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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Gear,  Photography,  Tokyo,  Winter

    DSLR-like…?

    March 21, 2025 /

    I decided to write this post after having stumbled across the next ethusiast review of a smartphone published on a reputable magazine, claiming that the device can deliver ‘DSLR-like’ photos. In fact, as is often the case with ‘camera experts’ who work for a magazine or earn money by posting videos making funny faces on social networks, it was just a rewrite of the manufacturer’s product specifications and promotional material. There are few things, in photography, I dislike more than than these ‘DSLR-like’ claims made in the advertising of smartphones and compact cameras because ‘DSLR-like’ is the archetype of a meaningless statement made to lure people into using an arbitrary benchmark…

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    Protezione Civile

    November 12, 2013

    Game Over

    April 15, 2022

    Interpreti Veneziani – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Live@San Vidal

    September 1, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  Summer

    Learning to Shoot Boxing Matches

    July 18, 2024 /

    Taking pictures in a boxing gym during regular training is a unique way to learn to understand when ‘the moment’ – a hit, a miss, a bob or a weave – is coming and develop an instinct for composition – Initially published on 35mmc.com This is important for two reasons. Firstly, as always with sports photography, you need to know the discipline you want to shoot and practice different options. But, in a classic Catch 22, if you don’t attend a fair number of bouts at ringisde, you won’t know the discipline and learn how to photograph it. Spending time in a gym, then, is the best second best option…

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    Just a soccer match…

    May 15, 2013

    L’estate sta finendo…

    September 13, 2013

    A Street Dancer@Sakae

    August 9, 2019
  • Artists,  Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Spring,  Summer,  Technique,  Winter

    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024 /

    In photography, among the various activities falling under the ‘preparation’ label, training is oftend underevaluated. Just as many newcomers to the world of guns think that buying expensive equipment will make them better shooters, many photographers think that mastering a bunch of exoteric camera settings will be enough to get decent pictures. This is summed up in a common piece of advice to novice shooters (of both guns and cameras): get out there and shoot. Results will just happen. I have nothing against a ‘Zen’ approach to things, based on instinct and intuition, but my Western, Benthamite mind does not allow me to forget that preparation is necessary to achieve…

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    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Volley Team – Marco Caminati (and a primer on sport photography, part 6)

    October 13, 2015

    Impatience

    February 6, 2013

    Is The Sky Falling On Their Heads?

    August 1, 2013
  • Actors,  Autumn,  B&W,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  Photography,  Spring,  Summer,  Winter

    What Does ‘Professional’ Mean in Photography?

    March 19, 2024 /

    Pro’ is the photographer’s blessing and curse. It is the status we all – well, many of us – aspire to. It is the marketing gimmick created by the exploiters of the Gear Acquisition Syndrome to make people believe that tools make the craftsman. ‘Amateur’, on the other hand, is a word associated with casual photographers, ‘wannabe’ artists, and people who want to make you believe that tools make the craftsman. I have always been unconvinced that such a difference exists, at least in the general meaning associated with the words ‘pro’ and ‘amateur’, and in relation to the idea that the equipment used or the quality of the shots…

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    A Green Patch

    August 26, 2014

    Couples

    May 17, 2013

    A Ferrari 812 GTS

    July 14, 2023
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Gear,  Spring,  Summer,  Thoughts,  Winter

    Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

    March 3, 2024 /

    The Internet is full of columns and videos about why ‘I left brand X for brand Y’, magnifiying this or that ‘new feature’ that forced a photographer to ditch his previous setup in favour of a brand new one. Sometimes there is a genuine motivation behind such a choice, sometimes – often – it is just a clickbait set up by the need (or hope) to monetise a piece of content published on a social network. This long introduction violates the golden rule of journalistic writing – tell the reader what’s the matter in the first paragraph or so – but it was necessary because this article is exactly that:…

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    Wrecked Ship

    November 23, 2013

    Technological Memento

    June 26, 2021

    A Virtual Glance Dance

    December 28, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Summer

    HeadButt

    August 5, 2023 /

    Sometimes the difference between a pleasant result and just a plain wrong, missed photo may be challenging to tell.I took this picture years ago, during an MMA fight and, to be honest, I can not even remember framing and setting the camera accordingly for this shot. In other words, it happened almost by accident.The outcome is blurry and shaky, however, the overall result has a ‘painterly’ feel, almost like an ink sketch.

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    Hair Cut

    July 19, 2013

    Friend or Foe?

    January 21, 2013

    Forgotten bike

    April 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport,  Spring

    MMA Fighters

    July 7, 2019 /

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    Is This My Breakfast? (Kirobo, the new Pinocchio)

    December 14, 2014

    Yet Another Tokyo Tower Nightshot

    July 27, 2017

    The Argument

    December 27, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Spring

    TKO

    May 8, 2019 /

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    Close up of a chessboard

    September 1, 2018

    Claws of Fire

    September 27, 2017

    Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

    January 14, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport,  Spring

    Emanuele Cavallucci. The New Italian Pro Boxing Welterweight Champion

    March 9, 2019 /

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    The Score Keeper

    April 24, 2019

    Efesto’s New Production Line

    September 20, 2014

    Portrait of a young scholar

    October 28, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Portraits,  Sport,  Spring

    Portrait of a Professional Boxing Fighter. Davide De Lellis

    March 8, 2019 /

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    Friends

    August 3, 2014

    Breakfast at Rue Brisemiche

    March 25, 2014

    A pouch for the Fuji XF 150-600

    May 16, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  Reportage,  Sport,  Winter

    Italian Boxing Amateur Championship 2018. The Reportage

    December 18, 2018 /

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    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024

    An Old Motorcade

    August 10, 2015

    Same Seats, Different Lifes

    April 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Winter

    The Coach

    December 9, 2018 /

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    Three Sprouts

    May 22, 2022

    A Two-Masted Schooner

    October 25, 2014

    The Spectators

    August 19, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Seasons,  Sport,  Winter

    Stop

    December 6, 2018 /

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    How to Shoot an Handball Match with a Film Camera

    May 25, 2024

    Quality Check

    April 10, 2014

    A Call

    December 16, 2014
  • B&W,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Social Control,  Summer

    Strategy

    September 20, 2018 /

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    Urban Totem

    April 29, 2014

    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014

    Luck is an Attitude

    January 25, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  People,  Winter

    Surreal Judo

    December 11, 2016 /

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    Early Morning Shaving on The Beach

    August 6, 2013

    Red

    December 17, 2014

    Too Big To Be Dumped

    January 10, 2015
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  London,  People,  Summer

    Did You Forget Something?

    October 3, 2016 /

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    Hard work

    February 13, 2013

    A Dangerous Alley

    May 25, 2013

    Crate

    January 24, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport,  Summer

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Beach Wrestlers

    October 21, 2015 /

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    Stand-up, Sugar!

    March 8, 2014

    Addicted to (Nintendo) Switch

    July 6, 2017

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

    December 22, 2024
  • Colour,  Fighters,  People,  Summer

    Mediterranean Games 2009

    June 28, 2015 /

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    Different Stories

    December 30, 2023

    The Stupidity of Being Stubborn

    August 31, 2024

    Restaurant or Killing House?

    July 18, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  People,  Social Control,  Spring

    Home on the Range

    May 17, 2015 /

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    Kudos to Ricoh

    February 8, 2013

    Just A Bird

    July 1, 2014

    @Rome Maker Faire – 7. Mobile Rest

    October 23, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  People,  Winter

    Sharp Shooter

    March 10, 2015 /

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    HeadButt

    August 5, 2023

    Hidden in Plain Sight. A Japanese Journey

    August 3, 2023

    Feuer

    July 10, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  People,  Winter

    Duel

    November 20, 2014 /

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    Street Food in Via Salaria

    March 13, 2014

    An Old Wi(n)dow

    November 17, 2014

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport

    Uchi-Mata

    November 8, 2014 /

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    The Watchdogs

    February 9, 2017

    The First Picture of the Year

    January 5, 2019

    Kite Surfing, Again

    February 19, 2017
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport

    Whithin The Cage

    October 22, 2014 /

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    A kiss in the shade

    March 17, 2013

    After a Tough Day

    January 30, 2016

    Restaurant or Killing House?

    July 18, 2017
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport

    Before The Match

    October 20, 2014 /

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    Interpreti Veneziani – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Live@San Vidal

    September 1, 2017

    A Sound Engineer

    March 10, 2016

    Zebra Crossing

    March 14, 2014
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