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  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Alex Britti – Live@Cinema teatro Massimo – Pescara

    April 3, 2016 /

    Another concert, another reportage. これらは マキシム劇場のペスカーラでアレックス Brittiのコンサートの写真です, ローマで ブルースと ポップの 音楽家です.

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    Menu Meditation

    February 16, 2018

    Unkempt

    December 4, 2015

    Hanging Bottle

    October 11, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Reportage,  Thoughts,  Winter

    Daniele Silvestri – Live@Cinema teatro Massimo – Pescara

    March 21, 2016 /

    Be Canon, Nikon or whatever, when the assignment is demanding, there is no substitute for a DSLR. I kept taking with me a Fuji (mainly, an X-E2 with the 18-55 and sometimes an X100s) as a wide-angle camera. The results are very good but, in a scenario like a theater, can’t possibly match the versatility of a 5D Mk III with the mighty Canon EF 100-400. Enjoy the pictures!

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    Real Time Update

    February 20, 2016

    @Rome Maker Faire – 1

    October 9, 2014

    Tesla Coils@Boston Science Museum

    July 4, 2023
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    A Sound Engineer

    March 10, 2016 /

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    Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

    March 3, 2024

    On Detachment. Or ‘If You Love Something, Set It Free’ (cit. Sting)

    June 17, 2025

    Behind the Beer

    December 26, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    A Lamp in an Old Teather

    March 8, 2016 /

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    Running On The (Oslo’s) Docks

    September 28, 2014

    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015

    One Shot Story: Behind the Fence

    January 3, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Real Time Update

    February 20, 2016 /

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    Parking Lot

    December 8, 2013

    Out of Gas

    August 8, 2013

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    November 1, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control,  Winter

    Who Can It Be Now?

    February 18, 2016 /

    The ubiquitous smartphone never let its owner (or slave?) free to enjoy a few time offline, not even during a concert …

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    Vive La France, The Oslo’s Way

    October 7, 2014

    The Sniper Option

    February 7, 2014

    Underground Security RA(T)P

    June 5, 2015
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control,  Winter

    Staged?

    February 16, 2016 /

    This pictures portrays Max Gazzè 2016 tour’s official photographer asking the crowd to raise and wave the hands. Although the picture is staged (meaining: the photographer “created” the “moment” instead of waiting for it) the outcome is not, since is the result of the dialog between the photographer and the people.

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    Up&Down

    January 20, 2013

    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024

    The Stupidity of Being Stubborn

    August 31, 2024
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control,  Winter

    Crowd Control

    February 14, 2016 /

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    Lost Bottles

    January 27, 2014

    Seine

    June 9, 2015

    José Ignacio Franco – Live@Auditorium Petruzzi

    July 31, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Visual,  Winter

    Inked

    February 12, 2016 /

    This is a real photo and not the result of a Photoshop filter. Reality always win against software emulation…

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    Wrecked Ship

    November 23, 2013

    Three Shadows

    November 11, 2016

    Red Wine Makes Good Blood…

    April 27, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Rome,  Visual,  Winter

    Distraction

    February 10, 2016 /

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    Traffic Master

    December 19, 2016

    Restaurant or Killing House?

    July 18, 2017

    The Stupidity of Being Stubborn

    August 31, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Carabinieri:To Serve And Protect

    February 8, 2016 /

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    A Moment Of Rest

    June 17, 2013

    Romeo’s Hideout

    December 16, 2015

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    April 20, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Art Auction at Piazza Navona

    February 6, 2016 /

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    @ Mediterrean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Soccer Team (and a primer on sport-photography, part 4)

    October 3, 2015

    José Ignacio Franco – Live@Auditorium Petruzzi

    July 31, 2022

    Longtime Abandoned

    May 30, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016 /

    This photo is taken with an X-E2 coupled with a Zeiss Planar 50/1,5, manually focused. Although the visible purple shift in the face of the barman is still visible, it doesn’t change the quality of the colours rendition.

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    The True Ironman

    March 4, 2015

    Switch

    December 18, 2014

    An Old Motorcade

    August 10, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Action! (beware of Fuji X-Pro 2)

    February 2, 2016 /

    I’ve shot this picture with a Fujifilm X-E2 and a Zeiss C Sonnar T* 1,5/50 ZM. The split-image manual focus confirmation worked properly (though with a strong light it’s more difficult to handle it) and the resulting file in term of size and quality is fairly satisfying. Enter the X-Pro2 with a bigger resolution and new RAW format. While a 24 Megapixel APS-C sensor creates file that can be handled by most of the computer currently in place, the new RAW format will require the latest Photoshop CC/Lightroom update. So, if you chose not to enter into the mud of a subscription-based software licensing model, all of a sudden you…

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    The Siamese Boats

    June 1, 2014

    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014

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    March 21, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Reportage,  Winter

    Max Gazzè Tour 2016 Live @Pescara

    February 1, 2016 /

    For this reportage I’ve borrowed a Canon 5D Mk III coupled with a EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM and my Fuji X-E2 with the XF 18-55 f/2.8-4R LM OIS. Of course, I got no operational problems with the 5D (if you know how to overcome its limits) and the lens performed very good, but I must admit that I’ve been surprised by the quality of the X-E2 images, taken at ISO 3200. Does this means that is time to trash the Canon and go for a “Fuji-only” setup? I don’t think so, in particular if telephotos are a recurring presence in the jobs. True, now Fujifilm too has a…

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    Snorkeling

    August 24, 2014

    The Three Musketeers

    October 16, 2013

    Zebra Crossing in Oslo… With Red Light

    October 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    After a Tough Day

    January 30, 2016 /

    I  took this photo with a Fujifilm X-E2 and a Leica Elmarit 90/2,8. Manual focusing with the split-image option has been fairly easy.

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    A HDR Experiment

    December 9, 2013

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    November 3, 2021

    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Rome,  Winter

    Sales Force

    January 28, 2016 /

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    February 4, 2013

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    November 29, 2014

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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  Rome,  Visual

    Without Glasses @ via del Corso

    January 25, 2016 /

    This picture is a mistake. The X100s auto-focus didn’t work properly and I got this result that, nevertheless, I quite like.

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    Gigi Cifarelli Guitar Solo (feat. Michele Di Toro) – Live@Florian Espace Pescara

    March 7, 2016

    Fishermen in Rome, Again

    November 5, 2013

    Half a Bridge

    October 16, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Should I Buy It? (Best Taken With an 85mm)

    January 23, 2016 /

    …but actually with a 23mm (35mm equivalent, cropped.) It’s not just a shopping street. It’s a stage. Look closer: this frame holds a silent performance — a subtle interplay of desire, decision, and doubt. Three women stand just outside the warmth of the boutique, their eyes fixed on mannequins who, ironically, seem far more confident than the living observers. The mannequin inside strikes a bold pose, clad in red and certainty. The women outside? Bundled in coats, their body language somewhere between ambivalence and negotiation. On the far left, another kind of window. A glowing child’s fantasy, plastered with Disney’s “Frozen” — a reminder of simpler times, when wanting something…

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    December 10, 2013

    A Grocery Store

    November 5, 2014

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    July 5, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Photography,  Rome,  Street Photography,  Winter

    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016 /

    As every thing under the sun, Street-Photography too has its own shortcuts: freaky street-portraits are one of those. It’s easy to have your pictures noticed when your subject is a 60-years old Brit-Punk, an implausible-color dressed man or whatever alike: these subjects do the work on your behalf and it is very hard to obtain such kind of picture AND conveying actual meaning. Personally I like photos that – alone or made meaningful by a title – can tell a story. This way I can try to (pretend to) make “unique” shots, that stand with dignity in front of the zillions of 500px/Instagram/Flickr’s  great images that are often perfect but…

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    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017

    Uncertainity

    August 11, 2013

    Restaurant or Killing House?

    July 18, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    True Leather (Saved by Photoshop’s Crop)

    January 18, 2016 /

    A 35mm focal length is definitely much too wide for my kind of street-photography, but I must admit that the advantages of using a Fujifilm X100s in terms of efficiency and portability, beat any other issue related to the wideness of the lens. And the X100s’ resolution is good enough to obtain a good composition through Photoshop’s crop feature.

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    Crate

    January 24, 2015

    Foto-Grafo featured on Yanidel.net

    March 20, 2013

    When We Thought We Would Have Changed The World

    August 21, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Thoughts

    Fujifilm X-Pro 2: Does It Worth It? (Lost In Via Del Corso)

    January 16, 2016 /

    As a Fujifilm camera early adopter (during time I got the X-pro 1, X100, X100s, X-E1 and X-E2) I was waiting for the X-Pro 2 to come and when that finally happened I didn’t feel so compelled to trash my (now) old cameras to do the switch. Long gone are the days of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome),  so I shall not buy this new piece of electronics because it doesn’t do anything that I can’t do with my actual set up (in particular, with the X100s and the X-E2.) The only actual point of interest, to me, are the dual-slot card and the weather sealed body: but I never needed…

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    October 9, 2018

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    December 8, 2016

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    April 18, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016 /

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    July 15, 2017

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    October 14, 2014

    Knocking on lion’s door

    April 22, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015 /

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