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

    When Colour Helps Composition

    February 7, 2020 /

    This photo I took during a reportage of Miseria e nobiltà – a classic of the Neapolitan comedy by Eduardo Scarpetta – in the mise en scene of Lello Arena e Luciano Melchionna gives a lot of insights on how composition works. The triangle designed by the two actors on the sides and the taller actress in the centre is reinforced by the colours of the costumes: black in the centre, white in the sides. Finally, the purple background behind the black figure enhances the eye-driving effect toward the centre.

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    The Crew’s Rest

    July 20, 2014

    Does It Worth It?

    May 22, 2017

    Just a soccer match…

    May 15, 2013
  • 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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    An unusual flowers’ field

    June 30, 2013

    Ramping Up

    September 16, 2014

    The Silent Dialog

    August 31, 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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    Is The Sky Falling On Their Heads?

    August 1, 2013

    The Death of Cio-Cio san

    October 15, 2022

    The Penguin’s Feeder

    July 25, 2014
  • 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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    Menu Meditation

    February 16, 2018

    Hair Cut

    July 19, 2013

    Not Sure I Would Like The Feel

    November 22, 2014
  • 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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    Garbage Collection

    August 26, 2013

    The Heart of the Nazario Sauro

    August 10, 2014

    Bycicle Ride

    August 28, 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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    Firefighters at Tour Saint-Jaques

    March 27, 2014

    Big Brother Enhanced

    May 1, 2013

    When Tilted Photos Work

    December 18, 2019
  • 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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    Lost in mumbling

    September 22, 2013

    Bus Driver

    September 16, 2016

    How Privacy Hysteria Killed Street-Photography

    October 22, 2023
  • 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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    Traffic Jam in Rome

    December 14, 2015

    The Unconvinced Listener

    June 25, 2014

    Longtime Abandoned

    May 30, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome

    Beer or Spritz?

    November 1, 2019 /

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    The Kiev 60 and a fix for the frame spacing issue

    October 8, 2023

    Close Up of an Alfa Romeo 4c

    August 9, 2018

    Street-Photographer’s eye side effect

    April 8, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    A priest

    October 19, 2019 /

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    A Street Dancer@Sakae

    August 9, 2019

    Fujifilm X-T3 Video Cheat Sheet

    September 5, 2021

    Gloves

    October 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People

    A Street Dancer@Sakae

    August 9, 2019 /

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    A cigarette

    September 28, 2015

    An Old Motorcade

    August 10, 2015

    Reluctant

    November 25, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People

    Tough Enough

    August 7, 2019 /

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    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014

    On Air

    July 22, 2014

    Carabinieri in Milan

    January 28, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Nagoya,  People,  Summer

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019 /

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    Fujifilm XF 18-120 just snapped in two

    September 10, 2023

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    March 30, 2014

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 7 – Kodak Portra 160 – June 2015 shot in Oct. 2023

    January 11, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Nagoya,  People,  Summer

    Mandatory Photo Position

    August 3, 2019 /

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    Free Shoes

    October 8, 2014

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Wrestling, Italy vs France (And a primer on sport photography – Part 5)

    October 9, 2015

    A Street-Skater

    March 17, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  Parks,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Street Magic@Nagoya Castle

    July 21, 2019 /

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    April 2, 2021

    Trespassed

    May 3, 2015

    The Floating Relic

    December 13, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Seasons,  Summer

    Fast Food Loneliness in Nagoya…

    July 17, 2019 /

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    Staring At The Infinite (While Waiting For The Fishes)

    August 1, 2014

    A solitary journey

    December 24, 2012

    The Driver

    August 8, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Street Photography,  Summer

    Helping the Elders

    July 10, 2019 /

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    Riviera Life

    January 9, 2014

    Inside The Palace of Power

    September 17, 2015

    What Could I Do?

    April 18, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport,  Spring

    MMA Fighters

    July 7, 2019 /

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    The EOS-M just sucks

    July 18, 2013

    A Fountain

    May 17, 2014

    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Spring

    TKO

    May 8, 2019 /

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    A Street-Skater

    March 17, 2021

    Stand-up, Sugar!

    March 8, 2014

    Intelligent Design

    October 26, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Spring

    When Heroes Come to Town

    April 17, 2019 /

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    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 1

    June 26, 2014

    Will The iPhone Kill Traditional Cameras? Not Very

    October 15, 2019

    Milan

    March 19, 2015
  • 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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    An Altar for the Propaganda Machine

    November 17, 2013

    Seine

    June 9, 2015

    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015
  • 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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    Planetarium

    May 30, 2015

    The Stroller

    July 7, 2015

    Out-of-Focus

    September 24, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Skating,  Sport,  Winter

    Italian National Skating Championship 2019

    February 8, 2019 /

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    Hope after the Storm

    January 8, 2020

    The Heart of the Nazario Sauro

    August 10, 2014

    Nature gets its space back…

    November 7, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Skating,  Winter

    Americana Skating – Italian National Championship 2019

    February 4, 2019 /

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    A stupid quarrell

    April 7, 2013

    Hard work

    February 13, 2013

    Is This Photo Illegal?

    March 20, 2014
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