Reporters Fever

Sometimes in the search of images and words, we reporters, "assault" people, not guiving space to even breath to the one's who are in the spot light
In this photos I guive you an idea of what this is.


Previous Benfica Coach, Fernando Santos
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Minister of Internal Administration, Rui Pereira
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Politician, Carmona Rodrigues
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President of European Commission, José Manuel Barroso
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Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications, Mario Lino
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Benfica Player, Cardozo
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Portuguese Foreign Minister, Luis Amado
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What have I done.........

Self portraits, me, myself and I....

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©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes

More conferences

Today was the first day of the Informal Meeting of Justice and Internal Affairs Ministers in Lisbon. This two photos are from the press conference where the Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Freedom, Security and Justice, Mr Franco Frattini, spoke.

©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes

Another Press Conference

Today in Lisbon was signed the MAOC-N International Agreement Establishing the Maritime Analysis and Operations Center-Narcotics. I had to do photos for the News Agency Lusa/Epa and also for the Official website of the Portuguese Presidency of European Union. After the ceremony of signature, the Portuguese Minister of Justice , Alberto Costa spoke to those present. While he was speaking I made a few photos but I really enjoy this one because of the composition and the colors, since it is a matter related to European Union Presidency.
For this photo I used the lens 70-200mm with 3.2 of aperture, 800 iso and 1/40 of speed, it is not a fast speed so to assure that he stayed in focus I made several sequence shoots. I shoot in Raw so I wasn't to worry about the temperature of light because I can adjust it when processing the images.

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Fado Singer Joana Amendoeira

Yesterday night I was already with my pajama when my friend photographer Veludo called me asking me if I could go do some photographs in a Company dinner in Lisbon that was already going on because he couldn't go. So I called his client and we agreed in a price and in less than 30 minutes I was in Lisbon to shoot this company dinner.
When I got there everyone was already eating so it didn't gave me the chance to shoot them socializing before eating. Well I did my best and after the dinner I saved the job.
There was a nice surprise after the dinner, they hired the Fado Singer Joana Amendoeira, and in a service that was suppose to be boring it turn out to be very nice, listening to her and at the same time it gave me the possibility to make this wonderful photographs of her.

©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes

Light

Photography is ligth, and what light your camera captures. I went back in my archives and rescue this photographs. I made them a few years ago with my first digital camera, wille driving my car at nigth, they are just abstract but its photography! Because I'm working in the agency and I'm always busy, sometimes I forget to photograf just for me, and I miss that. Well seing my archive and the kind of photos I was doing back at that time like this ones remind me how nice it is to make photos without presure of an editor or pressure of the job.

©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes

Random Photos from Lisbon

Well this weekend I had to work on the agency, but there was not much to do.In one of the assignments I had to go downtown where I was suppose to go fly on an air balloon but because it was a bit windy the guys from the organization decided to cancel the flight. I am always with my camera with me and ready to shoot so I made some random shoot ones on the way and another ones from downtown Lisbon. Enjoy.

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©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes

My New Cell Phone Blog

I just made a new Blog, it's in Portuguese, and it is only with photos made with my cell phone. Check it out at Diário Movel.

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On the cockpit.

Today, I had the pleasure of flying in the Rolls Royce of the Helicopters the EH-101 "Merlin" from the Portuguese Air Force. The helicopter is very comfortable and very stable. I went with some ministers from Europe that are present at the EU Informal Meeting of Agriculture Ministers, during the Portuguese EU presidency in Oporto, northern of Portugal. We fly for about 50 minutes from Oporto to Régua, flying over an amazing scenery the Douro river.
This photo is from the cockpit, the pilot was seated on the right and the co-pilot, a young woman was on the left.

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Mr. Jean Claude Trichet

During 14 and 15 of September in Oporto takes place the Informal Meeting of Minister of Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN), with the presence of some of the powerful man of Europe. One of them is the President of the European Central Bank, Mr. Jean Claude Trichet, and today in the press conference I made some photos of him.

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©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes
©Miguel A. Lopes