Good morning fam

A few weeks ago, I had the complete honor of being the photographer in charge of documenting a marriage proposal in a beautiful location. Everything was a surprise, so we worked in the following way: first, the groom arrived at the restaurant and had a date as they normally would. I arrived, sat far away, and when I saw the groom pull out a letter, I started recording them from afar and gradually moved closer, recording the entire moment. The natural and spontaneous reactions were captured on video, and after that, we started the photography session. The first thing we did was recreate the date, with them sitting in their special spot: And it was in that very spot that the groom began to read the letter to his girl: After finishing the letter, the guy knelt down to propose marriage! This was my favorite angle because there is a line of flowers, and the mountains are visible in the background: A little closer: Obviously, the girl said yes, and both were extremely happy!! Once we finished with the proposal photographs, we started taking the couple photographs. For this, we explored different spaces of the location. There was a bench surrounded by flowers that was very beautiful! Then I took a photography of them through a tree in which I framed them in the center. This photography is very romantic! And after that, we took some photographs where we gave more prominence to the ring! I took all the photographs with my Canon R8 camera, a 50mm f/2.2 lens, and only natural light. I think it goes without saying that the couple was more than excited with the photographs of their special moment. I was also very happy with the results obtained. I hope you like them as much as we did! #photography #photostr

Venezuela Just Proved the Bitcoin Bull Case, And No One Is Paying Attention Maduro used Tether to move 80% of Venezuela's oil revenue. Billions in sanctions evasion, settled on Tron since 2020. Then the US made a phone call. Tether froze the wallets. Game over. Everyone's focused on the arrest. The real story is the lesson every finance minister on earth just learned in real time: Stable coins are a leash, not an escape. If someone can freeze it, it isn't money. It doesn't solve sovereignty. First principles: USDT is dollar plumbing without SWIFT. Faster. Cheaper. Still has a CEO. Still has a compliance department. Still picks up when Washington calls. This is why USDT adoption exploded, 71-year-old grandmothers in Caracas pay their HOA fees in tether now. But useful ≠ sovereign. The entire value proposition for sanctions evasion just got publicly falsified. Now do the game theory: You're Iran. Russia. Any country hedging against dollar weaponization. You just watched Venezuela's "crypto solution" get shut off like a light switch. Where do you put reserves now? USDT? Compromised. Yuan? Political strings. Gold? Try settling $500M across borders in 10 minutes. CBDCs? Same kill switch, government branding. There's exactly one asset that clears final settlement without asking permission from anyone. 21 million units. No CEO. No freeze function. No phone number. This is the ad Bitcoin never had to buy. The most desperate, highest-stakes capital on earth just learned there's only one door. Price doesn't reflect it yet. It will.

Photos from today's outing to a pines forest for a yoga class #photography #photostr

Photos from today's outing to a pines forest for a yoga class #photography #photostr

Photos from today's outing to a pinest fores for a yoga class #photography #photostr

Isn't it lovely? Perfect weather

Some weeks ago, my father-in-law invited us to go out to eat at a place on the outskirts of the city, and since he picked us up in his car, I took the opportunity to bring my camera with me to take photographs of whatever caught my attention on the way. I must say it was a very fruitful day in terms of photography, I managed to take 16 photographs that I liked because all of them are full of their own stories. I will start with this photography. The story behind it is that there was a man sitting on a piece of furniture. It might look "normal," but it was quite random because he was on a traffic island, literally in the middle of two streets, and in front of him, there was only a trash can, but he was there, like the king of his world: The following photography is of the anonymous heroes who keep our city clean. What caught my attention the most is that all of them were quite young: The following photography is of some stalls selling Christmas accessories that are set up on some streets only during the month of December, and behind them, the newest building in the city: modernity and tradition in a single photography: Speaking of tradition, the following two photographs are my favorites because they show a very Venezuelan tradition, something you can see all over Venezuela: a family preparing the traditional hallacas in December and cooking them with firewood outside their homes, almost in the street: The following photography is also one of my favorites. In it, I was able to capture 2 military personnel: At this point, we had already moved away from the city, and the landscape change,; we start to see more nature and a different atmosphere... I saw some people selling pork outdoors...: Also, some men trying to fix a Volkswagen car: A young boy leaving his house... I saw two Venezuelan empanada stands: A gentleman who is clearly just starting his kiosk, with only what he has and step by step: This is the appearance of a grocery store, selling fruits and vegetables on the outskirts of my city. Although both photographs are of two different stores, they have the same essence: And I say goodbye with this photography of a man with a disheveled appearance pushing a cart. What impacted me the most during the few seconds I could observe him was that he was smiling the entire time despite carrying a heavy load! I took all these photographs with my Canon R8 camera and a 24-105mm lens from a moving car! I hope you found the photographs as interesting as I did, and thanks for watching! #photography #photostr

Some of my favs streets photographs that i took in 2025 #photography #photostr

7 days Since Trump's intervention: ​Maduro imprisoned ​Cuban military, who they said did not exist, confirmed to have died during Maduro's capture. ​Chavismo, which swore to destroy the empire, is now cooperating with the USA. ​Ghost tankers that they said didn't exist are being confiscated. ​Political prisoners that they said didn't exist are being released. ​The "lost" gold appeared, but in Maduro's accounts. ​Billions of undeclared dollars suddenly appeared in Swiss accounts and are being frozen. ​The opposition that had us trapped in a vicious electoral cycle was left out of the transition. ​Today I read that the "colectivos" (pro-government armed groups) are starting to surrender. ​All in 7 days. What a moment to be alive.

The United States is moving part of its military fleet in the Caribbean toward northern Cuba. The move comes days after the military operation that culminated in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, and amid threats of similar incursions against governments in the region. Some of the U.S. warships deployed in the Caribbean Sea in the period leading up to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have been relocated, and two of them are reportedly north of Cuba, according to the Washington Post. At least the USS Iwo Jima and USS San Antonio have been positioned north of Cuba in the Atlantic Ocean, according to defense officials who spoke to the newspaper on condition of anonymity. One of them also indicated that one of the ships could return to its home port in Norfolk in the coming weeks, although “the Trump administration is expected to continue military operations in the region.” The ships remain assigned to U.S. Southern Command, which oversees military operations across much of Latin America, and could be redeployed to the Caribbean if necessary, a second official added. Ship-tracking websites, such as cruisingearth.com, currently show both vessels off the coast of Puerto Rico. These movements, according to the report, reduce the number of U.S. troops in the Caribbean by a few thousand, to approximately 12,000, and come as it remains unclear whether President Donald Trump will deploy ground forces to Venezuela to stabilize security there. However, the redeployment underscores that their primary mission has been completed and indicates that the Trump administration may reduce the number of ships it maintains in the region as it balances multiple national security priorities. Some Air Force assets, including CV-22 Special Operations aircraft used for combat search and rescue and MC-130s needed for aerial refueling, have also departed, a third U.S. official reported. Both aircraft were used to support the incursion against Maduro, who, after being captured by members of the Army's Delta Force, was transported by helicopter to Iwo Jima. Following the military incursion into Venezuela, threats against Cuba became part of the rhetoric of the US administration. In this regard, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during the press conference after Maduro's arrest that if he "were in Havana, I would be worried, even if only a little." For his part, President Trump stated that the island is a "very similar case" to Venezuela. "Cuba is something we'll end up talking about," he declared. Recently, demands from the White House to the new administration headed by Delcy Rodríguez have come to light, including the severing of relations with Cuba, Russia, China, and Iran. This condition also puts pressure on the Cuban government, which for decades has relied on logistical support from Venezuela for its survival, amidst the severe and prolonged economic crisis the island is experiencing.

Seventeen oil companies meet with Trump to discuss plans in Venezuela. Executives from Chevron, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Continental, Halliburton, HKN, Valero, Marathon, Shell, Trafigura, Vitol Americas, Repsol, Eni, Aspect Holdings, Tallgrass, Raisa Energy, and Hilcorp were invited to the White House to discuss rebuilding the country's oil industry. The president even hinted at a possible subsidy program for all companies that want to invest in Venezuela.

Now i have to delete nostr everytime i leave my house for safety Just in case...