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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Seasons,  Winter

    On “timing the moment”

    January 20, 2020 /

    This photo I took during an assignment for a reportage on the theatre drama called “Le Signorine” with Giuliana De Sio and Isa Danieli is an excellent example of the “Timing the moment” concept. “Timing the moment” is a skill any event-based photographer should develop (or hone, if he’s gifted enough to have been born with the gift.) Especially in sport – but too in concerts and theatre’s show if you did not attend the rehearsal – you don’t know in advance what is going to happen. A unique mixture of intuition, reflex and decision (what the Japanese would call 決め – kime) allows capturing an unforeseen – and excellent…

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    The Urban Chase

    April 10, 2013

    The Fighter

    June 2, 2013

    Red

    December 17, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Travels,  Winter

    Hope after the Storm

    January 8, 2020 /

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    A Casual Walk

    March 6, 2015

    The Elders’ Council

    June 29, 2013

    Aficionados

    August 5, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Rome

    Deadly Bored

    January 6, 2020 /

    Once again, the meaning of this picture is counter intuitive and “made up” by the composition. The scene is seen from the perspective of the mannequin: at the end of a hard day spent sitting on the street-front, it (or he?) looks deadly bored and tries to kill the time before the shop closes by casually looking at the next passerby. The directional effect (from the mannequin to the passerby) is achieved by the diagonal connecting the tip of the hat, the feet of the mannequin and the cast of the shadow. Taken as a whole, these elements drive the eye from the mannequin to the persons and not vice-versa.

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    Action! (beware of Fuji X-Pro 2)

    February 2, 2016

    Fast Call

    December 28, 2013

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016
  • Autumn,  Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Rome

    A Virtual Glance Dance

    December 28, 2019 /

    The essence of this photo is all in the glances of the protagonists. The man looks at the woman, the woman looks at the luxury car. The essence of this photo is all in the glances of the protagonists. The man looks at the woman, and the woman looks at the luxury car. It is this subtle game of glances that tells a story and turns the photography from a casual picture into something worth seeing. Once again, it is not relevant whether the people portrayed are actually involved in the “glance dance”, as what matters is the image to convey the meaning created by the overall result. This confirms…

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    A (Soon) Lost Banner

    November 1, 2018

    The Bodyguard

    April 13, 2014

    Weren’t a Smartphone and a Selfie Stick Enough?

    October 6, 2016
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Portraits,  Technique,  Winter

    The Power of Underexposing

    December 25, 2019 /

    Properly mastering underexposure helps to obtain pleasant results in challenging light conditions. I took this picture of a soprano by lowering the camera exposure by two stops, thus preserving skin tones burning, and “fading” the background to black. A proper in-camera under-exposure has the advantage of requiring lesser work in post to toggle clarity, temperature and black point.

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    Content Creators

    July 20, 2023

    Pixelmator Pro Debanding and Electronic Shutter

    December 24, 2022

    The Stupidity of Being Stubborn

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

    When Tilted Photos Work

    December 18, 2019 /

    Tilted photos are very challenging to take. It is easy to break the composition, lose an essential part of the scene, or take a bad picture. Furthermore, making sense out of a diagonal orientation with a ratio that is not square (Hasselblad people, I can hear you loud and clear!) adds layers of difficulties. As counterintuitive as it might look, this photo taken in a “normal” orientation would have lost all its visual impact.

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    Leaving

    September 27, 2018

    Every Single Day

    June 28, 2017

    Stand-up, Sugar!

    March 8, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Rome,  Winter

    Good Plan, Poor Execution

    December 15, 2019 /

    The idea behind the composition is entirely correct. The mannequins and the girl form a triangle, as does the direction of the stares, conveying both a sense of symmetry and counterposing the liveness of a human being to the puppets’ lack of. A poor execution, though, led to the mannequins’ head cut, turning a visually appealing photography into a meaningless shot.

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    Lamp

    April 2, 2014

    Almost Spotted

    February 27, 2014

    Bent

    July 13, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Observer Bias,  PhotoCritics,  Rome,  Winter

    Light as Meaning Shifter

    December 11, 2019 /

    The original idea behind this picture was to match the emptiness of the shop with the facelessness of the mannequin posing as a store clerk, to convey a general feeling of depersonalization. Unfortunately, the big lightblot represented by the poster close to the mannequin catches the observer’s attention and reduce the effectiveness of the composition. Instead of connecting the mannequin with the internal part of the store thus making sense of the whole picture, the eye just “sees” an ad poster.

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    The cameraman

    July 17, 2013

    A (Out-of-Focus) Break Between Lunch and Supper

    December 8, 2015

    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  PhotoCritics,  Rome,  Visual,  Winter

    Photopanning in Rome

    December 3, 2019 /

    Photo panning is an art in itself and – when adequately practised – is able to deliver a stunning visual experience. In this picture (that has not been altered but for contrast and clarity) the overall experience reminds the Impressionism aesthetics.

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    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013

    Same Space, Different Worlds

    October 18, 2013

    One Shot Story: Behind the Fence

    January 3, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear

    A Weird Fujifilm Battery Issue for X-series cameras

    December 2, 2019 /

    A defective battery can cause a Fujifilm X-series camera to start rattling and displaying blue, white or purple-striped screen in the LCD viewfinder. After three months of troubleshooting, having the camera traveling back and fro between my studio and Fujifilm Italy tech support, they have been able to identify the issue: a defective battery didn’t send enough power to the camera, thus jeopardizing its operation. Here is a Youtube video I made that shows the issue

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    As Seen on Ferrania Film’ Stories section…

    December 4, 2023

    The Ghost

    February 15, 2013

    The Gate to the Appeal

    October 10, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Jewelry,  Observer Bias,  PhotoCritics,  Rome,  Winter

    Keep Out!

    November 30, 2019 /

    This photo conveys a message of “rejection”: first, a security guard who blocks access to the jewellery and then a signal of a prohibition of access reinforces the concept, thanks to a composition that guides the eye to a diagonal that goes from the bottom to the top, from left to right. Obviously, there is nothing “true” about all this because the overall result is the result of the organization of the spaces and the management of the perspective that allow connecting semantically elements that, in reality, have no relationship between them. It would have been enough to shoot from a different angle – or not juxtapose the security guard…

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    When Colour Helps Composition

    February 7, 2020

    A Maserati GranTurismo

    July 15, 2023

    Selling Italian Ice in Boston

    March 11, 2025
  • Airport,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects

    Hands of a Steward

    November 22, 2019 /

    Shooting up and close in confined space. A skill every street-photographer should hone.

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    Inside the Nazario Sauro

    November 26, 2020

    Bycicle Ride

    August 28, 2013

    The Last Icecream?

    October 30, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Winter

    Evolution in Red

    November 20, 2019 /

    This is another example of how purely visual (the color red) and factual (a stroller on the far left, and an adult on the far right) elements create in the mind of the observer a semantic connection (in this case: the transition from childhood to adulthood) that does not exist in reality.

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    Das Feuerwehr

    April 17, 2018

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

    January 29, 2023

    Pillars

    January 29, 2015
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome

    Beer or Spritz?

    November 1, 2019 /

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    Ugo Pagliai – Romeo e Giulietta@Teatro Marrucino

    March 29, 2022

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Female Rowing Team

    October 25, 2015

    The Last Journey

    March 7, 2021
  • Autumn,  Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Fast drivers in Via del Tritone

    October 31, 2019 /

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    Stripes in B&W

    April 29, 2015

    Good Plan, Poor Execution

    December 15, 2019

    Blackfriars Train Station Banner

    September 22, 2016
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    A priest

    October 19, 2019 /

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    Waiting For A Customer To Come

    July 27, 2014

    Under The Bridge

    June 27, 2016

    Boat Under The Bridge

    September 18, 2016
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Technique,  Thoughts

    Will The iPhone Kill Traditional Cameras? Not Very

    October 15, 2019 /

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    Iron Gate

    May 2, 2013

    An Off Duty Anchor

    September 21, 2014

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 1

    June 25, 2017
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome

    Comarketing

    October 10, 2019 /

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    5 frames with a Kiev 60, a Volna 80/2,8 and a Ferrania Orto

    June 28, 2024

    The Stare of a T800

    August 4, 2015

    A young Iron Maiden fan

    April 8, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome

    What’s the Time?

    October 8, 2019 /

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    Abstract

    May 9, 2023

    Labcoats

    December 28, 2015

    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Garbage as usual@Pantheon’s nearby

    October 4, 2019 /

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    Distraction

    April 6, 2016

    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015

    Portrait of The Alfa Romeo Guru

    September 25, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  WideAngle

    A Boat

    September 26, 2019 /

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    Line Of Fire

    July 6, 2014

    The Bell Ringer of Nikko

    August 6, 2018

    Romeo’s Hideout

    December 16, 2015
  • Bridges,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Urban Landscape

    Another Bridge

    September 23, 2019 /

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    A Splash of Colour

    November 13, 2013

    Glancing Books

    November 12, 2015

    A Fishnet – 1

    October 28, 2014
  • Bridges,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer,  Urban Landscape,  WideAngle

    A Bridge

    September 22, 2019 /

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    Waiting For The Bus On Las Ramblas

    August 19, 2014

    Diner After the Show

    July 7, 2013

    Shopping in Bruxelles

    December 20, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Nagoya,  Summer

    Old Rolls, Immortal Style

    August 12, 2019 /

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    Full Moon

    September 30, 2018

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

    January 16, 2016

    Batklubben

    July 23, 2016
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