Marco Venturini Autieri

Dott. Ing., Ph.D., MInstP

Author: Marco

  • TLR perspective

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    One of the easiest things to do with a Twin Lens Reflex (“biottica”) is looking down (in the viewfinder) and high (with the lens). I did the same, a few years ago, in Canary Wharf.

  • The Almshouses café, Durham

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    The Almshouses café in Durham has one of the best locations anybody could wish for, in Durham: just betwen the Cathedral and the Castle, built in a clearly historic building and internally decorated soberly and nicely. It is a pity that, once at the table, the windows are so high that no outside view is…

  • Vennel’s café, Durham

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    Another nice place to enjoy a hot drink in Durham is the Vennel’s Café. Better if the drink is a tea, because the coffee is poor, and better still if without any accompanying cakes, uninspiring. However the rooms are cosy, the outdoor tables even more so and, more importantly, they are heated during cool weather…

  • To grain or not to grain

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    It often happen today that, instead of choosing digital imagery for what it has good to offer – that is cleanliness -, “filters” to add digital film grain are popular. I, for once, believe that shooting with an Ilford Delta 3200 not only is great fun, but also yields great results in terms of tones…

  • Durham must be seen in Black and White

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  • I am not into pancakes, but…

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    …but the Pancake House in Crossgate, Durham, is cosy and welcoming, and the internal decorations are sure to meet the high expectations of a photographer’s eye! Did I mention the Illy coffee? Ah!, if it only was the dark-roast version!

  • Durham Cathedral

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    Some time ago I proposed it would not be difficult to improve on the quality of the current photos of Durham found on the web. I photographed the Cathedral and… well, what would the Cathedral be without the potent lighting equipment that surrounds it? Here it is. By the way, my iStock  collection of Durham…

  • Portrait cameras

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    People talk of good portrait lenses, but usually forget about good portrait cameras. My Bronica SQ-A is a great camera, but not a great portrait camera. Unless used in a studio, on a tripod, with the mirror locked up and with your eyes on the model rather than in the viewfinder, what happens in practice…

  • Cold and snow again. But so nice!

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    Thanks to friends Sara & Mike for the visit. I hope they enjoyed the break from smoggy London. It is going to be cold and wintry again. This photo is from January.

  • Chislehurst last year in December

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    If you live in New Eltham… well, first, you should not live there and, anyway, if you do, you would be not reading my post, because you’d be wasting your time commuting. Anyway, if you really happen to live there, you should definitely look around and see that, just a couple of miles away, Chislehurst High…

  • “Lavoro, non ho tempo per la fotografia”

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    “Lavoro, non ho tempo per dedicarmi alla fotografia” è, più o meno, la scusa di chiunque abbia una professione (che non sia quella del fotografo). Questa è la foto del retro di un relè elettromeccanico: praticamente ciò con cui ho a che fare durante le ore d’ufficio. Ovviamente, posso pubblicarla solo oggi, a settimane di…

  • Grainy!

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    Grainy images bring the memory backwards – as if grainy films were only something from the past: they are not, and indeed Ilford Delta 3200 is all but vintage – and past celebrations, Christmas on top of the list, bring memories up too (unless it’s Christmas now, that is). A nice grain scanned in a…