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Afternoon Sessions

By Gonzalo Manera on December 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
posterframe One of my problems is I have many ideas and projects but leave many of them half way through. I decided I have to finish what I start, so I started with this video I had filmed but never edited. i went with Alvaro Valades from I Love my Board, Sergio Jimenez and Fernando Ramirez to the indoor mini ramp at La Tabacalera, Madrid. We spent an afternoon [...]
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Sergio Muñoz

On December 13, 2012 By Gonzalo Manera
Skateboarder Sergio Muñoz doing a 360 flip at the Red Bull Skate Arcade final that took place on September 29, 2012 in the Welcome Skatepark, close to Madrid. He was the winner for the final event and had the opportunity to travel to California, along with two more winners from the same contest on other counties, to skate with Ryan Sheckler at his own skatepark.
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Tom Ritchey

On September 20, 2012 By Gonzalo Manera
During Eurobike I got to meet a mountain bike legend, Tom Ritchey. He was a pioneer and created the famous component and bike brand named after him, Ritchey. I only had a couple minutes to shoot a portrait of him. I told him where I wanted to shoot and he noticed I was using the Fuji X100 and he started to ask me questions about it. He told [...]
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Mala Sangre Tattoo

On July 17, 2012 By Gonzalo Manera
A few days ago I went with my friend Gonzalo to a Tattoo place called Mala Sangre in Madrid to get the second session for his tattoo. I had never shot a tattoo artist before, so I asked him if it was ok for me to shoot while he was working. He had no problem so I took a body with a 50 mm and my beloved X100 and shot [...]
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Túnel del Tiempo

On June 13, 2012 By Gonzalo Manera
I’m not a big fan of shooting still life photography but in my daily work I have to do it quite often. A few issues ago the editors at BIKE decided to make a new section called Túnel del Tiempo (Time Tunnel) which I really enjoy preparing and shooting. The idea for the section is to feature an old product from a brand and a similar product from [...]
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Old school snowboarding rocks

On May 22, 2012 By Gonzalo Manera
A month ago I went to the Pyrenees with a few friends and my partner at PlayGround to shoot some pictures at a couple of resorts that had bought rails this season. We had two good sessions there with amazing weather, each day at one resort. On the second day I got this pic of Alvaro Valades, the guy behind I Love my Board, doing an [...]
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Improve your photos by understanding the sport you are portraying

On May 16, 2012 By Gonzalo Manera
To be able to properly shoot action sports there is one thing really important that has nothing to do with photography itself. That is understanding the sport you are shooting. All these action sports (skateboarding, snowboarding, bmx, etc.) have a culture around them that you have to know to succeed in representing them properly. You need to know the right moment when a certain trick has to be shot, or [...]
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New blog and site

On May 6, 2012 By Gonzalo Manera
GManera_NewWebsite After some time thinking about moving my blog from Blogger to WordPress I finally decided to do it. I’ve been a while searching for options because I wanted to move my whole page, not just the blog, so I needed some plugin to create the galleries for my portfolio. I ended up finding a very nice plugin from Raygun called Portfolio Slideshow [...]
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Navacerrada Jib Show Contest

On March 8, 2012 By Gonzalo Manera
Thumb This past weekend I went to the Navacerrada Jib Show Contest, organized by DakTak and sponsored by PlayGround, Levi’s and Puerto de Navacerrada. RedBull also helped bringing along it’s classic Hummer with a DJ and two girls offering drinks to everyone. I went to the contest only for shooting (I didn’t even take my snowboard) and here are a few [...]
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Iker Casillas

On January 23, 2012 By Gonzalo Manera
For the first SportLife issue of 2012 they wanted to feature Iker Casillas, Spanish soccer superstar, to promote CrossFit, a fitness system currently being promoted by Reebok. So for this cover they contacted me and we went to Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid, the place where Real Madrid trains to shoot. We had to set up a studio with a white background and the [...]
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Marlett

On September 27, 2011 By Gonzalo Manera
Two weeks ago I went to help Marlett on her last wedding she designed and organized. While setting up I did some filming and shooting for her to have images to show to future clients. This video is a little sample of how the event went.
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