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New Year Update
Jan 12, 2023
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New Year Update
Jan 12, 2023
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It's been almost 2 years since I've posted on this blog... so, i guess it's time for a quick update.

Jan 12, 2023
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Selected Prints now available
Apr 29, 2021
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Selected Prints now available
Apr 29, 2021
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It's been a long while since I've been wanting to have a selection of my personal work available in prints, so that you could have a little bit of my vision in your home or office.

Apr 29, 2021
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"Musings" as an experience (NSFW)
Feb 7, 2021
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"Musings" as an experience (NSFW)
Feb 7, 2021
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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…

Feb 7, 2021
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2020 and the black or white conundrum
Dec 28, 2020
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2020 and the black or white conundrum
Dec 28, 2020
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I usually have "2 stop-and-reflect" moments per year. 2020 brought me more of those moments, a lot more, as i'm sure it must have brought for most of you.

Dec 28, 2020
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Time for a blog update - what's up?
Dec 12, 2020
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Time for a blog update - what's up?
Dec 12, 2020
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I think it was about time to make a proper update on this blog…

Dec 12, 2020
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A time to...
Dec 2, 2020
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A time to...
Dec 2, 2020
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A time to stop, a time to breath..

Dec 2, 2020
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Close your eyes
Nov 18, 2020
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Close your eyes
Nov 18, 2020
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It’s funny how our most used sense - sight - is also the most misleading one.

Nov 18, 2020
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2020 Charity Calendar
Jan 2, 2020
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2020 Charity Calendar
Jan 2, 2020
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Who doesn’t like a good challenge? Specially when you’re given freedom to shoot the way you want to. That’s how the photos bellow came to be.

Jan 2, 2020
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Northern Ireland
Dec 8, 2019
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Northern Ireland
Dec 8, 2019
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I’ve made stories about it on IG and I even recorded a podcast (in Portuguese) with three little stories about my days around Northern Ireland… but I guess this post was missing. I mean, why should the photos be sitting on my hard drive only?

Dec 8, 2019
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"When You Don't See Me"
Nov 5, 2019
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"When You Don't See Me"
Nov 5, 2019
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Once again, I went back to my younger years and to one of my favorite songs by The Sisters of Mercy, from the early 90’s.

Nov 5, 2019
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"Burn"
Oct 21, 2019
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"Burn"
Oct 21, 2019
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it’s one of my favorite songs by The Cure. So much so, that I’ve had it my notebook for several years and only now did I find a satisfying way of turning it into pictures. Curious fact about this song, is that I can “see” different things when listening to it. Which means, I will probably get back to it in the future

Oct 21, 2019
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"Better Than Love" (nsfw)
Sep 26, 2019
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"Better Than Love" (nsfw)
Sep 26, 2019
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Music has been one of my main influences, since I first picked a camera. But since photography became my profession, some of my early influences, like music and movies, seem to have less and less space in my creative process. The photos in this post are my attempt of bringing those influences back into my photography.

Sep 26, 2019
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Backstage with Matilde Breyner
Jun 3, 2019
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Backstage with Matilde Breyner
Jun 3, 2019
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It’s been a while since I had been shooting on a backstage, but when I got the chance to witness Matilde Breyner’s transformation into Mick Jagger for the Portuguese tv show “A Tua Cara Não Me É Estranha”, I couldn’t resist.

Jun 3, 2019
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2018 blog roundup
Dec 30, 2018
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2018 blog roundup
Dec 30, 2018
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While getting ready to say goodbye to 2018 and hello (and welcome) to 2019, I think this season is a good time to look back to what I did and try to figure out where can I improve.

Dec 30, 2018
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(NSFW) "Musings" goes outdoors
Dec 16, 2018
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(NSFW) "Musings" goes outdoors
Dec 16, 2018
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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.

Dec 16, 2018
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Helsinki - getting practical
Nov 25, 2018
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Helsinki - getting practical
Nov 25, 2018
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On the previous post I told you about one of my favourite things about Helsinki, but for those who are more interested about the landmarks that you can’t miss, this post is for you (scroll down for some photos or keep reading for more practical info).

Nov 25, 2018
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Helsinki - take a sit and enjoy the view
Nov 4, 2018
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Helsinki - take a sit and enjoy the view
Nov 4, 2018
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This is a quite belated post... I’ve been wanting to write about my days in Helsinki, but I guess I came back with somewhat mixed feelings about it. I loved the city, but…

Nov 4, 2018
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G Studio
Oct 21, 2018
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G Studio
Oct 21, 2018
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Over the last 4 years, I’ve been working hard to find my place in the market, as a freelance photographer. Trying to find a sustainable way of making a living as my own boss/employee, has been (and still is) a real challenge. 

Oct 21, 2018
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(NSFW) "Musings" - a set with D.
Jul 22, 2018
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(NSFW) "Musings" - a set with D.
Jul 22, 2018
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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.

Jul 22, 2018
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Fashion Editorials: a love-hate affair
Jul 15, 2018
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Fashion Editorials: a love-hate affair
Jul 15, 2018
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Editorials were one of the first things that first draw my attention to fashion photography but, has time went by, I slowly started to realize how things actually worked and that early attraction and fascination, evolved into a kind of love-hate relationship.

Jul 15, 2018
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(NSFW) "Musings" - a set with R.
Jul 8, 2018
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(NSFW) "Musings" - a set with R.
Jul 8, 2018
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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…

Jul 8, 2018
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A new Instagram account
Jun 24, 2018
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A new Instagram account
Jun 24, 2018
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I always believed (and still do) that focus is important to achieve something. But at the same time, I’ve always struggled with that belief on the creative side. I mean, if you like to develop ideas and concepts, when one tries to expand the horizons of its own vision, how can you stay limited to one genre, or to one area or subject?

Jun 24, 2018
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Rock that denim!
May 20, 2018
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Rock that denim!
May 20, 2018
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You can never go wrong with denim, right? I'm frequently asked "what should I take to a photoshoot?" well, bringing some denim pieces is like "mandatory".

May 20, 2018
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Double Celebration
Apr 9, 2018
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Double Celebration
Apr 9, 2018
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Maybe this wasn’t exactly the day I launched the blog, because a blog requires some previous planning and doing before launching, but the first official post was done in April 2016. So, this makes April a kind of a double celebration month...

Apr 9, 2018
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(NSFW) You're Invisible
Apr 1, 2018
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(NSFW) You're Invisible
Apr 1, 2018
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I met Margarida Coelho, in person, about a year ago. Since then, we had the chance to shoot more than once, but I would say that our shootings aren’t quite the typical photoshoots, because we usually get the results...

Apr 1, 2018
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(NSFW) "Musings" - a set with R.
Mar 18, 2018
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(NSFW) "Musings" - a set with R.
Mar 18, 2018
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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.

Mar 18, 2018
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"Starve the ego, feed the soul"
Mar 4, 2018
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"Starve the ego, feed the soul"
Mar 4, 2018
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“Starve the ego, feed the soul” is a photo series I started in 2015, with the intent of putting into images, two concepts I relate to a lot: the need for contemplation and the “take a step back perspective”.

Mar 4, 2018
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Day Off with the freelance model Lua Albuquerque
Jan 28, 2018
Day Off, Personal
Day Off with the freelance model Lua Albuquerque
Jan 28, 2018
Day Off, Personal

Today’s guest of this “Day Off” category, isn’t exactly a new face here on the blog. You might remember her from the post I did about the campaign for Sienna...

Jan 28, 2018
Day Off, Personal
Celebrating 3 years of Musings (NSFW)
Jan 21, 2018
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Celebrating 3 years of Musings (NSFW)
Jan 21, 2018
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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.

Jan 21, 2018
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A photographic fresh breeze
Jan 14, 2018
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A photographic fresh breeze
Jan 14, 2018
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Changing brands or systems can always be a drag for photographers, that’s why most of us stick with a brand or eventually, if we are unsatisfied, we change everything...

Jan 14, 2018
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