Tombstones in England

I can’t ignore them. The English place their graveyard right in the middle of inhabited centres. They create interesting contrasts of ideas.

I set up a lightbox on iStockphoto with several of such cases.

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  • American Circus

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    American Circus

    Durham, England – October 6, 2011: The American Circus Vegas has arrived in Durham. Here one of their trucks is photographed with the circus structure in the background. You can almost hear the Star Spangled Banner. Film scan visible (Delta 3200). Toned.

    Canon EOS 5, 70-200 f/4 IS, Ilford Delta 3200

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Coffee, tea, infusions (caffé, té, tisane) at Flat White’s in Durham

Durham is not blessed with many good places for a coffee. However, provided we do not have ubiquity, just one good coffee bar should be enough. We have two!

Flat White” is a relatively new addition to the scene that would otherwise only include “Capriccio” under the deserved limelight. Although their choice of coffee may not be suitable to those who prefer a very dark roast, Flat White’s hot drinks have no flaws, and the baristi like to add some art too.

Artistic foamy cappuccino

This flat white, that in other parts of the world people would just call buon cappuccino, was properly served (by the staff) and properly photographed (by me) with a Canon EOS 5 loaded with Ilford Delta 3200 and equipped with the incomparable (Nikon does not make anything similar for price and features) 70-200 f/4 IS.

By the way, this image, together with several other ones depicting tea, is available for purchase on iStockphoto.com

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English homes

Since 2003, I’ve been living in England. Not every year since, but almost, I have been photographing homes (English homes, more or less traditionally so), easily, just by going out for a walk. Coming, mostly, from Southampton and Durham, my pictures show the typically colourful homes of County Durham and the more sombre ones from London.

Durham, Olympus XA and Kodak Ektar 100

Barnard Castle, Nikon FM2n, Nikkor AI-S 50/1.2, Portra 400

English homes on iStockphoto


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A large collection of DVDs for stock photography

The iStockphoto editorial collection has a few images that I managed to create taking advantage of my large set of unintentional props: film DVDs, obviously all original, now ranging between 400 and 500…DVDs on a table

Most images were created with a SONY NEX. In some cases I tilted a 20mm to make use of a tilted plane of focus coincident with the DVD plane. In another case I used a software focus stacking technique (Helicon Focus). I have also included a couple of examples shot with Velvia and Bronica SQ-A

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The Tesco vanilla pod: transnational?

I have just bought one vanilla pod in a small jar, from Tesco. Funnily, it is a “produce of more than one Country”. Yet… one pod, it is just one pod.

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It does makes sense…

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