Going Billboards!

Posted by Cedric de Alicoque on March 22, 2012

Posted in: Photography, postaweek2012. Tagged: Billboards, Brazil, Claro, Photograph, Photography, postaday2012, postaweek2012, Sao Paulo, South America, Vivo. 9 Comments

Some long long time ago, I used to practice taking pictures at billboards. Coming back to that old habit, I think these photos are cool! Hope you like it 🙂

I took this photographs in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Oh! I almost forgot. I am also including the photo of the environment where these billboards where set so you can have a general idea of the place.

Another note: Claro and Vivo are cell phone companies. (Just in case it wasn’t that obvious 🙂 )

**If you happened to notice the red mark on the photographs you have a critic’s eye and if you tell me how to remove that mark I will really appreciate it! Thank you! 🙂

9 comments on “Going Billboards!”

orples on March 22, 2012 at 9:43 pm said:

I love that last shot with the tall buildings and then, there’s that one little fellow sitting in the middle of the square, with its round tower,all by its lonesome. This photo would have been the perfect example of ‘contrast’. Anyway, the Architecture is magnificent, and so is the photograph.

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- Cedric de Alicoque on March 31, 2012 at 8:54 am said:
  
  and mainly the photographs I would say! haha! Thank you for your comments!
  
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changeversations on March 22, 2012 at 10:02 pm said:

I noticed the phones cause they are similar to the one I used for many years. I only recently gave it up cause it finally broke on me. I entered the photo of it for last year’s weekly photo challenge: broken, you can see here http://wp.me/p1Cyea-gP I loved that phone when it worked.
Great photos you have from that habit. Love your theme layout too – I have the same one. 🙂

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- Cedric de Alicoque on March 31, 2012 at 8:55 am said:
  
  Thank you! Particularly, I like these. They were different from what I used to see at that time.
  
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SmallHouseBigGarden on March 23, 2012 at 6:05 am said:

i just did a double take at the Bank Boston sign!! that was my bank..until they were bought by Baybank, then Fleet, then Bank of America!!! How old is that photo? is the bank still operating under the old name down there?
Interesting pics all around, Cedric!

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- Cedric de Alicoque on March 31, 2012 at 8:56 am said:
  
  This photo most be from 2005 or 2006… I remember there used to be a Bank of Boston, haven’t heard of it lately… perhaps because it does not loger exist? Thank you for stopping by!
  
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Sunshine on March 30, 2012 at 9:28 am said:

Sorry, don’t know how to take off red mark from photos but I got a question for you . . . how do (did) you put your mark with your ‘implicado’ name on each of your photos?

Love the captivating billboards you found . . . great marketing tool! Makes you want to have all the products. 🙂

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- Cedric de Alicoque on March 31, 2012 at 9:00 am said:
  
  I use Lightroom a photoshop editor to set the “watermark”. There are free software that can do the same! (I find Lightroom a little bit expensive). There is a free PC software called Gimp that can do the trick. Here the link: http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/12/12/how-to-watermark-an-image-using-gimp/
  
  Thank you for visiting and for leaving your comments! 🙂
  
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  - Sunshine on March 31, 2012 at 9:39 am said:
    
    I’m glad it says ‘simple help’ lol!
    Thanks a bunch, Cedric 🙂
    
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