how to light, PhotographySoft chiaroscuro light for portraits I set the gridded softbox to the maximum power and the naked one to the minimum (respectively 5 and 1).... Read more
how to light, PhotographyQuick 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... Read more headshotportrait
Italy, Places and Travel, Short photo essaysUsigliano I don’t really recall how I ended up in Usigliano (province of Pisa); I only know that it was at... Read more Alpha 7 IICasciana Terme
Bulldog, Photography, Short photo essaysEnglish 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... Read more
Short photo essaysSony 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... Read more
Short photo essaysthe 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... Read more
Short photo essaysSatirical graffiti For each of these images, I combined a photograph with a text that was either scanned (pen and paper) or... Read more graffitipoetry
Bronica, Film photography, Italy, Short photo essaysammemipiace il mare Mi piace il mare ma... nessuno mi crede. Ecco qualche foto scattata con la mia Bronica SQ-A... al mare.
Film photography, ItalyHoliday 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... Read more Velvia
Bronica, Film photography, Italy, Places and Travel, Short photo essaysRiomaggiore with Portra 160 Riomaggiore is a pleasant town to visit. Since we are all sinners, we don’t deserve a pleasant, relaxing, tranquil walk... Read more
VentsRelax and meditate Asking a meditation app to help you relax is like asking the executioner to scratch the itch on your neck.... Read more Headspace
Bulldog, Italy, Places and TravelTravelling 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 CaneSiciliaTraghetto
Italy, Places and TravelRiomaggiore in Cinqueterre There isn’t much to see in Riomaggiore, but what is there, is really nice and worth the visit. Getting there... Read more
Italy, PhotographyRitratto di Alcamo (Trapani) A presentation of some fine-art ready pictures that I took of a Sicilian town in the Summer of 2018
digital graffiti, VentsNo country for old dogs I live near Pisa and more often than not I meet dog owners who tell me their stories of how... Read more
Italy, Places and Travel, Short photo essaysPhotographing Vernazza, Cinqueterre An Italian town without Italians If you try and visit Vernazza, as I did in late May 2019, during an... Read more