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Hi guys! How are you?.

Welcome to one more chapter of "how these images were made?".

This time, we did these photos during a workshop called "Caldera Workshop".

We had several couples and one of them are the "Paipai" girls.

A beautiful couple. Amazing videographers from Barcelona.

We were in a very iconic city, Santorini, Greece,

where blue domes and white houses are the best.

And it is very easy to go that way and say:

"I am at Santorini, I need to make postcards with my couples".

And, to be honest, it is something that can be easy, in some way,

and I am always thinking on "hide away", on don't making so obvious where we are,

(as I have repeated so many times)

and in such an iconic place it is even more difficult

because you think you feel the pressure to be forced to show those places.

And for this photos I wanted to do it differently.

The first image was a way to show where we are

but making it not so obvious.

We found a cellar or a little house, a construction,

between the sea and the boats.

It was completely white.

The sky was blue, we didn't have any clouds,

so, that was a chance to squat

and to simplify as much as I could Greece's flag (or Santorini, in this case).

So, putting the girls with their sunglasses...

I troubleshot myself when people wear sunglasses,

I feel like it is too arrogant, too rockstar...

But in this case, because the sun was intense and hitting hard

I think it is justified.

And just to give a little twist, I asked them to...

to be like seeing what is coming,

as if you were a sailor

or just like "we are looking for...".

I really liked this image because it is very minimalist, very simple,

and has a lot of visual strength.

You just see: the people, shades, hard light

and a division of the structure.

One of you guys is going to be placed here...

and the other one will be here... You decide.

Can you put on your sunglasses?.

Imagine you are a captain.

For the next image we found repaired boat, outside.

It looked amazing.

Well-defined colors and stripes.

Worn by sand, salt... by the life in the sea.

But I really like that.

If you find something with a visual strength without your subject,

to add that extra.

The first image... (Later I will talk about how I place the subjects),

For me, this is the famous "Z" position

(A video about it will come, don't ask me about it now)

but yes, the "Z" position is what I use the most in my photos for

to pose people when I don't know what the hell to do.

So, one person just slides right in the middle of the other,

as showing half face.

Shoulder to shoulder.

Looking down to feel their connection.

And the wind did its thing by moving the girls' hair.

It looks magical.

And a variation of this same image

(without having to move so much)

I went a little more abstract to show their tattoos

that looked amazing.

It was just stretching her arm.

What I normally do is, I tell her:

Imagine that her arm, or her fist or her hand, is all her.

So, she has to talk, kiss and simplify, but

to give all her love and affection to only part of her body,

and that changes the situation.

It can be a super romantic photo,

but the fact of making an extreme cut, just showing the arm,

it makes it mysterious and something unexpected inside the photo

and makes it iconic.

I think that, many times, what's more important about

portrait photography is:

Do not show everything.

Don't give people the obvious.

If you go with a camera and show all of it...

I am always looking the way to justify my creativity

and the vast majority is partly to the composition.

I want to play with your tattoo.

What part of your tattoo is your favorite?.

Super extended.

Let's try that, yes.

Amazing, girls.

And the last image was one that...

I like this about being extremely far

and merge the couple with the background.

We found this fence where one of them could climb

and the other girl was a little down.

Other times, when I've done that, if I put the man up I have had problems.

People think men should be up, higher than women,

and here, I want to show you it is not like that,

it's just that I tell the most daring person to go up,

and women, when they bring heels, think twice about climbing.

This time I went completely centered with the girls,

I asked them to stare into the eyes,

underexpose to have detail both in the clouds and in them.

We have this backlight that looks amazing

and that makes the separation of the background with them.

So, these are the images that were achieved.

Little by little I will have more of this.

We had a great time and, you know...

when you want to feel a little more pressure and get out of your comfort zone

invite other photographers to see you work

and have the other person take a picture and then you,

and that will generate some creative jealousy,

and that will help you to keep generating and exploding

the opportunities that can give you or that you have not seen.

I highly recommend that.

When you feel that you are monotonous and repetitive,

(that you are already burned of your own style)

get together with a group of photographers,

or go to a workshop, or get a couple and go exploring,

but we really need that, to feel this healthy competition

and share information about how are they doing things

and see these options because many times we were married to our vision.

Ok guys. Thanks, Patreons! See you soon.

Let's do it!.