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  • B&W,  Beach&Shores,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Beach Party

    January 22, 2022 /

    Shot just after dawn, this image came together in seconds but tells a layered story of rivalry and instinct. The beach, in its usual emptiness, became a stage for the coarsely choreographed interaction between gulls and crows. I didn’t plan for a composition — I reacted to it. And yet, the result balances tension, motion, and rhythm better than many calculated frames. Technically, I leaned into softness rather than clarity. The overcast light pushed the colours into a muted palette, verging on monochrome. I let the flatness be, resisting contrast boosts in post, allowing the wet sand to mirror just enough detail without pulling the eye from the birds. Their…

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    A Waiter in via Sardegna

    September 26, 2015

    Collision Path

    July 5, 2019

    Seeking Directions – Where Do I Go From Here?

    September 10, 2013
  • Bridges,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Winter

    Stairway to Hell

    January 9, 2022 /

    This photograph emerged from a fascination with how architecture shifts once stripped of its context. What the lens captured here is, in essence, a flight of stairs. Yet under the harsh saturation of artificial red light and the obliteration of all surrounding detail into deep black, it becomes a surreal passage, one that feels less like a functional structure and more like an allegorical descent—or ascent, depending on how one reads it. The title, of course, plays on that ambiguity. From a compositional standpoint, the image relies heavily on abstraction. The staircase cuts diagonally across the frame, its curve creating a dynamic tension with the void beside it. Negative space…

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    The Prisoner’s View from the Sospiri’s Bridge

    September 25, 2017

    Bikers

    July 14, 2014

    Coffee Doesn’t Need a Table. It Needs a Moment

    June 17, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Sun Worshipers

    January 3, 2022 /

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    The Shooter’s Dilemma

    July 12, 2014

    The Rise of the Mutant Spiders?

    November 4, 2013

    Stairway to nothing

    September 18, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Winter

    Dark Omen

    December 31, 2021 /

    I photographed this scene in late winter, when the bare trees carried no leaves and the sky pressed low with heavy clouds. The flock of birds, startled into flight, scattered across the frame in uneven patterns. Their silhouettes against the pale backdrop gave the scene a sense of unease, as though the moment was charged with something more than simple movement. Compositionally, I placed the trees as anchors, their skeletal branches reaching upward and outward, filling much of the lower frame. They serve as both structure and stage, while the birds provide rhythm and unpredictability. The flock is not evenly distributed—clusters form and break apart, guiding the eye from one…

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    An experiment with Dall-E, ChatGPT and a Nissan S8

    November 4, 2023

    Avid Readers

    August 17, 2013

    Street Compass Rose

    September 25, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Winter

    Gliding Away

    December 21, 2021 /

    I caught this shot as the gull moved past me, wings stretched in an elegant curve, pulling away from the frame almost as quickly as I brought the camera to my eye. Tracking birds in flight with the DA* 50-135 on the K-3 II is always a test of reflexes and technique, especially when the background is a shifting plane of textured water. The lens handled the contrast well, keeping the bird distinct enough from the muted greens and greys of the sea, though the fine detail in the wingtips fell just short of crisp — a reminder that a fractionally faster shutter speed might have been the better choice.…

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    Stairway to nothing

    September 18, 2013

    Mussels Underwater…

    August 23, 2014

    A sample of the Carl Zeiss Jena 135/F4 Sonnar and a Fuji X-T3

    February 5, 2023
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Winter

    Waiting for the Fish

    December 18, 2021 /

    There’s a particular kind of pleasure in using the Pentax K-3 II paired with the DA* 50-135mm f/2.8—a combination that rewards patience much like the fisherman in this frame. The lens’s rendering and microcontrast gave me exactly what I wanted here: a clean separation between subject and background without the look feeling forced. The weather was brooding, the horizon hazy, and the colours naturally muted, so the camera’s sensor, with its well-known dynamic range, had plenty of tonal nuance to work with. The man in the red hoodie became my obvious focal point—a striking colour contrast against the cooler palette of sea and sky. His posture, hands clasped behind his…

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    Between Two Sets

    May 15, 2014

    Learning to Shoot Boxing Matches

    July 18, 2024

    Disagreement

    December 29, 2012
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Winter

    Should I Seat?

    December 15, 2021 /

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    Light Dance in Hamburg

    April 6, 2018

    Indifference

    July 5, 2015

    Shooting Kite Surfing

    September 22, 2024
  • Airport,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Winter

    Landing

    December 4, 2021 /

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    Meaning in Photography

    March 4, 2020

    Shooting Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA)-like Events

    August 15, 2024

    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016
  • Daily photo,  Gear,  Winter

    Bronine Volkit Camera Hub. Mixed feelings

    November 30, 2021 /

    The picture is self-eplaining. Patona batteries show odd parameters, while a Nikon original battery is more in line with the declared specs. This is by no way a reliable experiment, as the batteries’ state is not comparable. I will continue experimenting with different models because these results are pretty odd. However I can not blame Patona for the outcomes, for the bromine volkit itself might be defective and a fair comparison should be based upon batteries handled similarly.

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    Friendship is Forever

    March 6, 2014

    @ Mediterrean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Soccer Team (and a primer on sport-photography, part 4)

    October 3, 2015

    The Urban Chase

    April 10, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  People,  Winter

    A Skateboarder

    November 23, 2021 /

    I took this shot with a long lens, standing just far enough back to flatten the scene and compress the zig-zag of the bike lane into a graphic, winding ribbon. What drew me to the moment was the contrast between the physical tension of the skateboarder’s posture and the rigid lines of the urban environment. He’s caught mid-shift — arms out, knees bent, entirely present in his balance. No theatricality, no posing. Just rhythm and gravity. The geometry of the path worked as an unintentional compositional gift. The white lines, curved rails, and signage almost funnel the viewer’s attention into the skater’s hunched figure. A classic leading-lines scenario, but more…

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    Belgian Ghosts

    May 2, 2014

    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013

    A Lamp in an Old Teather

    March 8, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    After Heat, Structure

    November 12, 2021 /

    I made this photograph  handheld, late afternoon. The car was still warm. Fire had done what fire does: reduced all function to form, all value to surface. What remained was metal, glass, ash—and light. I chose a shallow angle, head-on through the front windscreen, to confront the wreckage as directly as possible. The lens was at roughly 60mm, allowing a slight compression of space. I focused on the mid-depth—the charred dashboard—so the frame reads in layers: foreground (rust and blistered bonnet), middle (molten plastic and exposed seat frames), background (burned upholstery, collapsed interior geometry). Each plane tells a different part of the story. The light was flat, which helped. No…

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    Overexposed?

    March 14, 2013

    Superpila still rides…

    December 10, 2018

    On Composition. Or: the eye sees what the mind is prepared to comprehend

    September 11, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Black Cat

    October 31, 2021 /

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    Supporter or Photographer?

    March 21, 2013

    PizzaPizza

    January 12, 2013

    Tables and Chairs, at Night

    May 7, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Garbage,  Winter

    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021 /

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    Nick Beggs

    July 12, 2017

    Portraits in Skating

    November 30, 2024

    Quality Check. Try Before You Buy

    April 10, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Fixing the ship

    August 18, 2021 /

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    Smile!

    August 7, 2013

    Portrait of a Gunsmith

    February 24, 2016

    Before The Match

    October 20, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    A ‘Trabocco’ on the Adriatic Sea

    April 20, 2021 /

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    2015 Italian Beach Volley Team – Marco Caminati, Enzo Rossi

    October 29, 2015

    As Deep As The Ocean

    April 15, 2016

    Spectrum

    March 12, 2017
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Winter

    Deserved Rest

    March 21, 2021 /

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    What lasts after a party…

    April 25, 2013

    A Gull, Posing

    June 17, 2022

    On the Range

    December 6, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  People,  Skating,  Winter

    A Street-Skater

    March 17, 2021 /

    I came across him by the harbour on a day when the wind carried the smell of salt and diesel from the moored fishing boats. He wasn’t performing for an audience—just skating alone, immersed in his own rhythm. His movements were sharp but fluid, somewhere between dance and martial art. I wanted to capture that moment when the body leans into balance, teetering on the edge of a fall but never crossing it. The setting presented an immediate visual contrast: the fluidity of his posture against the static, almost heavy backdrop of the docked ships. I framed him to the left, letting the background breathe, so that the masts, ropes,…

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    Still Ruling The Empire

    February 5, 2022

    Kite Surfing, Again

    February 19, 2017

    Pavement

    November 16, 2014
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Winter

    Open Interior

    March 14, 2021 /

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    Portrait of a Gunsmith

    February 24, 2016

    Portrait of Keyboard Player

    May 18, 2014

    A Cornhole Board – Independence Day Edition

    July 8, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  Winter

    Splinter

    March 13, 2021 /

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    Traffic Master

    December 19, 2016

    Fujifilm X-Pro 2: Does It Worth It? (Lost In Via Del Corso)

    January 16, 2016

    The Silent Geometry of a Trabocco

    December 22, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Winter

    Drying Clothes

    March 9, 2021 /

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    Open Interior

    March 14, 2021

    The Smoke Teacher

    July 1, 2013

    Next Time, Maybe…

    January 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    The Last Journey Of An Hero of Italian Motoring

    March 7, 2021 /

    Behold, the Fiat 500. Not the modern one that’s all airbags and Bluetooth and makes you feel like a fashion blogger. No, this is the real thing. The original. The glorious, underpowered, unapologetically tinny Italian shoebox. And look at it now—strapped to the back of a truck like a pensioner wheeled out of the bingo hall for the last time. Rusted. Flat-tyred. Beaten. Magnificent. I spotted it being hauled away through a southern Italian town, and frankly, I nearly wept. This was once the car that got a nation moving. The people’s Ferrari. The automotive embodiment of an espresso shot. And now? A hunk of oxidised metal destined for the…

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    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013

    RedLight

    November 6, 2015

    A comfortable chair

    November 8, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Uninterested

    March 2, 2021 /

    No glance. No nod. Just two people moving through the same space, as if the other didn’t exist. This was taken on a beach that should have felt wide open, maybe even freeing—but something about the moment made it feel small, enclosed. The boy looks down at his phone. The girl walks past him, eyes fixed forward. Neither slows. Neither turns. They’re metres apart, yet orbiting separate worlds. I didn’t ask for this scene. It unfolded on its own. A brief choreography of disconnection. Their postures say enough: one drawn into a screen, the other into her own stride. There’s no hostility here—just absence. A quiet kind of loneliness, the…

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    Isolation in Public Spaces

    November 10, 2023

    The Chess Players’ Summer Nest

    July 31, 2014

    An Old Motorcade

    August 10, 2015
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Pensive

    February 26, 2021 /

    Manual focus needs practice. This photo would have been better if I framed also the top of the cabin and focused better the person.

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    A (Tokyo) Taxi Driver

    June 17, 2018

    An Athlete@Stadio Marmi, Rome

    October 11, 2018

    Winter Leaves

    December 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Technique,  Winter

    A Skater

    February 23, 2021 /

    Framing the whole statue would have made this photo better. The mistake was caused by the necessity to shoot fast, the lens’ field of view and the distance between the subject and the focal plane.

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    January 21, 2013

    Watching the Eiffel Tower

    October 14, 2013
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