Cautious steps. There's a saying that sometimes, to achieve something, you need to act quickly, decisively, even at lightning speed, without giving your opponent a chance to figure out what's going on.

The annual, crucial exam. When I was in school, I waited for it all to finally end and I'd stop thinking about exam time and preparation at the end of spring. Maybe some people enjoyed that feeling of

It doesn't smell like lilac yet. I noticed one thing, perhaps insignificant: it smells like lilac, gentlemen! Yes, usually at this time of year, the deep scent of lilac, which is abundant around here,

I want to start with a number. €920. That's the minimum wage in Portugal in 2026. Nine hundred and twenty euros a month. That's what a significant chunk of the Portuguese working population takes home

A little fantastical, a little realistic, a little moody and a little cheerful, a little sunny and a little shady, this landscape emerged after working on a photograph of an old, lifeless tree stump, which

When I think about what people call a portrait, I dwell on the idea of ​​emotion. If we see emotions in a painting that literally speak to us, it's definitely a portrait, no matter who's in front of me—a

Sunbathing. Sunbathing is wonderful, especially when you're lying on the warm sand on the first day of vacation after a hard year of work and you're able to get to the sea. But even acorns in the forest

I need to start this by saying something I genuinely never thought I'd write. Not in a million years. Not if you gave me a thousand guesses about how the 2025/26 Portuguese football season would end. Torreense

It doesn't matter when exactly you return home, whether at sunset or sunrise, but the sun's rays at these times transform the return home into something special and symbolic. For the next competition,

Simplicity without nuances. Simple things, or simple tasks, at first glance seem devoid of any complex nuances, like the simple communication of two birds that understand each other with a half-glance,

Dreams and drawings. I've noticed that if dreams are accurate and well-thought-out, the drawings turn out more or less realistic. It's always more enjoyable to draw a true dream, one that resembles something

New Year. For each person, New Year is something special and very personal, aside from the wild moments of celebration, which are, in theory, present for everyone, only the degree of this activity varies.

Sometimes people wonder what constitutes ideal tranquility, because sometimes they leave the city for a while to escape the bustle of the city. Whether or not one finds this tranquility is a very personal

As night falls, the city plunges into darkness. Colors fade, outlines become blurry. This continues until the sun suddenly decides to emerge from its warm crib and wake up, taking care of some important

Sometimes, when we are in nature, we can see less of the horizon than we would like, since our view can be blocked by tall trees with dense foliage, but even the little that we can see gives our soul something

Time probably flies too fast, at least for me, because I can't keep up with it. Or rather, I can't get used to many things and the changing understanding of what we used to call the world. Too often, in

I don't have many portraits in my collection of photographs and drawings, but I do have a few. For example, this portrait is of a beekeeper enjoying his time at the apiary. Zoom in on a photo for a closer

Who said that sunsets and colors are like a needle and thread, in a general sense, and I agreed. That's true, but sometimes a sunset can be monochrome and still be charming. After all, it's a time for

Perhaps some of the most memorable moments in photography are those when I treated photography like a true sport, filled with the thrill of it. Yes, what is it if not the thrill of getting close enough

I dream slowly. Dreaming and not rushing is probably a true art, especially for someone who's accustomed to quickly making dreams come true at the first opportunity, lol. But learning to take your time