Oporto - Part I

Two weeks ago I spent less than 48 hours in Oporto but I made my mission, once again, to document my time is this beautiful city ! This post is just part I because I took sooo many photos I have to divide them between two posts (at least).

I've been wanting to visit Oporto for a long time now and this year has finally happened. Less than 2 full days wasn´t enough time to explore everything, but we manage to visit Serralves, Clerigos' tower, House of Music, the "ever so famous" Lello bookshop and also squeezed in a 50 min boat trip and endless hours spent on those tourists buses. 

The city is filled with old buildings, the people are super nice and talkative, the views are to die for specially near the river and I can't wait for another opportunity to go there.

- We stayed at Século Hotel which I highly recommend (the only downfall -  it's a little far from the city center/main areas but if you like to take a walk or two, it's perfect)!

- Enjoy !

Famous coffee shop in Oporto - Café Majestic

Old buildings 

Aliados Hotel

Carmo Church

 BBVA building 

1. Clerigos' Tower | 2. Clerigos' Tower detail | 3. Building detail 

 Seagulls

Another beautiful covered tile church

Busy streets 

Out of focus view from the bus

 We spent quite some time on buses during day 1 (as you probably can tell by now)

Luis I  bridge

Maria Pia Bridge and Freixo bridge 

Old houses overlooking the river (dream view)

View  from the top of Clerigos' Tower

 The "ever so famous" and rightly so - Lello bookshop  ! A must for any Oporto tourist

Clerigos' tower looking tiny (don't let the picture fool you!)

That green tile covered wall and pink curtains make this picture a lot cooler

 The breathtaking S. Bento station 

S. Bento station from the outside

And last but not least - House of Music 

What inspires you?

As a creative it's very important to stay inspired, well even if you aren't a creative it is always a good thing to be inspired, motivated, happy...whether by listening your favourite song, drawing, playing the piano or photographing. That's why I created a while ago this tumblr to reblog and post images that inspire me. 

This post is not only to promote my inspiration tumblr but to ask you, if you are interested in, to let me know some of the things that inspired YOU ! It can be anything, illustrations, interior designs, stills from movies, fashion, literature...anything. 

All you have to do is comment on this post with a link to the things that have been inspiring you lately OR you can show on twitter using the hashtag #iminspiredbythis (im inspired by this) and then I will choose my favourites and feature them on my tumblr. 

Let me know what inspires YOU! 

*images from my tumblr  

-Mariana 

Roofs from the top of Clerigo's tower 

photo by me

This past weekend I went to the beautiful city of Oporto - that I've wanting to visit for sooo long ! The city didn't disappoint I'm already thinking about going there again this year. I took a lot of photographs and I will be sharing them with you as soon as I edit them all. 

Follow me on Twitter for updates <3

Free people video + updates

Hello everyone that has been visiting this space the last few weeks ! I've been updating this blog a lot more often lately, and I'm really loving this blogging "thing", although I would love to hear more from you - where you live, what you do/study (if you are a photographer yourself or not), why do you visit my blog and things like that.

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I am posting this video by Free People - a brand I absolutely LOVE ! - because it is in fact amazing and "oh-so" romantic, showing off the clothes without focusing purely on them (which I think is really clever!) - so well done Free People !!!

Meanwhile I have two more posts coming with some photography and video of my own but it might take a little while since I need to wait until I am able to release some of the photos.

P.s. - Are you on twitter as well? Come say hi to me at https://twitter.com/MarianaMadeira_ .


- Mariana

Practice makes perfect

A couple of weeks ago I met with a friend of mine who's studying to become a musician and while he practiced, I took some photos - It was not a photo shoot, it was just a spontaneous event but I decided to post them on here anyway.

Hope you like it !

Short film - The sound of the waves

"The sound of the waves"  filmed by Mariana Madeira

When I took these photos (the beach ones) I also filmed this "micro" video that in the future might be part of a project that I'm thinking of. Meanwhile you are the first ones to see it ! I kept the original sound because there's nothing more beautiful than the sound of the waves and I wanted to be really raw in order for the viewers to feel that they are experiencing the same thing themselves.