Edmundo Alvarez Photography

Welcome

contact@edmundoa.com (Edmundo Alvarez) — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Let me start by giving you a warm welcome to my new blog!

You may be asking yourself:

You were on social media, then stopped posting all of the sudden, and now you open a blog? In 2022??

The short answer to that is... well, yes. The long answer is too long for a blog post, so I will keep my best to give you an answer without boring you immediately.

For a long time I have felt disenchanted by social media: Instagram is full of ads, algorithms that hide the content you want to see to show you more ads, and videos are the main content there nowadays. Twitter is a bit better in some senses, but way worse in others, also, photography is not a priority for them. There are some alternatives but are either too niche or I don't see myself using them right now. I hope things change but I want to publish my photos now and out of the Big Tech.

Of the remaining options, using a website and blog to publish my work is the one that satisfied me the most. It would let me add the photos I feel like, at a reasonable pace, and I would have complete control of the platform. Knowing how to code also offered me a nice personal project, with hindsight one that I didn't have enough time for, and this is why it is taking me so much to get everything up and running.

As you can see, things are starting to move now, and I hope I will start posting more work in the upcoming weeks and months. If you want to know when there are updates, there is an RSS feed that you can use on Feedly, your browser or other news applications. I will also start a newsletter soon (will let you know once that is done).

Finally, I would like to thank you for your patience and interest, and I hope you visit again soon.

Harbour

contact@edmundoa.com (Edmundo Alvarez) — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT

I have thought about how often I should post in here. Although only partially edited and developed, I have some photos to add from the last two years or so. Unfortunately, I know time is very scarce and photography is my hobby, so it ends up having lower priority than more important things. This means that I need to find some balance. Balance between adding some content and rhythm to the blog, and not causing stress for me and my family. In the end I will do my best to publish one blog post per month.

The picture here was taken in March this year while walking through Hamburg's harbour. It was a nice and crisp sunny day, and also one of the first days I went back to colour after my now usual winter black and white time (more about this on another post).

This was probably the image I liked most of the day: The reflection shows some of the context of the harbour, patterns from the windows that I liked, and also some somewhat visible people, adding a bit of mystery to the shot.

Take a camera with you

contact@edmundoa.com (Edmundo Alvarez) — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Although this is somewhat a cliché in photography, it always amazes me how many interesting photographs you can find close to where you live. Since the pandemic, I have been mostly shooting close to our home and I always find something new to photograph, or I see something old in a new way that I feel compelled to capture.

Today's post is a photo I took on my way to the supermarket, just a couple minutes from where I am writing this. It is probably not my best image, but there is something interesting on the huge shades made by the supermarket's banners and the gesture of that person standing there, probably talking on the phone while their water waits on the floor.

Take a camera with you and be surprised by what you see.

Ottensen at night

contact@edmundoa.com (Edmundo Alvarez) — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Long time no see! Today I am sharing an image I took some time ago in Ottensen. I don't photograph at night so often, but nights here are long during the winter time, and it is nice going out and seeing something different.

On a personal note, I am sorry to not uploading any images in more than a year 😱! Time is very scarce at the moment, so even if I did improvements in the site, I did not manage to put out any new work until now. I hope this gets a little better, but I won't promise anything.

Take care and see you soon!