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  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  London,  Summer

    Up from the Waterline

    December 3, 2016 /

    As a photographer, I have always been drawn to the power of perspective—how the choice of vantage point can turn a simple set of stairs into a visual narrative. Up from the Waterline achieves precisely this, transforming an ordinary urban ascent into a scene layered with mood, tension, and a touch of mystery. Framed from the bottom of the stairwell, the composition draws the eye upward in a natural, almost subconscious motion. The heavy shadows along the concrete walls create a narrowing funnel of light, directing attention to the top landing where a burst of colour—a pot of flowers—awaits. This sudden contrast between the dark, gritty stone and the warm,…

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    Out for a ride…

    January 2, 2013

    Call On The Docks

    August 4, 2014

    A Fashion Shop in Milan

    January 21, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Different Financial Transactions

    November 3, 2016 /

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    Three of a Kind

    July 6, 2013

    Hell Behind — Tiny Holes Reveal the Flames

    March 19, 2013

    The Kiev 60 and a fix for the frame spacing issue

    October 8, 2023
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Seasons,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Urban Landscape

    Very British

    October 29, 2016 /

    Taken in London, this photograph distils a handful of instantly recognisable motifs into a single frame — the black cab, adorned with a Union Jack roof, easing forward past a red telephone box, with “Look Left” painted on the asphalt as a quiet instruction to visitors. The two women waiting at the kerb, one in tights and flats, the other in sandals and jeans, are caught mid-interaction, their body language suggesting either anticipation of crossing or casual conversation. From a compositional standpoint, the cab takes command of the foreground, placed fractionally off-centre to allow the eye to travel backwards along the street. The depth is reinforced by the layering of…

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    The Ferrania Film Series – Episode 1 – Ferrania Orto shot on October/November 2023

    August 7, 2024

    Waiting To Board

    February 4, 2013

    The three musket(b)eer

    May 11, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  Seasons,  Summer,  Visual

    London in Motion: A Night Ride in a Single Frame

    October 26, 2016 /

    A red double-decker bus slices through the night, leaving only its luminous ghost behind. In this fleeting moment, captured on a wet London street, the city reveals its rhythm—not through its buildings or its people, but through its constant movement. The bus doesn’t pause to announce itself. Its iconic shape is blurred into streaks of red and blue light, a reminder that in this city, life is always in transit. The wet pavement catches the glow of streetlamps and traffic signals, spreading the colours like brushstrokes across black asphalt. Even the green arrow on the traffic light seems to point the way forward, as if urging the scene along. Behind…

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    A Fountain’s Jet

    April 12, 2021

    Fun

    November 12, 2014

    Staged?

    February 16, 2016
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  Odds,  People,  Summer,  Visual

    The Day of the Zombies

    October 23, 2016 /

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    People

    December 21, 2012

    Ugo Pagliai – Romeo e Giulietta@Teatro Marrucino

    March 29, 2022

    A Fashion Shop in Milan

    January 21, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Summer

    Ghosts

    October 19, 2016 /

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    Damned Autofocus

    April 20, 2014

    The Lifeguard’s Tools

    August 24, 2013

    Late Afternoon Shopping

    March 1, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  London,  Summer

    Half a Bridge

    October 16, 2016 /

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    The Alchoolist’s garbage

    March 5, 2013

    5 Frames from our Tragic Past Shot with an iPhone 14 Pro Max

    April 4, 2025

    Visual

    January 18, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Summer

    Where Do I Go From Here?

    October 13, 2016 /

    I made this photo in the middle of a transit hall—hard surfaces, glass glare, and the quiet choreography of people mid-journey. The woman in the foreground walks with purpose, but her eyes betray hesitation. She’s holding a ticket, a folded coat, a bag slung forward in a way that suggests she’s not fully settled. That moment of uncertainty, brief as a blink, is what locked this frame for me. The Leica M9 isn’t forgiving in high-contrast light like this. Dynamic range is limited, and if you blow your highlights, they’re gone for good. I underexposed slightly, prioritising detail in the skin and clothing, knowing I’d have to manage the blown…

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    Winter Leaves

    December 9, 2014

    Common Fate

    November 15, 2013

    The Quiet Riot

    November 19, 2017
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  London,  People,  Summer

    Killing Time

    October 10, 2016 /

    I took this shot on a warm afternoon along the South Bank, a place that constantly offers small theatres of human behaviour. What caught my attention wasn’t just the variety of people, but the choreography they seemed to form without knowing it. On the left, a couple stand, the man in mid-turn, the woman absorbed in her phone. In the middle, four figures sit on the pavement, each lost in their own world—two immersed in digital screens, two in books. To the right, two women converse, bodies leaning slightly inward. The visual anchor is the large poster behind them: an intricate illustration of a face framed by peacock feathers. It…

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    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016

    Modern Times

    January 6, 2013

    Sky Patrol

    September 12, 2021
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  London,  People,  Summer

    Weren’t a Smartphone and a Selfie Stick Enough?

    October 6, 2016 /

    I came across this scene by the river, a curious reminder of how professional video production still insists on carrying a certain visual gravitas—bulky cameras, tripods, cables trailing like stubborn vines, a producer juggling a laptop in the open air. The subject, immaculately dressed in black with a luxury backpack and gold-accented shoes, seemed to embrace the contrast: part street style, part broadcast formality. From a photographic standpoint, I framed the shot to capture the triangle of interaction: presenter, cameraman, producer. The bridge in the background, softened by a wide aperture, hints at location without intruding. The muted palette of the surroundings lets the splashes of colour—those gold shoes and…

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    A Mesh

    February 16, 2021

    Clandestine Seagull

    November 24, 2013

    The Porter

    July 3, 2015
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  London,  People,  Summer

    Did You Forget Something?

    October 3, 2016 /

    Two Guardsmen march in precise step, the scarlet of their tunics and the gleam of polished boots cutting sharply against the muted stone façade behind them. The one at the rear carries the regimental colour, upright and immovable, while the man in front moves with equal discipline but empty-handed. It’s this absence — that invisible weight where a ceremonial object should be — that transforms a moment of rigid tradition into something quietly humorous. I composed the frame to isolate the pair mid-stride, ensuring both figures were given enough breathing space to let the eye move between them. The shallow depth of field was intentional; I wanted the bystanders in…

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    The New Church

    May 13, 2014

    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015

    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014
  • Buildings,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  Summer

    The Financial Times at Night

    October 1, 2016 /

    Photographing office buildings after dark often reveals more than the day ever will. In this frame, the Financial Times offices stand illuminated against the void of a London night, each lit rectangle a stage, each desk a silent prop. The bright interiors are clean and geometric, their fluorescent light pouring through the grid of windows, set into the modernist rhythm of the façade. The composition is precise, aligned so the vertical and horizontal lines of the structure carry the weight of the frame. A slight foreground intrusion — the blurred metal fence — reminds the viewer that the vantage point is from the street, outside looking in. This physical separation…

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    Americana Skating – Italian National Championship 2019

    February 4, 2019

    Action shot

    January 7, 2013

    Crowd Control

    July 16, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Late Night Conversation at Cardinal’s Wharf

    September 29, 2016 /

    I took this from across the street, handheld in the dark, balancing shutter speed against the pulse in my wrist. Inside, lit by that unmistakable domestic glow, a group leaned into conversation — not performative, not loud, just steady voices behind glass. I didn’t need to hear them. The posture told enough: bodies turned, heads dipped, attention fixed. The architecture did the framing. Georgian windowpanes divide the scene into grids, slicing the figures into segments — fragments of intimacy seen from a public path. The deep contrast between the warm interior and the cool, shadowed exterior gave the photo its form. This wasn’t voyeurism. It was a study in separation…

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    The Kiev 60 and a fix for the frame spacing issue

    October 8, 2023

    Uncertainity

    August 11, 2013

    Singers

    February 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  Summer

    Skull of Glass at the London Science Museum

    September 27, 2016 /

    Standing in front of this glass skull, I was struck by the tension between its physical transparency and the opacity of its meaning. Photographically, the object invites a very particular challenge — how to capture something that both reflects and refracts its surroundings while retaining a sense of sculptural form. I approached the composition head-on, embracing the symmetry of the human face while allowing the slight distortions of the glass to play across its features. The choice of a tight crop eliminates environmental distractions, forcing the viewer into a direct confrontation with the piece. The reflections — faintly revealing the space beyond — create subtle secondary layers, adding context without…

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    The Actor’s Nightmare

    August 3, 2013

    Wet Socks

    July 19, 2014

    Billiard On The Field

    November 2, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Summer

    A Single(‘s) Call

    September 24, 2016 /

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    A Splash of Colour

    November 13, 2013

    @Rome Maker Faire – 4. The Hands Controller

    October 16, 2014

    Lotus Tweak

    July 31, 2015
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  London,  Summer

    Blackfriars Train Station Banner

    September 22, 2016 /

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    Early Morning Shaving on The Beach

    August 6, 2013

    Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test

    January 18, 2025

    Staying Behind

    November 28, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  Seasons,  Streets&Squares

    Just Another Piccadilly Circus’ View

    September 20, 2016 /

    There’s a temptation, when standing in the middle of London’s Piccadilly Circus, to think that you’ve seen it all before. And in a way, you have. This is one of the most photographed corners of the city—neon-lit, traffic-heavy, forever brimming with tourists. Which is precisely why I wanted to make this frame. Not to reinvent the wheel, but to quietly acknowledge its inevitability. I chose a slightly elevated position, letting the sweep of Regent Street’s curve pull the viewer’s eye into the frame. The red double-decker is exactly where it should be—almost a cliché—but here it works as a punctuation mark in the composition, tying in with the bold McDonald’s…

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    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013

    Natural Silohuette

    September 8, 2017

    The last flower

    May 20, 2013
  • Autumn,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  London

    A Boat Under The Bridge

    September 18, 2016 /

    There’s something inherently cinematic about the Thames at night. The water becomes a restless mirror, fractured and stitched together by the city’s lights. In this photograph, taken beneath one of London’s bridges, the play of colour is what first arrests the eye: deep blues and purples flood the steel framework, punctuated by warm reds and yellows that seem almost to breathe against the cold tones. From a compositional standpoint, the arch of the bridge acts as a powerful leading line, drawing the viewer’s gaze toward the illuminated boat gliding quietly in the background. The layering here — water in the foreground, the bridge’s underbelly at mid-frame, and the distant boat…

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    EOS-M. Tips and Results For Street-Photography

    August 9, 2013

    A Toilet of the Court of Rome

    March 11, 2014

    Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

    January 14, 2013
  • Autumn,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People

    Bus Driver

    September 16, 2016 /

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    7Artisans 35mm 0.95 – Testing this Fujifilm X Mount Lens in a Demanding Environment

    December 22, 2024

    Almost Spotted

    February 27, 2014

    Denegata Justitia

    March 2, 2020
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  WideAngle

    A London’s Skyline

    September 13, 2016 /

    London at night has an entirely different pulse. From the South Bank, the city stretches across the Thames in a jumble of modern glass and steel, its towers blinking like an impatient circuit board. In this frame, the Walkie Talkie leans imposingly to the right, while the jagged edges of the Cheesegrater and other high-rises punctuate the skyline. The Millennium Bridge slices across the scene, leading the eye to that bright cube of light floating on the river—a beacon, a question mark, perhaps both. Technically, this was a balancing act. Night photography in an urban environment often tempts you to overexpose the lights or lose detail in the shadows. Here,…

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    July 22, 2022

    Uninterested

    March 2, 2021

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  OutOfFocus

    London Swash

    September 3, 2014 /

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    Shrinking Knowledge Into A Small Brain

    July 24, 2018

    Justice measured as the distance between Words and Facts

    July 10, 2023

    What Souvenirs Say About Rome (and Your Attitude Toward Life)

    August 6, 2025
  • Airport,  B&W,  Daily photo,  London,  Visual

    Stantsted Lounge’s Chairs

    December 31, 2013 /

    I took this photo just after the final boarding call echoed through the terminal, the kind of stillness that only follows a rush. The lounge was cleared in minutes — all urgency gone, replaced by silence. The chairs, once wrapped in the inertia of travel, now stood like architectural punctuation against the faux-wood paneling, waiting for the next wave of restless travellers. I framed the shot at a low angle, intentionally compressing the line of stools to push a rhythm into the scene — one repetition after the other. It’s a simple structure, but the legs of the stools, criss-crossing over each other, create a mesh of shadow geometry on…

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    September 30, 2015

    Modern Times

    January 6, 2013

    Skull of Glass at the London Science Museum

    September 27, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  Visual,  Winter

    London Panning

    December 30, 2013 /

    Pure Luck. Sometimes happens.

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    September 10, 2023

    Perfect Strangers

    April 5, 2014

    TKO

    May 8, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People

    Fast Call

    December 28, 2013 /

    Clients are waiting, still, an urgent call needs to be done.

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

    January 29, 2023

    Inside a Master Luthier’s Workshop

    July 24, 2025

    Which Part of “No Smoking” Got You Lost?

    June 21, 2015
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