Gran Scala, a 17€ billion entertainment city to be built on 2,025 hectares in the Spanish Aragón desert (Los Monegros) by a British-based consortium: International Leisure Development (ILD) .

The government of the autonomous Spanish region of Aragón and ILD signed an agreement on 12th December 2007, to build the vast amusement and casino park in the vicinity of the village of Los Monegros. Several investigations about ILD shareholders with dubious backgrounds, delayed deadlines, political bribes, a new “custom-made” low, future environmental disasters, and even more suspicions have caused a polemic among the great majority of Aragon citizens, ecologists and the slightly leftist politicians who are against this ambitious project. It appeared that only Ontiñena inhabitants and the actual Aragon Government remain in support of it. Developers have already paid 14% of the money to the lands owners (most of them Ontiñena inhabitants), they would pay the rest in June and October. But the economic crisis could derail this project. ILD, is accumulating delays and claims, that are seriously questioning the future of Gran Scala.

So now, ILD has directed its plans to Soria which, while the Gran Scala project pending agonizing death certificate after the 22 M, have reappeared hand hinge party IDES (Development Initiative Soria), whose candidate for mayor of the city, Luis Bonilla, identified them as the promoters of its flagship project for the next legislative Celtiberian Earth, a leisure complex covering more than thirty hectares devoted to people’s culture that dominated the plateau in ancient times and generate an investment of fifty million euros.

This is Ontiñena.

This is a work in progress.

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Ignacio uses acidic and buril over metallic surfaces giving life to his paintings, creating textures and building landscapes, fog, clouds… If we understand photography as light, in this case light is also creating images, skies, sceneries, atmospheres…one single painting could be more than a hundred, depending on the way the light reflects on it and where you are standing as a spectator.

If you are in Spain and want to see his art he has an exhibition in Zaragoza (March 22nd / April 20th). Do not miss it if you live in this city!

All you need is Photoshop and this file. In this PSD file you will find studio and lighting elements such us diffusers, reflectors, ringflash, soft boxes, beauty dishes, gobos, grids, bookends… it is all there. You start up with a sheet of paper and can add or remove elements, also writing down some notes. Each element is drawn in a separate layer and you can select those you want to display. I have to say is not very accurate but… it helps!

There is also an online version (lightingdiagrams), where you can share your studio set up, also see other photographers settings and photographs.

I have watched many night photography videos, but no one like this one. In this video Scott Martin and Lance Keimig explain us how to take amazing night photographs, they literally paint with light. We can see here how they work in darkness, creating great images, giving us a beautiful and inspiring introduction to night photography.

I went yesterday to his office to photograph him for FundsPeople Magazine. Few minutes to shoot, an interview going on and St Pauls Cathedral as a background.

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