Alvarenga

Sometimes I need to run away from everything and when I feel like that I always remember a little place that eases my heart,a place where I can breathe deeply and rest my mind.

The place I'm writing about is called Alvarenga (north of Portugal) , it's where my grandparents used to live and now it's where they have their eternal rest.
 If you like nature and peace you should try and visit it, you won't regret it. The photo was taken there,in one of the mountains but I can't remember which one!:(

After the hot rain

Today the weather is awful,looks like we're in a tropical country! Wind,high temperatures and rain!One of the things I hate the most is hot rain...the air gets all sticky!:( I even had to let my dogs get inside the house because of the bad weather.

Well,I was hoping to take some after the rain shots but the heat is so much that nothing is wet, so here stays a photo of my vine, not a great photo but the best I could do since I can't go out of my yard.

Have a great day!

Moving on

Hello there,this first blog entry will explain the reasons behind the creation of this blog, I need to get things off my chest before starting this new stage in my life.

When I first thought about creating a blog I wanted it to be about photography and my photography studies.

Later on I wanted a blog also because I was angry and sad, feeling that, no matter what I did, my work was never going to be noticed or apreciated by the one I wanted the most.

I was feeling trapped and confused while that special person was loving others works and looks, flattering them, and at the same time despising and mocking my works and looks. Those were devastating times for me, I felt constantly compared to others and felt that nothing I could ever do would be as good as the other's work, I felt untalented and even dumb I wanted to give up everything,I didn't even had will to take photographs or learn more about it...

But I didn't give up, so now here I am still picking up the pieces of a broken heart and soul, trying to forgive and forget so that I can move on with my life and my passion, taking wildlife and landscape photos. I know that it will be hard most of the times because just looking at my camera brings back bad memories and anguish but we all have our inner battles every day right?
So this was just a blog entry to clarify the "why" of this blog,it's my way to say I'm still alive and fighting!
I'll upload some of my old works for a while because I don't have time to go out on photographic trips for a while!:(

Sorry for the bad english but I get messed up when writing about things that hurt.

Thank you for reading this,see you in my next post!