A few days ago i was talking with a friend and the "Musings" series came up. She told me she loves my approach but she had a remark to make: "when i look at the photos, i don't see myself in them". She was referring to the fact that…

One of my goals with the “Musings” series, is to take this experience to as many women as possible. Therefore, repeating the women I shoot, isn’t exactly a priority, unless there’s something else or something different to be explored.

It’s funny, how outsiders experience Lisbon in such a passionated and intense way. D. is one of those people. She almost makes me feel ashamed of calling myself a natural Lisbon-born guy… I’ve met a lot people from other countries, but very few as passionated about Lisbon as D. And for this “Musings" set, it made total sense if we would get that vibe.

Although my goal with “Musings”, is to take this series/experience to as many people as possible, I also want to do it slowly, at my own pace, to avoid misrepresenting its essence. So, it’s not at all strange that sometimes there will be…

I met Miss R. through mutual friends and I think I can say we got along pretty well. I don’t exactly remember how did the “Musings” series came up, but I mentioned it and invited her to participate. From what I already knew about her at the time, I thought she would enjoy the experience. She wasn’t exactly sure about it, so she said she would think about it.

Today, when I opened Facebook, I had one of those “memories” reminders with the very first photo I shared of the “Musings” series, posted 3 years ago.

this time, I should also take a different approach and instead of trying steady shots, we should explore the graciousness of her moves, the smoothness of her body, just like someone from a faded reverie.

As I mentioned on previous posts, it’s always refreshing to go back to this series and to dive into Women’s intimacy world. Getting to know their vulnerabilities and insecurities and at the same time to provide them this chance to defy their self esteem, is a unique experience. 

...sometimes, you just need to let things cool down for a while. That’s what I did with the “Musings" series. But then, you meet certain people and you know it’s time to get back.

The "Musings" series is something about which I could talk for hours. But I promised to keep these posts short, so in the previous one, I didn't talk much about the Women in the photos. 

Personal projects are supposed to be the ones where you can explore your creativity, eventually expand your portfolio or just do whatever you feel like doing without being concerned to please a client or someone else...