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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Sport,  Track&Field,  Winter

    How to (Unconventionally) Shoot Track and Field Competitions

    July 30, 2024 /

    Having been given a LOC pass for the European Athletics Championships currently taking place in Rome, I was able to practice unusual compositions in sports photography – Initially published on 35mmc.com Usually, the pictures taken by professional photographers working for media companies, broadcasters or magazines inevitably focus on the umpteenth iteration of the same actions (the concentration before the start, the relay change, the exertion after a fast or long run, etc.). Add to this the fact that the photographers are all in the same part of the venue, the results are very similar, at least in terms of perspective and field of view. This is an example: I don’t…

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    The dilemma

    January 11, 2013

    As Time Goes By

    June 11, 2013

    Framed

    November 26, 2015
  • Daily photo,  Portfolio,  Street Photography,  Travels,  Urban Landscape

    Hidden in Plain Sight. A Japanese Journey

    August 3, 2023 /

    Although I have a lot of pictures from my various trips to Japan, organising them into a book is a challenge. The photos themselves are good enough to deserve publication. However, most of them are affected by a ‘déjà-vu’ effect. People on the subway, crowded crossroads, striking contrasts between modernity and the past, or between rural areas and highly urbanised ones, pop culture vs. business culture… no matter how hard I try, every single photo gives the feeling that someone has already done it. I am neither an anthropologist nor an expert on Japanese society, so I have no reasonable explanation for this feeling. Perhaps it is simply a matter…

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    The Sniper Option

    February 7, 2014

    Even

    July 9, 2016

    Pizza Maker@Ueno’s Park

    June 6, 2018
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Jewelry,  Winter

    Floating

    February 5, 2023 /

    The Panasonic TZ100 is a very good travel camera. Its one-inch sensor allows a fair balance between performance and portability. Being slightly bigger of trendy smartphones, this camera delivers a way more better results.

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    We Are All Made of Stars

    February 28, 2018

    Behind the Beer

    December 26, 2013

    Next Time, Maybe…

    January 12, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Seasons,  Winter

    Cleaning the Tabernacle

    November 26, 2022 /

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    Cold Night, Hot Drink

    January 13, 2014

    An Intense Conversation

    October 9, 2013

    Mid-Morning Break at Place Jourdan

    March 24, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Soccer,  Sport

    Stadio Olimpico, seen from Tribuna Monte Mario

    October 1, 2022 /

    The picture of Rome’s Stadio Olimpico has been shot from a very exclusive vantage point: Tribuna Monte Mario. Light conditions were so unmanageable that the only option to get an interesting photo was a heavy, borderline unrealistic post-production

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    Inside the Palaces of Power – Bruxelles

    November 8, 2015

    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024

    The Seagull And The Sentinel

    October 27, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Helsinki

    A Vessel Moored on the Pier

    September 27, 2022 /

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    Not AI-made…

    September 17, 2022

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 5 – Kodak Tri X 400 – September 2015 shot in Sept. 2023

    May 8, 2024

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Helsinki,  Seasons,  Spring

    Cultural Variety

    September 24, 2022 /

    Helsinki is a place where culture matters. It is almost impossible having a taste that can not be satisfied.

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    Canon EOS-M. Useless for Street-Photography

    March 28, 2013

    A useless photo

    July 23, 2013

    George Braque

    October 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring

    Red Fan

    June 14, 2022 /

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    Audience

    February 20, 2014

    The Taste Master

    March 2, 2014

    Full Moon

    May 9, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan,  Winter

    Technogym Milan@Night

    April 3, 2022 /

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    A Street-Skater

    March 17, 2021

    Caparezza – Live@Palamaggetti Roseto degli Abruzzi

    February 18, 2018

    Portrait of a Fin Swimmer

    June 5, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Late Night@Piazza San Babila

    March 9, 2022 /

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    Much Too Short a Ladder

    October 17, 2013

    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015

    A Great Marketing Stunt

    May 27, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  People

    Soldering

    November 8, 2021 /

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    Three of a Kind

    July 6, 2013

    Alessandro Blasioli – L’ultima notte di Bonfiglio Liborio@Teatro Marrucino

    May 9, 2022

    Red Wine Makes Good Blood…

    April 27, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Garbage,  Winter

    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021 /

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    Table Dressing

    July 15, 2015

    The last flower

    May 20, 2013

    A promenade

    February 24, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines

    Barbarians At the Beach

    August 30, 2021 /

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    In a yellowtone…

    September 17, 2013

    Under The Rocks

    August 14, 2014

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italy Beach Soccer Team’s Goalkeeper (and a primer on sport photography, part 2)

    September 24, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Fixing the ship

    August 18, 2021 /

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    A Zen Garden?

    February 22, 2014

    Fancy a beer?

    November 3, 2021

    Street-Photographer’s eye side effect

    April 8, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Forza Italia

    July 12, 2021 /

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

    February 5, 2023

    The Siamese Boats

    June 1, 2014

    Nittele Tower

    April 25, 2022
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    A ‘Trabocco’ on the Adriatic Sea

    April 20, 2021 /

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    Parachute

    September 14, 2013

    In praise of ‘cheap’ lenses for ‘pro’ works

    April 4, 2021

    A Panorama

    December 30, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    A Lockheed C-130 Hercules

    January 31, 2021 /

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    Alive or not?

    February 16, 2013

    Nagoya’s reportage featured in The Good Life

    October 29, 2020

    We Are All Made of Stars

    February 28, 2018

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