Photography: Evolution

The space in both photographs is the same. It's a tiny hidden place around the Gothic Quarter in my hometown, that contains, as you can see, 3 roman columns. It's a special place because it was showed to me by one of my best friends. She goes there to read, think, relax and find peace. Usually it's not concurred by tourists, so it's a nice place to go.

The space that you can access to visit is quite narrow, which it doesn't give you tons of possibilities to shoot a nice photograph (at least to me), unless you have an angular lens, which it wasn't my case. Both of them were taken with a 50 lens and in film. The top one was taken in July, around 2pm, with a Nikkor 50mm 1.4 lens with a Kodak Pro Image 100 film. The second one was taken in January, around 11am, with a Minolta 50mm 1.8 lens with a Kodak Portra 400.

The reflexion I'm trying to do here it's not the difference between the gear I was using or the type of film it was shot with. I've visited this place so many times with my camera and tried so many times since I went in January. These are the only two that I actually shot because I was sure of the result and, I don't know if you'll see it the same way as I do, but I can see a visible evolution.

The Portra 400 photo was actually the third photograph I shot in film, but after many rolls, many fails and many wins, I took a second one, in the same place and with a very different point of view. A picture that for me, nowadays, is one of my favourite pictures I've ever taken and has beautiful memories attached to it. Maybe that day I was more inspired or the emotions I was feeling at the moment made me see better that composition, but after so many tries, I finally got a result that I'm proud of.