatching guide in the region and his family, owners of one the Fossil Workshops, I was invited to visit and spend some time to try to get better pictures.<br />
Knowing  by my previous visit of the country that many people in Morocco are not very keen in being photographed, I accepted the invitation immediately, thinking it could be a great challenge for myself and also a great story to cover as a personal project.</p>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 427px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I0000jWzKAXpZJ0U"><img class=" " style="border: 0pt none;" title="Fossil worker portrait, Rissani, Morocco." src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000jWzKAXpZJ0U/s/580/871/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers67.jpg" alt="Fossil worker portrait, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)" width="417" height="627" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fossil worker portrait, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I00005DP7n8xdw28"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Worker using the stone cutting machine, Rissani, Morocco." src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00005DP7n8xdw28/s/580/386/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers38.jpg" alt="Worker using the stone cutting machine, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)" width="580" height="386" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Worker using the stone cutting machine, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I0000_M0igGF6UXM"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Worker polishes an ammonite fossil plate, Rissani, Morocco." src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_M0igGF6UXM/s/580/385/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers40.jpg" alt="Worker polishes an ammonite fossil plate, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Worker polishes an ammonite fossil plate, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<p>After more than a week there and a subtle process of convincing and gaining the trust of the workers,  I was able not only to photograph them but also now I can proudly say that I made very good friends and learnt amazing things about the Berber culture and their traditions, probably the concept of hospitality being the most important one.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 415px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I0000CGuswxfeKO8"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="fossil worker posses with a finished piece, Rissani, Morocco." src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000CGuswxfeKO8/s/580/871/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers27.jpg" alt="fossil worker posses with a finished piece, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)" width="405" height="610" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">fossil worker posses with a finished piece, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 415px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I0000SmMZR_Osnyc"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="worker polishing fossil made plates, Rissani, Morocco" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000SmMZR_Osnyc/s/580/871/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers17.jpg" alt="worker polishing fossil made plates, Rissani, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)" width="405" height="610" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">worker polishing fossil made plates, Rissani, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I00001GK00yuu5Uc"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Rock fossil quarry worker, Rissani desert, Morocco" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00001GK00yuu5Uc/s/580/385/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers79.jpg" alt="Rock fossil quarry,  worker, Rissani desert, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Rock fossil quarry, worker, Rissani desert, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/The-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers/G0000f8PKK1bB5B0/I0000gj7tnoATYeM"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Fossil shop showroom, Rissani, Morocco." src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000gj7tnoATYeM/s/580/385/GLS-Moroccan-Fossil-Workers84.jpg" alt="Fossil shop showroom, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fossil shop showroom, Rissani, Morocco. (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<p><strong>(VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA)</strong></p>
<p>Hace unas semanas tuve la oportunidad de viajar a Rissani, una pequeña ciudad situada antes de llegar al Sahara marroquí, donde pude fotografiar a algunos de los trabajadores en los talleres de fósiles.<br />
El Sahara es el segundo desierto más grande del mundo después de la Antártida, pero millones de años atrás era todo lo contrario, un lugar rebosante de naturaleza y vida. Hoy en día los únicos testimonios de ello son los fósiles que se pueden encontrar en el subsuelo Sahariano. En las regiones cercanas al Sahara hay personas que se ganan la vida cavando y extrayendo los fósiles para después transformarlos en bellas artesanías que luego se venderán en ferias y mercados internacionales.</p>
<p>Cómo me las arreglo para encontrar a estas personas es parte de la casualidad y la buena suerte.<br />
El año pasado durante un viaje a Marruecos, fui a visitar el magnífico desierto de Merzouga y para llegar allí tuve que parar en Risssani. Caminando por las calles de la ciudad pude observar una nube de polvo que al instante llamó mi atención. La nube misma era una enorme cantidad de polvo que algunas personas estaban haciendo al pulir unas rocas, las cuales resultaron ser fósiles prehistóricos. Por desgracia, el año pasado no fui capaz de fotografiar a los trabajadores y el proceso de trabajo de una manera adecuada así que tan sólo un par de meses atrás decidí contactar con ellos de nuevo y volver a intentarlo. Gracias a mi gran amigo <a href="https://www.facebook.com/birding.morocco" target="_blank">Brahim Mezane</a>, una guía de observación de aves increíble especializado en la región Sahariana y a su familia, propietarios de uno de los talleres de fósiles, fui invitado a visitar y pasar algún tiempo con ellos para tratar de conseguir mejores fotografías.<br />
Sabiendo de antemano por mi visita anterior al país, que mucha gente de Marruecos no les gusta ser fotografiados, acepté la invitación de inmediato, pensando que podría ser un gran reto para mí y también una gran historia para cubrir como un proyecto personal. Después de más de una semana allí y un proceso sutil para convencer y ganarme la confianza de los trabajadores, tuve la oportunidad no sólo de fotografiarlos, sino también que puedo decir con orgullo que he hice muy buenos amigos y que aprendí cosas maravillosas acerca de la cultura Beréber y sus tradiciones, probablemente el concepto de hospitalidad es la más destacable y la que más les honra.</p>
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		<title>On assignment with dancers (Trabajando con bailarines)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(En Español más abajo) Being a professional photographer can be very tough and sometimes even get you to the point to think that perhaps you are pursuing the wrong career. Luckily and thanks to assignments like the last one I did, I was reassured that photographing people is what I love the most and that [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>(En Español más abajo)</strong></p>
<p>Being a professional photographer can be very tough and sometimes even get you to the point to think that perhaps you are pursuing the wrong career. Luckily and thanks to assignments like the last one I did, I was reassured that photographing people is what I love the most and that I have one of the best professions out there allowing to meet amazing people and keep on learning.</p>
<p>In the assignment I had the chance to photograph and work alongside with amazingly creative people like Marc de Pablo, a professional Dancer/Actor from Barcelona, who asked me to help him to produce some photographs for his professional Portfolio. Marc is an astonishing dancer as well as a very fit athlete and thanks to that, we were able to push a bit further some of the situations in order to get some unique pictures.</p>
<p>Here you can see some of the images taken with Marc and I would to take the opportunity to inform you that I will be teaching together with <a href="http://www.deepwildphoto.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #145fba;">Oscar Dominguez</span></strong></a> two Travel workshops in <strong><span style="color: #145fba;"><a href="http://guillemlopez.com/beyond-travel-barcelona/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #145fba;">Barcelona</span></a></span></strong> and <strong><span style="color: #145fba;"><a title="BEYOND TRAVEL Badajoz" href="http://guillemlopez.com/beyond-travel-badajoz/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #145fba;">Badajoz</span></a></span></strong> next Autumn (you can see all the info at the <span style="color: #145fba;">Workshops</span> section above)</p>
<p>I hope you enjoy the pictures!</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Dancing-in-the-city/G0000it1miP6rHaE/I00000sECyRvG43A"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Professional Dancer in a Streched body position" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00000sECyRvG43A/s/580/385/GLS-Dancer-01.jpg" alt="Professional Dancer in a Streched body position (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Professional Dancer in a Streched body position (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
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<p><strong>(VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA) </strong></p>
<p>Ser fotógrafo profesional puede ser muy duro y a veces incluso llevarte al punto de llegar a pensar que tal vez estás en la profesión equivocada. Por suerte y gracias a trabajos como el último que he realizado, estoy seguro que fotografíar a personas es lo que más me gusta y que tengo una de las mejores profesiones del mundo ya que me brinda la oportunidad de conocer a gente increíble y continuar aprendiendo.</p>
<p>En mi último trabajo he tenido la oportunidad de fotografiar y trabajar junto a gente increíblemente creativa como Marc de Pablo, bailarín profesional y actor de Barcelona, quien me pidió que le ayudara a crear nuevas imágenes para su portfolio profesional. Marc es un bailarín sensacional al igual que un atleta increíble y gracias a eso, fuimos capaces de forzar algunas de las situaciones un poco más con el fin de obtener imágenes únicas.</p>
<p>Aquí podéis ver algún ejemplo de las fotografas tomadas con Marc y aprovecho la oportunidad para informaros que junto a <span style="color: #145fba;"><strong><a href="http://www.deepwildphoto.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #145fba;">Oscar Domínguez</span></a></strong></span> impartiremos dos talleres de fotografía de viaje en <strong><span style="color: #145fba;"><a title="BEYOND TRAVEL Barcelona" href="http://guillemlopez.com/beyond-travel-barcelona/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #145fba;">Barcelona </span></a></span></strong>y<strong><span style="color: #145fba;"><a title="BEYOND TRAVEL Badajoz" href="http://guillemlopez.com/beyond-travel-badajoz/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #145fba;"> Badajoz</span></a> </span></strong> este Otoño. (más información en la sección de <span style="color: #145fba;">Workshops</span> arriba )</p>
<p>Espero que os gusten la fotos!</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(En Español más abajo) It is said that as a photographer you always have to keep an eye for whatever you think could make a good picture but also be ready to start working when a potentially commercial opportunity come across in your path. Less than two weeks ago I was in Poland, enjoying a [...]]]></description>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Woodstock-Music-Festival-2011/G0000JCAsVnBcK8c/I0000ztpigIyI5IM"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="young couple kissing covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ztpigIyI5IM/s/580/385/GLS-Woodstock-2011-38.jpg" alt="young couple kissing covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">young couple kissing covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe&#39;s largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<p><strong>(En Español más abajo)</strong></p>
<p>It is said that as a photographer you always have to keep an eye for whatever you think could make a good picture but also be ready to start working when a potentially commercial opportunity come across in your path.<br />
Less than two weeks ago I was in Poland, enjoying a nice holidays with my girlfriend when we were invited to visit someone in her family in another city close to the german border. That city was <a class="zem_slink" title="Kostrzyn nad Odrą" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.5883333333,14.6666666667&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=52.5883333333,14.6666666667%20%28Kostrzyn%20nad%20Odr%C4%85%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation">Kostrzyn nad Odra</a>, where funny enough, the biggest open air music Festival in Europe, called <a class="zem_slink" title="Przystanek Woodstock" href="http://www.wosp.org.pl/przystanek" rel="homepage">Przystanek Woodstock</a>, was taking place. I went to have a look straight away and after a few moments I was already taking pictures.<br />
Even without an accreditation I just wanted to take some shots that i thought they would be of the interests of my editors back in the UK. Music Festivals is something that I do not photograph but some aspects like people having fun in mud and also the magnitude of the place where enough reasons to get me started. After sending the pictures to my editors they were more than happy to take them, so always be ready and carry the camera with you! (and something to clean it too!!)</p>
<p>Those are just a few examples of the pictures I took and you can see the whole <a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery/Woodstock-Music-Festival-2011/G0000JCAsVnBcK8c/P0000Hg9mw1Bpqos" target="_blank">gallery here.</a></p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Woodstock-Music-Festival-2011/G0000JCAsVnBcK8c/I0000396s5BON1n0"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="People dancing in the mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000396s5BON1n0/s/580/385/GLS-Woodstock-2011-01.jpg" alt="People dancing in the mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)" width="580" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">People dancing in the mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe&#39;s largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Woodstock-Music-Festival-2011/G0000JCAsVnBcK8c/I0000Bje5otXHnb4"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="man passed out in the mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Bje5otXHnb4/s/580/385/GLS-Woodstock-2011-13.jpg" alt="man passed out in the mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)" width="580" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">man passed out in the mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe&#39;s largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Woodstock-Music-Festival-2011/G0000JCAsVnBcK8c/I00004xAPJHJEO5g"><img class="  " style="border: 0pt none;" title="Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00004xAPJHJEO5g/s/580/385/GLS-Woodstock-2011-62.jpg" alt="Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Przystanek Woodstock - Europe&#39;s largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Woodstock-Music-Festival-2011/G0000JCAsVnBcK8c/I00001YdepgkSXI0"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="young man covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00001YdepgkSXI0/s/580/385/GLS-Woodstock-2011-32.jpg" alt="young man covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">young man covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe&#39;s largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Woodstock-Music-Festival-2011/G0000JCAsVnBcK8c/I0000ifvONWjQSfw"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="People enjoying at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ifvONWjQSfw/s/580/385/GLS-Woodstock-2011-46.jpg" alt="People enjoying at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">People enjoying at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe&#39;s largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 415px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Woodstock-Music-Festival-2011/G0000JCAsVnBcK8c/I0000ydGqyIp.v3k"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Couple huging covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ydGqyIp.v3k/s/580/871/GLS-Woodstock-2011-34.jpg" alt="Couple huging covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)" width="405" height="610" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Couple huging covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe&#39;s largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Woodstock-Music-Festival-2011/G0000JCAsVnBcK8c/I0000Sco5qko7W50"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Young woman showing her clothes covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Sco5qko7W50/s/580/385/GLS-Woodstock-2011-35.jpg" alt="Young woman showing her clothes covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe's largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Young woman showing her clothes covered in mud at the Przystanek Woodstock - Europe&#39;s largest open air festival in Kostrzyn, Poland (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<p><strong>(VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA) </strong></p>
<p>Se dice que como fotógrafo, siempre hay que mantener un ojo para lo que tu crees que podría hacer una buena fotografía, pero también hay que estar dispuesto a empezar a trabajar cuando una oportunidad con potencial comercial se presenta en tu camino.<br />
Hace menos de dos semanas estuve en Polonia, disfrutando de unas vacaciones con mi novia cuando alguien de su familia nos invito a visitar otra ciudad cerca de la frontera con Alemania. Esa ciudad era <a title="Kostrzyn nad Odrą" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.5883333333,14.6666666667&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=52.5883333333,14.6666666667%20%28Kostrzyn%20nad%20Odr%C4%85%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation">Kostrzyn nad Odra</a>, donde justamente, el  festival de música al aire libre más grande de Europa, llamado <a title="Przystanek Woodstock" href="http://www.wosp.org.pl/przystanek" rel="homepage">Przystanek Woodstock</a>, se estaba celebrando. Me fui a echar un vistazo de inmediato y  poco después ya estaba haciendo fotos y trabajando.<br />
Incluso sin tener una acreditación para el evento, quería tomar algunas fotos de lo que pensé que sería del interés de mis editores en el Reino Unido.<br />
Yo no suelo fotografiar a menudo festivales de música, pero algunos aspectos como la gente divirtiendose en el barro y la magnitud del Festival fueron razones más que suficientes para empezar a fotografíar.<br />
Después de enviarlas mis editores están contentos con las fotos tomadas y estas ya están a la venta, por lo que siempre hay que estar preparado y con la cámara a cuestas! (Y con algo para limpiarla también!!)</p>
<p>Estas son algunas de las imágenes y también podéis ver el resto de la <a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery/Woodstock-Music-Festival-2011/G0000JCAsVnBcK8c/P0000Hg9mw1Bpqos" target="_blank">galería aquí</a>.</p>
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		<title>Personal work for your Inspiration (Proyectos personales para tu inspiración)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(En Español más abajo) As a photographer keeping your own personal projects is a vital part of your job. Working under a more relaxed environment where you set your goals of what you want to achieve with every photograph, will  give you the chance to experiment and try new things without the risk of disappointing [...]]]></description>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Ceramicist/G0000nWFRlBFGwkw/I0000hcWS9rgjDTc"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Master ceramicist working in her workshop of Barcelona, SPAIN." src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000hcWS9rgjDTc/s/580/385/GLS-The-Ceramicist-25.jpg" alt="Female ceramicist working on a ceramic piece in her workshop, Barcelona, SPAIN (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Female ceramicist working on a ceramic piece in her workshop, Barcelona, SPAIN (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<p><strong>(En Español más abajo)</strong></p>
<p>As a photographer keeping your own personal projects is a <strong>vital</strong> part of your job. Working under a more relaxed environment where you set your goals of what you want to achieve with every photograph, will  give you the chance to experiment and try new things without the risk of disappointing any costumer and without doubt you will learn new things than you can later apply to your paid jobs.<br />
Having a look around your neighbourhood, you will be able to find plenty of good stories to photograph, it is just up to you to go out and photograph them. Personally, having the chance to do something different than travel photography it is a quite refreshing feeling where I learn lots of new things while helping out my surrounding community and in this case other creative people.<br />
Here you can see some of the shoots taken in my latest personal shoot of a <a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery/Ceramicist/G0000nWFRlBFGwkw" target="_blank"><strong>local master ceramicist</strong></a>. They are part of a long term project that I am working on at the moment and for sure will keep me going until the end of the year.<br />
In this profession, being able to combine your personal projects with your paid jobs, it is for sure a good combination to keep your <strong>inspiration flowing</strong>, so I encourage you to have a look around and find some great stories to photograph.</p>
<p>You can see more images of the gallery <strong><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery/Ceramicist/G0000nWFRlBFGwkw" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.</p>
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<p><strong>(VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA) </strong></p>
<p>Como fotógrafo, poder trabajar en proyectos propios y personales es una parte <strong>vital </strong>en tu trabajo. El hecho de tener un ambiente más relajado para trabajar donde tu mismo pones los limites de lo que quieres conseguir con cada fotografía, te dará sin duda la oportunidad de experimentar e intentar nuevas técnicas que luego podrás utilizar en tus otros trabajos, sin el miedo de defraudar a ningún cliente.<br />
Si buscas en los alrededores de tu barrio, encontrarás muchas historias interesantes en las que podrás inspirarte y materializar en un proyecto personal, solo depende de ti salir a buscarlas y fotografiarlas.<br />
Personalmente, creo que tener la oportunidad de hacer algo diferente a la fotografía de viaje, resulta refrescante ya que, además de aprender cosas nuevas, también puedes ayudar a tu comunidad y a otros creativos y artistas.<br />
Aquí podéis ver algunas fotografías tomadas en mi último trabajo personal a una <a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery/Ceramicist/G0000nWFRlBFGwkw" target="_blank"><strong>ceramista</strong></a>. Estas imágenes forman parte de un proyecto a largo plazo en el que estoy trabajando y que, seguramente, me mantendrá ocupado el resto del año.<br />
El hecho de poder combinar proyectos personales con encargos para clientes es, sin duda, una excelente receta para mantener la <strong>inspiración fluyendo</strong>, así que, os animo a salir y a encontrar vuestras propias historias que fotografiar.</p>
<p><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery/Ceramicist/G0000nWFRlBFGwkw" target="_blank"><strong>Aquí</strong></a> podeis ver más imágenes de esta galería.</p>
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		<title>Sitting, Waiting, Whishing (Sentado, Esperando, Deseando)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 10:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(En Español más abajo) There is no doubt that social media is a very powerful tool that can get your name and your work out there to be seen by many potential clients. On the other hand, sometimes I have a strong believe that many people (myself included) spend more time improving their social media [...]]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_959" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 528px"><a href="http://www.guillemlopez.com"><img class=" wp-image-959   " title="Waiting for the ride to come, Jelandy, TAJIKISTAN" src="http://guillemlopez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/GLS9007.jpg" alt="Waiting for the ride to come, Jelandy, TAJIKISTAN" width="518" height="347" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Waiting for the ride to come, Jelandy, TAJIKISTAN</p></div>
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<p>There is no doubt that social media is a very powerful tool that can get your name and your work out there to be seen by many potential clients. On the other hand, sometimes I have a strong believe that many people (myself included) spend more time improving their social media skills than trying to get better and learn new techniques with their photography. No matter if you are a &#8220;pro&#8221; or not, at the end of the day as a photographer  you should be more concern about creating new images and getting better at your craft than trying to increase the number of followers on Facebook and Twitter.<br />
Being a photographer is not just going out, shoot some pictures and then come back home and just wait for Twitter to work its magic and get hired next day, I am sorry but things do not go quite that way. A photographer among many other should take pictures, research locations, contact and deal with clients, learn from other photographers, edit, keyword and caption uncountable images, be good at business, pay your bills and hopefully have some spare time to enjoy your family if you are lucky enough to have one.<br />
We all have seen a lot of very well renown photographers adapting to this new technologies, that is also part of our job, but first of all they do not forget they are <span style="color: #0000ff;">PHOTOGRAPHERS</span>. Unfortunately, becoming a renown photographer takes a lot of time and sacrifice so If you are trying to become one just with your social media skills it might be quite an impossible task. Believe me, If your are starting and trying to follow your own path with your photography like I am, you better start considering those precious extra hours that perhaps you are now loosing in sitting, waiting and wishing in front of the computer, just tweeting, facebooking and hoping for the magic phone call or e-mail to happen.</p>
<p><strong>So in my humble opinion you better focus on your job and go out and shoot!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>(VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA) </strong></p>
<p>No cabe la menor duda de que las nuevas tecnologías y las redes sociales son una herramienta muy poderosa capaz de hacer llegar tu nombre y tu trabajo a muchos clientes potenciales. Por otro lado, a veces tengo la sensación de que mucha gente (yo incluido) dedica más tiempo a las redes sociales que a mejorar y aprender su técnica fotográfica. Independientemente de si eres &#8220;pro&#8221;o no, un fotógrafo debe estar más centrado en crear mejores imágenes en vez de estar preocupado en aumentar el número de seguidores en sus páginas de Facebook y Twitter.<br />
Ser fotógrafo no es únicamente salir a hacer fotos y volver a casa a esperar a que Twitter haga su magia y el teléfono no pare de sonar. Lo siento, pero las cosas no funcionan así. Un fotógrafo debe entre otras muchas cosas, tomar fotografías, buscar nuevas localizaciones, contactar y negociar con clientes, aprender de otros fotógrafos, editar, poner palabras clave, nombrar innumerables imágenes, ser hábil negociando, pagar sus cuentas y además intentar que, después de todo esto, le quede algo de tiempo libre para poder disfrutar de su familia, si tiene la suerte de tenerla.<br />
En muchas ocasiones vemos a muchos fotógrafos de reconocido nombre incorporarse y adaptarse a las nuevas tecnologías. Evidentemente también es parte de su trabajo, pero ellos no olvidan que, ante todo, son<span style="color: #0000ff;"> FOTOGRAFOS</span>. Desgraciadamente, para convertirse en un gran fotógrafo es necesario invertir grandes dosis de tiempo y sacrificio, intentarlo sólo mejorando tus habilidades en las redes sociales puede ser una misión, prácticamente, imposible. Créeme, si estás empezando y tratando de seguir tu propio camino en la fotografía como yo, será mejor que empieces a tener en cuenta esas preciadas horas extras que, tal vez, estás empleando ahora mismo con Twitter y Facebook. Esas horas que pasas sentado, esperando y deseando delante del ordenador a que esa llamada mágica suene o ese e-mail entre en tu bandeja de entrada.</p>
<p><strong>Por lo que y bajo mi modesta opinión, será mejor que te centres en tu oficio y en hacer más fotos!</strong></p>
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		<title>Improvise in your trip (Improvisa en tu viaje)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(En Español más abajo) When you travel without hurry and open to improvisation, sometimes you might find yourself by surprise somewhere that eventually ends up becoming one of the highlights of your trip even if your guidebook says that there are some other places more famous and interesting. For me an example of this was [...]]]></description>
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<p>When you travel without hurry and open to improvisation, sometimes you might find yourself by surprise somewhere that eventually ends up becoming one of the highlights of your trip even if your guidebook says that there are some other places more famous and interesting. For me an example of this was a small village in Tajikistan called <a class="zem_slink" title="Karakul (Tajikistan)" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.0166666667,73.45&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=39.0166666667,73.45%20%28Karakul%20%28Tajikistan%29%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation">Karakul</a>. The town serves as the last stop before crossing the border to Kyrgyzstan situated in the Pamir Highway and the shores of a huge lake with the same name. In theory it was a place of transition for me, but because of the scarceness of transport to take me to the border with Kyrgyzstan, I had to wait several days for this to happen. Thanks to that I had the good fortune to find, meet and photograph many people in that village. The pictures I took there, are definitely some of my favourites of my whole trip along the Silk Road.<br />
Sometimes, in my opinion, those little surprises along the way are the ones that make your trip unique and different to any other. Planning a trip is essential but improvisation is fundamental.</p>
<p>Here you can see some of the images I took in Karakul, you can also see more Images in my  gallery of <a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery/Tajikistan/G00002qdD.iuRrug/" target="_blank">Tajikistan</a>.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Tajikistan/G00002qdD.iuRrug/I0000llB7jLdufB4"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Old local Kyrgyz man pumping water from a well, Karakul, Tajikistan" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000llB7jLdufB4/s/580/388/GLS-Tajikistan-67.jpg" alt="Old local Kyrgyz man pumping water from a well, Karakul, Tajikistan (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="387" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Old local Kyrgyz man pumping water from a well, Karakul, Tajikistan (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 402px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Tajikistan/G00002qdD.iuRrug/I0000VOxXREUJH8I"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Local bush seller, Karakul, Tajikistan." src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000VOxXREUJH8I/s/393/587/GLS-Tajikistan-64.jpg" alt="Local bush seller, Karakul, Tajikistan. (Guillem Lopez)" width="392" height="587" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Local bush seller, Karakul, Tajikistan. (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Tajikistan/G00002qdD.iuRrug/I0000meY.f3Zzhrw"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Local kids having fun in a homemade swing , Karakul, Tajikistan" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000meY.f3Zzhrw/s/580/384/GLS-Tajikistan-74.jpg" alt="Local kids having fun in a homemade swing , Karakul, Tajikistan (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="383" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Local kids having fun in a homemade swing , Karakul, Tajikistan (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 402px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Tajikistan/G00002qdD.iuRrug/I0000kIeAeiLDpnM"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Portrait of two young local girls in the streets of Karakul, Tajikistan" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000kIeAeiLDpnM/s/393/592/GLS-Tajikistan-87.jpg" alt="Portrait of two young local girls in the streets of Karakul, Tajikistan (Guillem Lopez)" width="392" height="592" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Portrait of two young local girls in the streets of Karakul, Tajikistan (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Tajikistan/G00002qdD.iuRrug/I0000vWOVYpMbMEE"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="View of the Karakul Lake village, Tajikistan" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000vWOVYpMbMEE/s/580/388/GLS-Tajikistan-77.jpg" alt="View of the Karakul Lake village, Tajikistan (Guillem Lopez)" width="580" height="388" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">View of the Karakul Lake village, Tajikistan (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 402px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Tajikistan/G00002qdD.iuRrug/I0000txhCCJP0zXA"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Kyrgyz man drinking tea, Karakul lake, Tajikistan" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000txhCCJP0zXA/s/393/587/GLS-Tajikistan-73.jpg" alt="Kyrgyz man drinking tea, Karakul lake, Tajikistan (Guillem Lopez)" width="392" height="587" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kyrgyz man drinking tea, Karakul lake, Tajikistan (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<p><strong>(VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA) </strong></p>
<p>Cuando viajas sin prisas y abierto a la improvisación muchas veces te encuentras por sorpresa con algún lugar en tu camino que al final se acaba convirtiendo en uno de los puntos álgidos de tu viaje, aunque según tu guía, este no sea de tanto interés como otros lugares en tu ruta más destacados y con más renombre . Para mi, un ejemplo de esto fue un pequeño poblado de Tajikistan llamado <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.0166666667,73.45&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=39.0166666667,73.45%20%28Karakul%20%28Tajikistan%29%29&amp;t=h" target="_blank">Karakul</a> .El poblado sirve como última parada antes de cruzar la frontera de Kirguizistán y esta situado en la cordillera del Pamir y a las orillas de un enorme lago con su mismo nombre. En teoría era un lugar de transición para mi, pero debido a la poca cantidad transporte para llevarme hasta la frontera con Kirguizistán, tuve que esperar unos días para que esto sucediera. En ese tiempo tuve la gran suerte de encontrar, conocer y fotografiar a mucha gente de ese poblado. Esas fotografías son sin duda de mis preferidas de todo el viaje a lo largo de la ruta de la seda.<br />
Y es que a veces, en mi opinión, son esas pequeñas sorpresas en el camino las que hacen que tu viaje sea único y diferente a cualquier otro. Planear un viaje es algo esencial pero la improvisación es fundamental.</p>
<p>Las imágenes arriba son algunas de las que tomé en ese poblado. También puedes ver más imágenes en mi galería de <a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery/Tajikistan/G00002qdD.iuRrug/" target="_blank">Tajikistan</a>.</p>
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		<title>Tanneries in Fez, Morocco (Curtidurías en Fez, Marruecos)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(En Español más abajo) If you ever go to Fez and visit its old Medina, there would me many things that will come across but probably one the first ones will be realising that you might be lost and also the scent of a quite strong smell coming from somewhere around. That peculiar odor is [...]]]></description>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Morocco/G0000w.dVhWP5hBM/I0000X1nmXymD06c"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Chouwara Leather Tannery in Fez , Morocco" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000X1nmXymD06c/s/580/385/GLS-Morocco-75.jpg" alt="Chouwara Leather Tannery in Fez, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Chouwara Leather Tannery in Fez, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<p><strong>(En Español más abajo)</strong></p>
<p>If you ever go to Fez and visit its old Medina, there would me many things that will come across but probably one the first ones will be realising that you might be lost and also the scent of a quite strong smell coming from somewhere around. That peculiar odor is coming from the Tanneries, an ancient place in Fez dating from medieval times where animal hides get coloured, only men are allowed to work and the knowledge for the profession passes from generation to generation.</p>
<p>The Tannery of Chouwara is the oldest and biggest in Morocco and being able visit is without doubt one of the highlights of my trip in Morocco. You will probably be invited by a shop owner near the tanneries so you can see the people work and then he can nicely suggest you some of the skin products made in the coloured pools just below. Looking from above from the shop&#8217;s terrace while you smell the fresh mint they will offer, you will see men walking around, carrying skins from one pile and taking it to the other, shouting, adding water to the pools or simply just trying to clean themselves. That&#8217;s quite an scene, but it is not until you convince the guard at the entrance downstairs and manage to get in that you can realise how hard and dangerous the work conditions are in that place, not to mention the horrible stench. Let&#8217;s say that the health and safety work conditions still are measured as if they were in the middle age when these pools were created.</p>
<p>Walking through the Medina you will see many shops selling colourful babouches, handbags and many other products made of animal skins. After you pay a visit to the tanneries, it is nearly guaranteed that you will have a different perspective and appreciation for those goods and even consider buying some without bargaining as mush as you are supposed to.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a good marketing strategy.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 589px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Morocco/G0000w.dVhWP5hBM/I0000687YXKOnMsI"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="man at work in the Chouwara Leather Tannery of Fez, Morocco" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000687YXKOnMsI/s/580/385/GLS-Morocco-68.jpg" alt="man at work in the Chouwara Leather Tannery of Fez, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)" width="579" height="385" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">man at work in the Chouwara Leather Tannery of Fez, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 415px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/-/G0000w.dVhWP5hBM/I0000Ollg7gRLt8k"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="Tannery worker showing his red coloured hands, Fez, Morocco" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Ollg7gRLt8k/s/580/871/GLS-Morocco-100.jpg" alt="Tannery worker showing his red coloured hands, Fez, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)" width="405" height="610" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Tannery worker showing his red coloured hands, Fez, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 402px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Morocco/G0000w.dVhWP5hBM/I0000ntRSaCGjcU8"><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="man at work in the Chouwara Leather Tannery of Fez, Morocco" src="http://www.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ntRSaCGjcU8/s/393/590/GLS-Morocco-62.jpg" alt="man at work in the Chouwara Leather Tannery of Fez, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)" width="392" height="590" border="0" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">man at work in the Chouwara Leather Tannery of Fez, Morocco (Guillem Lopez)</p></div>
<div id="attachment_886" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 402px"><a href="http://guillemlopez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/GLS_2981.jpg" rel="lightbox[882]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-886 " title="GLS-Morocco-04" src="http://guillemlopez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/GLS_2981-392x590.jpg" alt="" width="392" height="590" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Animal hides are treated with natural acids to remove the fur from the skin</p></div>
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<p><strong>(VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA) </strong></p>
<p>Si alguna vez visitas la Medina de Fez, descubrirás y te ofrecerán cientos de cosas que llamarán tu atención pero, sin duda, algunas quedarán grabadas en tu memoria como el hecho de que no recuerdes el camino de regreso a tu hotel o un olor fuerte e irreconocible. Ese olor tan peculiar proviene del zoco de los curtidores, un lugar creado en la Edad Media donde sólo los hombres pueden trabajar y el conocimiento se transmite de generación en generación.</p>
<p>La curtiduría de Chouwara es la más antigua y grande de todo Marruecos y su visita uno de los mejores momentos de mi periplo por Marruecos. Seguramente al caminar por las pobladas calles, algún propietario de las tiendas cercanas a las curtidurías te ofrecerá una visita gratuita para luego, y siempre de buenas maneras, sugerirte la posibilidad de que compres alguno de los productos de su tienda. Desde la terraza y con la menta fresca que te ofrecen pegada a tu nariz, verás una multitud hombres trasladando pieles de un lugar a otro, gritando, añadiendo agua a las piscinas de color o, simplemente, intentando quitarse de su cuerpo el tinte tras incontables horas metidos en esas piscinas. Una vez hayas convencido al guarda de la zona inferior para que te deje entrar, verás de cerca lo duro que puede resultar este trabajo y eso, sin tener en cuenta el insoportable olor que hará que se te remueva todo por dentro. Tendrás la sensación de que las condiciones de trabajo vigentes en cuanto a sanidad y seguridad son las mismas que las de la Edad Media, época en la que se crearon las curtidurías.</p>
<p>Paseando por la Medina observarás muchas tiendas con babuchas, bolsos y otros productos de piel con colores muy vivos. Sin duda, después de visitar las curtidurías, tendrás de forma garantizada una perspectiva y apreciación distintas de esos productos e incluso contemplarás la posibilidad de comprar alguno sin regatear tanto como sería lo esperado.</p>
<p>Eso si que es una buena estrategia comercial.</p>
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