Cities
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Behind the News
Does it worth it?
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Alone, Together…
Are they friends, or do they just share the table?
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Behind The Shaft
Behind the shaft of an old palace in the centre of Rome.
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Segway Chase in Villa Borghese
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Meeting on the board
Meeting on the board, waiting for the next passenger to arrive.
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Late-afternoon’s snack
…who knows what will be served for dinner?
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A stupid quarrell
This photo raised strong criticism in the mainstream media. A soldier deployed in an operational theater (war, in other words) wears a balaclava with the image of his all-day companion: the death. Apart the fact that the image is a skull and not the Death (whose iconography is fairly more articulated and complex) the question is: why should this photo matters? All the combatants, of all times, of all places in the world know best the value of inducing fear into the enemies’ minds by way of “icons” (armors, masks) and sounds (shouts, drums.) And, in parallel, every soldier must find his own way to handle the unbearable fear of…
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An update on the poor Canon EOS-M autofocus
It seems that by setting the autofocus mode on FlexiZoneAF centered the performance of the camera improves slightly. Still far from being usable for street-photography, though.
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Canon EOS-M. Useless for Street-Photography
A friend of mine handed over a Canon EOS M with the 22 (35mm equiv.) lens so I thought to give it a try during a street-photography session in Rome. To put it short, the EOS M is a useless camera. I don’t enter into a tech-talk since there are already many on the internet, just focusing on the practical side. Though, for general purposes, the EOS M isn’t worse than other competitors, the autofocus – as clearly stated by many reviewer – is deadly slow, making impossible to shoot from the hip and the touch screen often messes up the settings while “palming” the camera. Furthermore, there is no…
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Chitchat under the rain
every moment is the right one, to enjoy a friendly conversation.
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Walking in the rain…
hands in hands.
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Business people in Rome
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Waiting for the hearing
Long gone are the times when the robe told the difference between a lawyer and his client. (BTW, none of them are defendant…)
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Lunchtime
It’s cold. But for a while, better stay outside.
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It’s always the right time
… to light a cigar.
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Alive or not?
… only the cigarette can tell.
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The Ghost
at noon…
