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  • 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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    Nightlife

    June 20, 2013

    A Curious Bystander

    December 24, 2013

    Hair Cut

    July 19, 2013
  • 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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    Fuji X-T2 records audio at 16bit/48Khz

    October 11, 2020

    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017

    The Lost Battle

    January 11, 2014
  • 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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    Refurbishing Downtown, Milan

    November 18, 2017

    Ninja-Turtles?

    April 30, 2014

    Rocco Zifarelli, Jeff Berlin, Beth&Danny Gottlieb, Gabriela Sinagra

    June 10, 2013
  • 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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    Suspicious

    December 2, 2014

    A Taxi Night Fleet At Oslo’s Central Station

    September 26, 2014

    Last Puff Before the Ride

    December 26, 2015
  • 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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    Just a soccer field… Part 3

    February 5, 2014

    Reluctant

    November 25, 2014

    EOS-M. Manual focus tips and results for Street-Photography and more

    August 9, 2013
  • 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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    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015

    Run Like Hell, Pinocchio!

    February 24, 2015

    Stand-up, Sugar!

    March 8, 2014
  • 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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    Just A Bird

    July 1, 2014

    Questioning the Referee

    October 8, 2023

    A HDR Experiment

    December 9, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome

    Beer or Spritz?

    November 1, 2019 /

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    Another Bridge

    September 23, 2019

    Trust Us, We Care About You

    March 18, 2014

    Stripes

    March 2, 2015
  • Autumn,  Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Fast drivers in Via del Tritone

    October 31, 2019 /

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    A Seagull

    May 10, 2021

    Shadow On The Wall

    August 30, 2015

    Bikers

    July 14, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    A priest

    October 19, 2019 /

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    Americana Skating – Italian National Championship 2019

    February 4, 2019

    Nad Sylvan

    July 10, 2017

    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome

    Comarketing

    October 10, 2019 /

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    Don’t They Drink Tea, Instead?

    December 27, 2016

    Blackfriars Train Station Banner

    September 22, 2016

    Shooting an Outdoor Volleyball Match

    June 19, 2025
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome

    What’s the Time?

    October 8, 2019 /

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    How to (Unconventionally) Shoot Track and Field Competitions

    July 30, 2024

    The Coach

    December 9, 2018

    Moon, hand-held

    April 30, 2021
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Garbage as usual@Pantheon’s nearby

    October 4, 2019 /

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    June 19, 2014

    Landed

    December 19, 2013

    Pensive

    June 13, 2015
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Rome

    School of Mathematics@Sapienza University of Rome

    November 10, 2018 /

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    High-Tech Elder Care Tool

    April 2, 2013

    Stinky Shoes

    June 3, 2015

    A Standup Paddleboarder

    August 25, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Rome

    An Athlete@Stadio Marmi, Rome

    October 11, 2018 /

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    Glancing Books

    November 12, 2015

    Distraction

    February 10, 2016

    PI Room At Palais de la Découverte

    June 7, 2015
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Sport,  Streets&Squares

    Weight Training @ Rome’s Stadio Olimpico

    October 9, 2018 /

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    On the Edge of the World

    April 22, 2014

    Between Two Sets

    May 15, 2014

    Spumante (Italian Champagne) ready to fuel the party

    May 29, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Moistmaker@Piazza della Rotonda

    July 12, 2018 /

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    June 19, 2025

    The Smoker’s Golden Rule

    July 9, 2013

    A HDR Experiment

    December 9, 2013
  • B&W,  Cities,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Summer

    Under the Heat In Rome…

    June 26, 2018 /

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    November 19, 2022

    Fujifilm XF 18-120 just snapped in two

    September 10, 2023

    Pensive

    June 13, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Social Control,  Summer

    The Flame is Still Burning…

    June 23, 2018 /

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    June 9, 2013

    Light Dance in Hamburg

    April 6, 2018

    Portrait of a Master luthier

    October 26, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Rome,  Visual

    An Essay on Light

    October 13, 2017 /

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    May 30, 2015

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    May 6, 2018

    Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais

    March 19, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Technique,  Visual

    An Essay in Composition

    October 11, 2017 /

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    The Observer

    November 30, 2013

    A Seagull in Rome

    June 28, 2013

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    May 23, 2013
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    The Temple of Justice

    February 25, 2017 /

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    February 9, 2013

    The Seagull And The Sentinel

    October 27, 2014

    Mediterranean Games 2009

    June 28, 2015
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Rome,  Winter

    Waiting for (Supreme) Justice

    February 14, 2017 /

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    October 22, 2013

    Skating on the Riviera

    November 9, 2018

    Caparezza – Live@Palamaggetti Roseto degli Abruzzi

    February 18, 2018
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Downtown,  Garages&Labs,  Lines,  Rome,  Spring

    Frames for Sale at Via Margutta

    May 2, 2016 /

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    March 22, 2013

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    September 4, 2017

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    February 27, 2014
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