Sony Alpha 7 II settings
Usage scenario I only use my alpha camera in manual focus with vintage lenses so the absence of focusing mode ...
Playing with the Bulldog
If she asks to play… you have to do it. If she doesn’t… you have to ask, because she needs ...
When a Bulldog sits down
Can looking at somebody sitting be enough to cheer yourself up? If the answer is yes, then this somebody really ...
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 ...
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). ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Satirical graffiti
For each of these images, I combined a photograph with a text that was either scanned (pen and paper) or ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ritratto di Alcamo (Trapani)
A presentation of some fine-art ready pictures that I took of a Sicilian town in the Summer of 2018
Photographing Vernazza, Cinqueterre
An Italian town without Italians If you try and visit Vernazza, as I did in late May 2019, during an ...