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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Gear,  Photography,  Tokyo,  Winter

    DSLR-like…?

    March 21, 2025 /

    I decided to write this post after having stumbled across the next ethusiast review of a smartphone published on a reputable magazine, claiming that the device can deliver ‘DSLR-like’ photos. In fact, as is often the case with ‘camera experts’ who work for a magazine or earn money by posting videos making funny faces on social networks, it was just a rewrite of the manufacturer’s product specifications and promotional material. There are few things, in photography, I dislike more than than these ‘DSLR-like’ claims made in the advertising of smartphones and compact cameras because ‘DSLR-like’ is the archetype of a meaningless statement made to lure people into using an arbitrary benchmark…

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    Menu Meditation

    February 16, 2018

    Crowd Control

    February 14, 2016

    Sega Codemaster

    November 21, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  Summer

    Learning to Shoot Boxing Matches

    July 18, 2024 /

    Taking pictures in a boxing gym during regular training is a unique way to learn to understand when ‘the moment’ – a hit, a miss, a bob or a weave – is coming and develop an instinct for composition – Initially published on 35mmc.com This is important for two reasons. Firstly, as always with sports photography, you need to know the discipline you want to shoot and practice different options. But, in a classic Catch 22, if you don’t attend a fair number of bouts at ringisde, you won’t know the discipline and learn how to photograph it. Spending time in a gym, then, is the best second best option…

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    Should I Seat?

    December 15, 2021

    Opposites

    February 3, 2013

    Final Arrangements Before the Hearing

    April 19, 2015
  • Artists,  Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Spring,  Summer,  Technique,  Winter

    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024 /

    In photography, among the various activities falling under the ‘preparation’ label, training is oftend underevaluated. Just as many newcomers to the world of guns think that buying expensive equipment will make them better shooters, many photographers think that mastering a bunch of exoteric camera settings will be enough to get decent pictures. This is summed up in a common piece of advice to novice shooters (of both guns and cameras): get out there and shoot. Results will just happen. I have nothing against a ‘Zen’ approach to things, based on instinct and intuition, but my Western, Benthamite mind does not allow me to forget that preparation is necessary to achieve…

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    Inside the Palaces of Power – Bruxelles

    November 8, 2015

    Ninja-Turtles?

    April 30, 2014

    Red Bag, Black Shoes

    November 27, 2014
  • Actors,  Autumn,  B&W,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  Photography,  Spring,  Summer,  Winter

    What Does ‘Professional’ Mean in Photography?

    March 19, 2024 /

    Pro’ is the photographer’s blessing and curse. It is the status we all – well, many of us – aspire to. It is the marketing gimmick created by the exploiters of the Gear Acquisition Syndrome to make people believe that tools make the craftsman. ‘Amateur’, on the other hand, is a word associated with casual photographers, ‘wannabe’ artists, and people who want to make you believe that tools make the craftsman. I have always been unconvinced that such a difference exists, at least in the general meaning associated with the words ‘pro’ and ‘amateur’, and in relation to the idea that the equipment used or the quality of the shots…

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    The Three Musketeers

    October 16, 2013

    Running On The (Oslo’s) Docks

    September 28, 2014

    Hard Choice In Quai de la Corse

    March 21, 2014
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Gear,  Spring,  Summer,  Thoughts,  Winter

    Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

    March 3, 2024 /

    The Internet is full of columns and videos about why ‘I left brand X for brand Y’, magnifiying this or that ‘new feature’ that forced a photographer to ditch his previous setup in favour of a brand new one. Sometimes there is a genuine motivation behind such a choice, sometimes – often – it is just a clickbait set up by the need (or hope) to monetise a piece of content published on a social network. This long introduction violates the golden rule of journalistic writing – tell the reader what’s the matter in the first paragraph or so – but it was necessary because this article is exactly that:…

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    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016

    Just Another Times Square View

    July 9, 2014

    Easy Parking

    August 12, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Summer

    HeadButt

    August 5, 2023 /

    Sometimes the difference between a pleasant result and just a plain wrong, missed photo may be challenging to tell.I took this picture years ago, during an MMA fight and, to be honest, I can not even remember framing and setting the camera accordingly for this shot. In other words, it happened almost by accident.The outcome is blurry and shaky, however, the overall result has a ‘painterly’ feel, almost like an ink sketch.

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    Ready For Lunch

    November 1, 2014

    Singers

    February 19, 2014

    Beach Party

    January 22, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport,  Spring

    MMA Fighters

    July 7, 2019 /

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    Shopping in Bruxelles

    December 20, 2013

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014

    Unattainable 1:1 magnification with the JJC FDA S-1 and Micro Nikkor 60 2,8

    January 29, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Spring

    TKO

    May 8, 2019 /

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    The Drying Machine

    November 30, 2014

    Zebra Crossing, Again…

    June 22, 2014

    Kime in photography

    June 9, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport,  Spring

    Emanuele Cavallucci. The New Italian Pro Boxing Welterweight Champion

    March 9, 2019 /

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    Sweet Dilemma

    November 4, 2015

    Bycicle Ride

    August 28, 2013

    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Portraits,  Sport,  Spring

    Portrait of a Professional Boxing Fighter. Davide De Lellis

    March 8, 2019 /

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    The Headdresser

    February 11, 2013

    The Alchoolist’s garbage

    March 5, 2013

    Seats

    September 11, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  Reportage,  Sport,  Winter

    Italian Boxing Amateur Championship 2018. The Reportage

    December 18, 2018 /

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    A (Soon) Lost Banner

    November 1, 2018

    PizzaPizza

    January 12, 2013

    Workbench

    February 22, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Winter

    The Coach

    December 9, 2018 /

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    An Open Gate

    January 13, 2015

    Beach in black

    January 5, 2013

    Hey Mister!

    June 25, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Seasons,  Sport,  Winter

    Stop

    December 6, 2018 /

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    What lasts after a party…

    April 25, 2013

    The Godfather

    July 23, 2014

    Vive La France, The Oslo’s Way

    October 7, 2014
  • B&W,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Social Control,  Summer

    Strategy

    September 20, 2018 /

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    Waiting for the Fish

    December 18, 2021

    An interesting reading

    May 13, 2013

    In the backstage

    May 10, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  People,  Winter

    Surreal Judo

    December 11, 2016 /

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    Staring At The Infinite

    August 22, 2013

    Early Leave at Bruxelles-Midi

    March 23, 2014

    Portrait of The Alfa Romeo Guru

    September 25, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  London,  People,  Summer

    Did You Forget Something?

    October 3, 2016 /

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    Out-of-Focus

    September 24, 2013

    The Arson

    February 21, 2014

    As Deep As The Ocean

    April 15, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport,  Summer

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Beach Wrestlers

    October 21, 2015 /

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    The Wild Bunch

    October 1, 2013

    Waiting For The Patrons – 2

    June 19, 2015

    Modern Times

    January 6, 2013
  • Colour,  Fighters,  People,  Summer

    Mediterranean Games 2009

    June 28, 2015 /

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    Chitchat under the rain

    March 10, 2013

    Imitation of Banksi

    November 1, 2021

    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  People,  Social Control,  Spring

    Home on the Range

    May 17, 2015 /

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    A Waiter in via Sardegna

    September 26, 2015

    Hard Stare

    April 26, 2016

    An Old Camera

    October 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  People,  Winter

    Sharp Shooter

    March 10, 2015 /

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    Santino’s Photo& Video at Broadway

    August 7, 2014

    A Seagull in Rome

    June 28, 2013

    A Master Luthier in his lab…

    May 14, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  People,  Winter

    Duel

    November 20, 2014 /

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    When Venus meets the Moon

    October 2, 2023

    Run Like Hell, Pinocchio!

    February 24, 2015

    Ten Years Ago

    December 22, 2022
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport

    Uchi-Mata

    November 8, 2014 /

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    The Hacker and the Photographer

    August 22, 2016

    Rest on the lake

    April 29, 2013

    Snaps of a Flamenco recital…

    April 26, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport

    Whithin The Cage

    October 22, 2014 /

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    A Seagull in Rome

    June 28, 2013

    LP – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella – The photogallery

    July 11, 2022

    Underground Security RA(T)P

    June 5, 2015
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport

    Before The Match

    October 20, 2014 /

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    @Rome Maker Faire – 3. Stare Of The Mechanical Man

    October 13, 2014

    Coffee at Caffè Nero

    July 16, 2023

    Il barbiere di Siviglia – Don Bartolo mad at Rosina

    November 28, 2020
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