My favourite Apple Watch face, with its complications, here it is. I like the shape, the colour, the functionality. It isn’t the only one I use—I don’t have to choose
Lo scemo del villaggio
Esiste sempre lo scemo del paese. Non è scemo, è soltanto malato, si direbbe — meglio — oggi ma è comunque lo scemo del paese, che è sempre esistito e
Fuji X and how to obtain higher level of JPG quality
Introduction The «purist» way to apply film simulations is doing so in camera, either by shooting JPEG, or by shooting RAW and then processing them using the in-camera convert feature.
Press Release
Marco Venturini Autieri, commercial photographer in Ghezzano (PI), is announcing a Master Course in Photography of Aliens and Extraterrestrial Life. Marco’s multidisciplinary inclusive experience and his vivid interest for those
Soft chiaroscuro light for portraits
I set the gridded softbox to the maximum power and the naked one to the minimum (respectively 5 and 1). With the scheme above, I used a Canon EOS 5D
Quick and simple soft light for headshots
It’s a matter of personal taste: generally, when lighting people for portraits, men or women, I tend to prefer soft lightrather than harder, more dramatic settings. I have a simple,
English Bulldogs in 100mm focal length!
Perhaps, the Canon 100mm f/2 lens is one of the most underrated/overlooked lenses ever (as of today, I cannot even find it on sale on Amazon!). This is, for me,
Sony Alpha 7 II, Nikkor 50 / 1.2 AI-S, some crazy colours in Cenaia, province of Pisa
Much to my surprise – I didn’t know the area around Fauglia – Cenaia and its surrounding are a simply beautiful place to live in. The following pictures were all
the simple beauty of Fauglia, near Pisa
All these pictures derive from a couple of short walks in the simply beautiful town of Fauglia, not distant from Pisa. They were either shot with a Fujifilm X-T1 camera
Satirical graffiti
For each of these images, I combined a photograph with a text that was either scanned (pen and paper) or digitally inked.
ammemipiace il mare
Mi piace il mare ma… nessuno mi crede. Ecco qualche foto scattata con la mia Bronica SQ-A… al mare.
Holiday trip with Velvia: minimal?
For a working photographer, choosing the cameras and the lenses to pack for a holiday isn’t easy (the mere proximity of those two words should raise an alarm). The possibility
Riomaggiore with Portra 160
Riomaggiore is a pleasant town to visit. Since we are all sinners, we don’t deserve a pleasant, relaxing, tranquil walk wandering through the narrow picturesque streets… at least, this is
Relax and meditate
Asking a meditation app to help you relax is like asking the executioner to scratch the itch on your neck.
Travelling on a ship in Italy with your dog
A short guide to travel onboard Grandi Navi Veloci and Grimaldi Lines in Italy with a dog