SebastianLopezPhotography

Recent Work.

Long runway, big opportunities, countless possibilities ahead - that’s the image we have at first, which is then faded out by the sudden mysterious fog around the horizon that puts everything at risk. The fog contains the unseen future that sometimes complicates the destination or glorifies it. The only thing we know is that once we take off from the runway, there is no going back, the only thing we know is that we’re blind by the mysterious fog called Life.

The sound of the terminal, the smell of recently cleaned floors, the late night feeling at the empty terminal. these describe the experience of that relaxing evening of travel. At the time I took this there was 30 minutes remaining until departure. This plane you see is a Boeing 787-8 operated by Latam Airlines which was currently boarding passengers for a flight to Lima, Peru. Crazy enough I was going to that same destination but planning to arrive 1 hour later on a different flight. The cold night was taken over snow and rain which made planes to require de icing, a long process in which liquids are spread through the entire aircraft to melt ice and snow in order to fly safe.

After a wonderful experience at the statue of liberty, Clouds became more impressive within seconds as a storm arrived in our area. The prospective blue skies who replenished the warm environment gave me an oportunity to capture something of this kind. A combination of calm clear skies and dramatic clouds filled this frame making it what it is, an aesthetic image representing a particular state of mind.

One last glance at him leaving, one more to recall the experience and appreciate the many feelings it gave us those wonderful hours illuminated with pure and natural beauty. Shades of orange and yellow spread throughout the sky, a gift he gave us to receive a last glance at him those last moments before he left. Time passed, and without a goodbye he left, an accidental matter of time. Darkness replaced his spot with nothing more to believe in. There he was once again, but now on top of us.⠀
This one is for my grandpa, who may rest in peace.⠀

warming sun through the cold streets of NY

That cold street filled with footsteps and dirt. The special land of opportunities and dreams, where work is the addiction possessed by it’s people. Cold land warmed by the sun illuminating new yorkers. A representation of the everyday beauty of the new york lifestyle, filled with unique views that almost cannot be seen by it’s habitants due to the life threatening commitment to nonstop work.

effortless beauty

Powerful beauty she possessed, with no effort, no control over it. In rain or sleet she remained, however in the summer her best season arrived following to this photo captured in such. Her, surrounded by many of her type is unique, different from the ones surrounding her, there is something interesting about her I can’t explain, her, the sharpest one found watching attentively the camera as I captured this photo.

This is the controversial one, the news headline one, the most mentioned aircraft this year, the one that caused a crisis at Boeing and made problems to the powerful company. Said aircraft had a future right in front of it, sadly a big mistake was found on the MCAS system and this aircraft type was banned worldwide in fourty two hours as soon as the error was discovered in March of 2019. This was taken on August 30th of 2018, when the aircraft was operating regularly with American Airlines.

Miami's glorious summer

The chills I got were real with this beautiful view as I flew over Miami Beach departing on my way to NY. Many buildings can be seen near the glorious beaches of miami, people ready to enjoy the best season of all year, beach empty waiting for you, no stress, no responsibilities other than keeping the beach clean, mindfulness taking over your soul, pure relaxation, this is what we all need. Miami Beach, thus is considered one of the best U.S. destinations to visit in the summer.

What a beautiful sunset it was, a cold yet colorful phase I went to capture that day. A day of experiments, a day to leave all zone of comfort and limits behind to capture different perspectives of things around me, like these buildings scattered around the humid soil near the busiest city of all. There I was, hoping to capture something I planned since I passed through those streets that night of october, that spooky night.

This is it, the magical view we get once we take a look outside the plane window, that unique perspective mostly unconsidered, mostly unwatched. That intense moment of approach, those beautiful views we get above everyone. To me this is meaningful, to see the world in a different perspective is something that captivates my eyes, something that is hard to explain, something magical in the works while the plane does abrupt movements to align with the runway and intensity arrives as we get closer to touchdown. Through clouds, through storms, through hot days, the approach is the phase of the flight that brings up these views, and I will never get tired of which captivated me as a child and gave me one more reason why I wanted to become an airline pilot.

While the holidays started, while travelers got out of their houses to vacate for a break, while the shy spring decided to visit the east coast. Colder temperatures refused to leave, making everything more difficult, making the humankind worried of this twist in climate change, making people more desperate to go out and enjoy this special season of joy, joy which was covered in snow and rain at the time with no sign of it coming at all. That lack of excitement is what made this spring special, the time in my short life that made a hit into it, that fucking spring of decay.

not often do you get to see a black and white photo of a sunset, whats’s the point if beauty is in the colors? Well there is something beyond that, depth made by the black and white filter is what makes it important, the elements like the clouds receiving lights from the bright sun illuminating part of the sky as much as it can at that time of the day, or the light flares made by the impact between direct light with the clouds. With this photo I demonstrate why black and white photos are important over colorful ones, is not about the old vintage look you get but instead it demolishes it, the composition, the contrast, the true feelings are captured without any distraction, these kinds of photos might take some time to understand but it’s definitely worth knowing of an image captured with such thought.

one last sunset

One last day on the beach, one last sunset before the storm, where it all would collapse and the first drastic twist in my life would be made. All feelings were positive during this summer day, this was my happiness peak, an amazing week of vacation and this sunset were enjoyed in Club sol y mar de Asia in Peru. Everything felt like it was going to be great for my future, I was so excited and glad to be in this beautiful scenario, this image represents that clearly, a relaxing sunset with calm waves coming to you as the seagulls were heard in the distance, this was like a dream come true, peak of happiness that was yet to faint.

The bright light, the one that filled in all space possible, the one that was now shut. Only dark could be seen as it was quickly filled due to neutral meaningless space. Shooting it at at the eye of the storm, where feelings met at once, where no more light of hope was found in the skies, where everything seemed to be impossible, where only the only ones around me were enjoying that small portion of glorious light. This is it, it's my life representation. The editing process was the radical change, virtual sliders modified every aspect of the meaning and look every second they were moved.

This capture reflects the different tools that could be used to capture something amazing, on the right, a guy with a point and shoot camera, in the middle, a dslr or semi professional camera, and on the left a cinema professional camera that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and all of these to capture a frame to tell a story. To be a storyteller photographer you don’t need amazing tools, this photo portrays that.