Av. 25 de Abril N247 - Sintra


I was driving to the beach to shoot some sunset photos when I passed by this place. I meant to shoot here for a long time ago.

The concept is kinda cliché.. the girl walking the path of her life.. not knowing what is to come.

I used a low aperture value to make the infinite blurry and the first plan focused. This way I´m trying to show that the future of our lives is always an enigma, and our destiny is already written thru this thin line. Her lighted head showing that He is always looking after her.

Our lives are based on balance... and if we can maintain that balance thru the years, certaintly there´s a good thing waiting for us all at the end of our journey. This good thing is called happiness, because I think, that´s what we are trying to achieve in each step we take on our lives.

The reason why we go to work every morning.. the reason why we get together with someone, the reason why we have children and educate them the best we can...

...to achieve that happiness that was already destined to us.



P.S.: The light dot above her hair is lens flare. I didn´t spot it at the time. This is the composition I like the most so I decided to upload this one even with the flare. It´s not intentional but as you can see I arrange a concept to it

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Canon EOS 350D
Sigma 50mm f/2.8 EX Macro
Iso 200
F4
Handheld
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Post-processing:

PSCS2 Conversion to b&w, levels, noise reduction, contrast
Square crop and watermark tittle.

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