Rua António Bessa Leite, 1430 (a.k.a. quarter to ten at PricewaterhouseCoopers)

The last half-year (I)

from oct 2010 to apr 2011 (actually the first half-year)

Music credit: "This Days" by unseenmusic

Praça da Liberdade (III)

Ponte D. Luís (1881-1886)

Cais da Ribeira (The Early Bird)

Rua da Senhora da Luz, 364 (Padouro)

Campo dos Mártires da Pátria (Feira da Passarada)

Estrada Exterior da Circunvalação, 3940 (Viaduto da Areosa)

Praia da Sãozinha (Skechers Shape-ups)

SKECHERS Shape-ups - Action Packed fitness shoes:

1. Tone your muscles

2. Promote healthy weight loss

3. Make it easy to get in shape!

Lace up walking toning sneaker.

Rua do Bolhão / Pátio do Bolhão

Rua de Gonçalo Cristovão / Rua do Bonjardim

Praça do Marquês de Pombal, 111 (Igreja do Marquês)

Rua de Sá da Bandeira, 458

Rua Heróis de França s/n, Matosinhos (Lota de Matosinhos, Docapesca)

Merluccius merluccius (Linneaus, 1758)

3Alpha Code: HKE Taxonomic Serial No.: 164795

2.2 kg @ 4.5 € / kg = 10 €

Microchirus azevia (de Brito Capello, 1867)

3Alpha Code: MIA Taxonomic Serial No.: 173024

1.25 kg @ 4 € / kg = 5 €

Rua do Campo Alegre, 1191 (Casa Andersen, Jardim Botânico do Porto)

Rua do Campo Alegre, 1191 (Casa Andersen, Jardim Botânico do Porto)

Cais da Estiva (III)

Cais da Estiva (II)

Praia de Miramar (VII)

Trivia (IV)

This is my Zoom H1 field recorder. I was looking for an inexpensive field recording set up and saw it on ebay for 85 Euro. Wife let me buy one, so I ordered it from musicgear4uk back in January. I've been using it since then, making field recordings here in Porto and this thing is really great.

I do have one advice though. The H1 is notoriously sensitive to being handled and moved, so much more so than the H2 and H4 models. It is essential to get a windjammer and decent shock mount so that you can isolate the mic from handling and wind noise.

I bought my windjammer / windshield from Rick (Rickvanman) at http://miccovers.co.uk/. Rick has come up with the best solution to the problem that I've seen so far.

Here's some examples of my... huh... work (LOL) for the past 3 months.

• Flor do Gás (a.k.a. A Badalhoca)
• Cais de Pesca da Afurada (the successful launch of the Vareiro, part 1 of 2)
• Cais de Pesca da Afurada (the successful launch of the Vareiro, part 2 of 2)
• Lavadouro Público da Afurada
• Urban rehabilitation
• El Duero
• Olhó Dezassete
• Mercado do Bom Sucesso
• Cais da Cantareira
• Yashica Electro 35 GSN winding mechanism and shutter sound
• Quiosque do Cais do Ouro
• After Hours at Zoo Lounge
• Watermill at Quinta da Azenha
• Praia de Miramar

You can also find these recordings at the accidental recordist.

Praça de Almeida Garrett (VI)

Rua dos Armazéns / Calçada das Virtudes / Rua de São Pedro de Miragaia

Largo dos Lóios

Rua de Miragaia, 125 (Casa Mara)

 

FNAC Caffé, Norte Shopping (a.k.a. The Bra Strap Paparazzo 2)

Norte Shopping level -1 escalator (a.k.a. The Bra Strap Paparazzo)

Rua de Trás, 15-21 (Casa Marlindo Vinhos Petiscos, 3)

Rua de Trás, 15-21 (Casa Marlindo Vinhos Petiscos, 2)

Rua de Trás, 15-21 (Casa Marlindo Vinhos Petiscos)

Rua 15 de Novembro, 47

The Bird Watcher @ COLÖNIA Micro - Gallery

«A bird, a cage, a microphone, a camera, a computer and an internet connection.

The bird watcher is remote, artificial and operates on a computer with no inteligence.

The camera and microphone are pointed to and focus on the bird.

It records 24/7 and reacts to the bird’s tweets for editing it’s videos.

Edited videos of bird tweets are automatically uploaded to youtube.»

Newly available videos’ links are posted in twitter.

The_BirdWatcher: http://www.twitter.com/the_birdwatcher

The Black-Throated - Finch: http://twitter.com/TheFinch_TBW

Man Behind the Curtain: André Gonçalves at http://colonia.pt/ from 05.02.2011 until 05.05.2011

Final note: no Black-Throated Finches were harmed in the making of this post.

Rua da Senhora da Luz / Rua da Fonte da Luz