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Abuela Mami Coffee Neon Sign

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Abuela Mami Coffee  -Neon
The backout paint over-brush is a real example of the imperfect human touch of neon.
Film is the best medium to photograph neon. Digital photos can't compete here.
One of the coolest things I can think of is a neon sign. I’ve always wanted a neon sign. We had a custom neon sign made for my company, Abuela Mami Coffee, it was very exciting.

What’s cool about neon, even more so in the digital age, is that it’s completely manual. You need a skilled craftsman. You can’t just pull up a website and make one.
Our Neon sign is portable and battery powered. We bring it to coffee events and it's always a hit.

Atlanta downtown skyline

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 Atlanta  
 Jackson Street 
 Bridge 

Shooting Cinestill BW Double-X film at a Cattle Show

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2022 MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE, HORSE AND CATTLE SHOW
Cinestill B/W Double-X film
DOUBLE-X FILM
I thought it would be fun to photograph a cattle show with the same 35mm film stock used for the movie Raging Bull. 
I think this bull won something, They were waiting to take a photo.
My brother Kiki Valdes wearing our late grandfather's (Abuelo Papi) open road Stetson hat.
Francisco. How do I know? It's written on his leg.
The way this film renders grays are awesome. The grain is very fine. 
Dancing Mexican ladies.
Miami-Dade Police Tank Truck!
SHOOTING ON MY NIKON F6 WITH

Spiders in Miami

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Spiny Orb Weaver.
Mabel Orchard Orb-weaver or a Black Widow, I'm not sure.
Spiders 
I’ve seen in
My-Am-E.

Can a bee feel or sense vibration reduction on a lens?

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Vibration reduction
Not in this photo but one time a bee was floating around and drinking water from a hose. I had a vibration reduction lens and I got closer to take a shot. When I half pressed the trigger to focus the vibration reduction turned on and the bee immediately reacted and started to fly away. 

I backed up, waited for the bee to settle and it went back to drinking water. I moved in again, half press the trigger. Vibration reduction turned on and the bee freaked out again, started buzzing around and moving away. I did that a couple more times and then that’s when I realized maybe they can sense the vibration.

Cinestill 800t Halation

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Oh the Halation!
I love shooting film at night. Cinestill 800t is a really fun film to do this. It’s marked as 800 ASA/ISO film and what I really like about it is the halations. Halations happen because light bounces back into the film and bleeds outward on highlights. (It has something to do with Kodak movie film, ask a dork or checkout cinestill’s website for a better explanation.) The halation creates this halo effect around bright lights and it’s really cool.
Cool & Interesting

What I think makes halations cool and interesting is that when you take a photograph you never really know what you’re getting until you develop the film. The halations adds to that mystery. It adds another element of excitement. Was the exposure right, did I miss focus because I shot in the dark, did I shake the camera… Now I get to also wonder how the halation will look.

Each element changes or improves the look of a photo. Some people shoot photos for the experience of shooting. Other shoot for the final photograph. I enjoy shooting film for both of these.
Wrigley field, Chicago
Chicago
Cinestill 800t at night
The glow of halation at night

FIlm and Digital

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Film & Digital
iPhone 13 Pro
Kodak Ultramax 400
Homemade French baguette bread.

Double exposure on FIlm

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Some of my favorite double exposure shots
When everything goes right this is what happens - Kodak Portra 160
This one reminds me of a Florida t-shirt - Kodak Ektar 100
Double exposure at night with flash really gives an unreal look. Almost looks faked, but its real because its film - Shot on Cinestill 800t
This is a random one but I love the heavy vignetting - Shot on Kodak Ultramax 400
Underpass by the Design District Miami - Shot on Kodak Portra 800

Neon at night - Biscayne Blvd Miami, Florida

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Portra 800 handheld
I don’t like tripods but love night photography. I wanted to challenge my steady hand and loaded up my Nikon FM2n with Portra 800. I used a wide a 24mm 2.8 lens to help minimize motion blur. I don’t remember the shutter speed I used but it was slow. Maybe 1/30th or 1/15th of a second. Then self developed with CineStill C41.
I've never had a hotdog from Dogma but they get 4 out 5 on Yelp, so maybe next time.
Not sure if it was broken but only part of the neon sign of Gold Dust Motel was on.
Across the street from Dogma.
Film is awesome!
The Vagabond motel sign is cool but I perfer this one on side of the building.
Night Film photos on Biscayne Blvd
In Low Light
When I scanned a few of these I did bump up the exposure just a bit. I was surprised how well they turned out. 
The South Pacific Neon sign is just the coolest!

"Flowers on 37th"

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Alot of Satoshis in one whole Bitcoin

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Just like how one whole $ Dollar is divisible into ¢100 Cent
One whole ฿ Bitcoin is divisible
into    100,000,000 Satoshis
One Dollar is the same as 100 Cent
100 Cent is the same as one Dollar
100,000,000 Satoshis is the same as one Bitcoin
One Satoshi is the same as 0.00000001 of a Bitcoin
If you buy 0.025 Bitcoin it's the same as buying 250,000 Satoshis
Get some Bitcoin sats https://coinbase.com/join/QV8X4EW

Studio Revelation Thoughts

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"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." Revelation 2:10
   #kikivaldes #studio #art #inprogress

3 Mambises

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  3 Mambises / mixed media on watercolor paper (2020)

Mixed Media works / Kiki Valdes

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   Holy / mixed media on watercolor paper (2020)
  Holy Spirit / mixed media on watercolor paper (2020)

Vaquero #2

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Vaquero #2 / mixed media on watercolor paper (2021)

Speak No Evil

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Speak No Evil / mixed media on watercolor paper (2021)

Vaquero #1

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   Vaquero #1 / acrylic on watercolor paper (2021)

The Trail

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KIKI VALDES: The Drawing Chronicles (Dec 1st)

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Oliver Sanchez, the director of Swampspace, announced today the art gallery premier exhibition for Miami Art Week 2017.


KIKI VALDES
The Drawing Chronicles
Opening Reception: Friday December 1, 2017 6-10pm
 December 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

The recent works of Kiki Valdes are a maniacal storm of ink on paper. The drawings are dedicate yet aggressive compositions of comedic abstractions and figurative visions of the artist’s recurring dreams. Mr. Valdes skillfully appropriates art history themes of the ethereal muse, captivating love triangles, social angst and piercing anguish. His ability to convey depth captivates viewers with a unique and powerful sense of emotional engagement. The work leaves us satisfied with our desire for beauty, humor and social relevance.

"The world is at an eclipse of nuclear chaos and personal communication has been replaced by smartphones and dating apps. Love has lost it's old feeling. My drawings is in search of love. The world is crazy and I just want to feel 15, have butterflies and draw comic books. I feel that's why I've engulfed myself back into drawing. For me, is how it all started." - Kiki Valdes
Presented by: 
SWAMPSPACE 
3940 N. Miami Avenue 33127 
(Miami Design District)
305-710-8631 

In 1999 Milton Friedman predicted Bitcoin

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In 1999, Milton Friedman predicted internet money aka Bitcoin.
He won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
He was a advisor to President Ronald Reagan.