Eric Brazier is a Digital Tech and Photo Assistant in Toronto, Canada

Tag: Portugal

“Christmas Shopping Madeira-style” – Mercardo dos Lavradores, Funchal, Madeira

Post date December 24, 2019

Tags Boas Festas, Christmas decorations, Christmastime, decorations, farmer's market, festive, fish market, Funchal, last minute shopping, Madeira, Mercardo dos Lavradores, Portugal, travel

“Familiar Squiggles”

Post date December 23, 2019

This is my third time visiting the island of Madeira, and every time I’ve been greeted by the squiggly lines of the Funchal airport arrival hall’s calçadas.

Tags airport, black and white, calçadas, Funchal, lines, Madeira, Portugal, Portuguese pavement, squiggly lines, travel

“Lisbon Layover”

Post date December 22, 2019

Tags airport, airport layover, angular, architecture, clean lines, glass, lines, LIS, Lisbon, Portugal, reflections, tiles, travel

“High Roller”

Post date March 1, 2019

Tags blue, blue sky, Fatima, high roller, lone figure, negative space, paint roller, painter, Portugal, roll, travel

“Swerve”

Post date February 28, 2019

Tags Algarve, alley, calçada, curved, meandering, Portimão, Portugal, Portuguese pavement, The Algarve, travel, wave, yellow

“Hey Girl, How You Livin’?”

Post date February 27, 2019

Tags animals, antennas, big eyes, bugs, European Mantis, Fatima, head tilt, Hey Girl How You Livin, insects, legs, macro, mantis, Portugal, travel, up close and personal

“Another Brick in the Floor”

Post date February 26, 2019

“Lost in Nazaré”

Post date February 25, 2019

Tags alley, alleyway, calçada, distracted, guidebook, Little Help, lost, Lost in Nazaré, map, Nazaré, oblivious, Portugal, Portuguese pavement, tiles, tourist, travel, yellow

“Little Help?”

Post date February 24, 2019

Tags axe, bible illustrations, distracted, Fatima, grid, grid lines, illustration, line art, line drawing, lines, Little Help, oblivious, on the phone, peril, phone, Portugal, smartphone, striped top, stripes, tiles, travel

“Serrado”

Post date February 23, 2019

Tags architecture, blue sky, buildings, Cascais, contrast, lamp, Portugal, roof, Serrado, serrated, shadows, shingles, street lamp, stucco, terracotta, travel

“All Shook Out”

Post date February 22, 2019

Tags All Shook Out, balcony, beige, blue, flower patterns, look up, Nazaré, patterns, plant patterns, Portugal, rug, teal, travel, yellow

“Made in the Shade”

Post date February 21, 2019

Diana and I will be visiting Costa Rica in April to officially celebrate our ‘Wood Anniversary’ in the rainforests of the Osa Peninsula. In the meantime here’s a throwback selfie from our stay in The Algarve last September.

“Hammered”

Post date February 20, 2019

Tags Cabo da Roca, fence, fence post, golden, golden hour, golden light, nails, Portugal, post, rocks, rocky, texture, travel, warm, wood, wooden, wooden fence

“Name Dropping”

Post date February 19, 2019

Tags Batalha, black, blue, dollar store, monogrammed, Name Dropping, names, pens, pink, Portugal, Portuguese dollar store, Portuguese Names, repetition, souvenir pens, souvenirs, travel

“Vegan Windshield Wipers”

Post date February 18, 2019

Tags arc, arcs, back and forth, Batalha, erosion, faded, leaves, mottled, plant, Portugal, scraped, semicircle, sweep, swipe, travel, Vegan Windshield Wipers, wall, wind erosion, windshield wipers, windswept, windy, worn

“A Tree Grows in Batalha”

Post date February 17, 2019

Tags A Tree Grows in Batalha, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Batalha, black and white, centrepiece, checkered, diagonal, diagonal lines, evergreen, evergreen tree, lines, Portugal, square, squares, town square, travel, trees

“Trestle” – Ponte Maria Pia, Porto, Portugal

Post date February 16, 2019

“Follow” – Parque Marechal Carmona, Cascais, Portugal

Post date February 15, 2019

Tags black and white, Cascais, Diana, dusk, Following, nature, park, Parque Marechal Carmona, path, Portugal, travel, trees

“Shady Lane”

Post date February 8, 2019

Tags banquette, bench, contrast, cushions, Foliage, greenery, leaves, Oporto, Porto, Portugal, shade, shadows, Shady Lane, stark, sunlight, tile, white tile

“Vacant Concierge”

Post date February 7, 2019

Tags Cascais, contrast, desk, entrance, entryway, Foliage, greenery, leaves, lobby, Portugal, shadows, stark, sunlight, unmanned, unoccupied, Vacant Concierge

“Lightbox”

Post date February 4, 2019

Tags Beacon, bright, bright light, bright white light, Cascais, dashes, dotted line, fence, green, hedge, lamp, lamppost, light, lighting, Lisbon, night, nighttime, parking spot, Portugal, road, solitary, solitary figure, street lamp, streetlight

“Catching the Last Rays of a Dying Day”

Post date January 30, 2019

Tags blue, blue sky, buildings, Catching the Last Rays of a Dying Day, Dying Day, lamps, Last Rays, Oporto, orange, pink, Porto, Portugal, Setting Sun, silhouette, street lamps, sundown, sunset, trees

“Scumset”

Post date January 29, 2019

Tags concentric, green, Lisbon, oblong, patterns, pond, pond scum, Portugal, reflections, ripples, scum, shapes, sunset, texture

“T-Bone”

Post date November 25, 2018

Tags anchorage, architecture, bridges, Douro, Douro River, dusk, engineering, magic hour, Oporto, pillar, Porto, Portugal, rail bridge, railway bridge, Ribeira, Ribeira Douro, riverwalk, strut, sunset, support, t-bone, tower, travel, waterfront

“Slant”

Post date November 24, 2018

Tags architecture, bridges, diagonal, Douro, Douro River, dusk, engineering, magic hour, Oporto, Porto, Portugal, rail bridge, railway bridge, Ribeira, Ribeira Douro, riverwalk, sunset, travel, waterfront

“Twist”

Post date November 23, 2018

Tags architecture, bridges, Douro, Douro River, dusk, engineering, magic hour, Oporto, Porto, Portugal, rail bridge, railway bridge, Ribeira, Ribeira Douro, riverwalk, sunset, travel, twisted, twisting, waterfront

“Goldenridge”

Post date November 22, 2018

Tags alternating, angles, architecture, chiaroscuro, design, doors, engineering, Fatima, gold, golden, goldenrod, light and dark, lines, patterns, Portugal, reflections, repetition, ribbed, ridges, selfie, stairs, travel

“Double V, Double V, Double V, Point”

Post date November 21, 2018

“Golden Arches”

Post date November 20, 2018

Tags arch, architecture, concrete, convent, engineering, Golden Arches, landmark, lights, monastery, Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar, Oporto, Porto, Portugal, stone, travel, Vila Nova de Gaia

“No X’s; All O’s”

Post date November 19, 2018

Tags Aveiro, black, calçada, circles, contrast, exes and ohs, look down, patterns, Portugal, Portuguese pavement, Praça da República, shapes, stone, stones, stonework, travel, two-tone, white, X’s and O’s, xo

“Shadowlands”

Post date November 17, 2018

Tags Batalha, blue, blue sky, calçada, dusk, golden hour, long shadows, magic hour, Portugal, Portuguese pavement, Shadowland, shadows, street lamp, sunset, travel, wall