Mi piace il mare ma… nessuno mi crede. Ecco qualche foto scattata con la mia Bronica SQ-A… al mare.
Category: Places and Travel
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
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
Riomaggiore in Cinqueterre
There isn’t much to see in Riomaggiore, but what is there, is really nice and worth the visit. Getting there by train is basically compulsory. The only pleasant alternative would
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 overcast day when rain was forecast, you might end up
Film photography on Mt Abetone
A few notes on Mt Abetone in Tuscany, perhaps useful if you want to visit it, together with some photos I took with a film camera
One day, one camera and one lens in Lucca
A short photo-trip to Lucca, to create stock photos, with a sample and the main relevant keywords that I used
Ghosts of Christmas’ past cameras
I’ve shot some Christmas pictures in the past years, and now that autumn is approaching its end and winter is arriving, I thought of showcasing a few photographic memories of
Photos of walls as backdrops
Wandering through Tuscan villages is beautiful in itself and doubly beautiful for a photographer. The eyes may wander far away and meet villas, mansions, fields, nature, sunsets… but beauty can
Il nuovo orto botanico di Ghezzano
Dopo anni di incuria lavori di preparazione, finalmente l’orto botanico di Ghezzano (frazione di San Giuliano Terme) è stato inaugurato ieri in via Lazzeri, con senza la presenza del sindaco.
Bicycle as a solution to a photographer’s block
When I was an undergraduate student in Pisa, I cycled daily for my urban commute from home to the University. I found it pleasant and relatively safe. I used my
Close-up (detail) vs Long Shot (panorama) in Travel Photography
Abstractness may be a treasure cove for a stock photographer
Superman salverà (anche) la scuola italiana
Ottobre è quel periodo dell’anno in cui una zucca mette in difficoltà la scuola primaria pubblica italiana. Ad ottobre, una zucca rivela la sudditanza culturale ed economica della scuola italiana,
Too many signs in Great Britain
Rules, regulations, do not, please do not, mind this, mind that. Well.
Parked vans that tell the story of a life
These photos of parked land vehicles (camper vans, motor homes) tell (or, rather, let the viewer imagine) a whole life story, that of the owner. The photos are, technically, extremely
Tortelli maremmani al guardrail stradale
Casually, two recent photos of mine have a matching colour palette.
Gli alberi di Piazza Napoleone a Lucca
È una delle piazze più belle d’Italia. La bellezza deriva dagli edifici e dagli alberi; mi è sembrato naturale fotografarli assieme.