I haven’t been able to publish these ‘weekly snaps’ for the past three weeks, but here I am with number 5; this time I’ll start off with a couple of cliché photos.
Boschi di Carrega, Parma. Nikon D7000, 35mm f/1.8G; f/4 and 1/800s. Shooting …
This week’s post has been delayed by some very expected news.
I’ll start off with two variations of a similar photo I published in Weekly snaps #3; the first is a classical black and white, the second a slightly toned black and white.
Then I have three photos …
more ...Fatemi lasciare un segnalibro in questa data, perché Valentina è nata oggi, 4 agosto 2012.
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uscire dall’ospedale, rientrare a casa con Giulia e la bambina e pensare che d’ora in avanti ci sarà sempre una terza persona in casa.
incantarsi davanti al suo visino, ingobbirsi per …
more ...It’s been quite some time now that I have gone back to DSLRs, but the little Panasonic GF1 is still a constant presence in my backpack. In the meantime, Panasonic has churned out countless other iterations on the same micro four/thirds concept; but to me it has somehow watered down the concept and only the latest one (GX1) seems to be the true successor of the GF1.
I think it’s only appropriate to post now a few words on my GF1; I know, it is indeed a very late review1 but it could be of some interest to cheapskates that are looking for a nice and little second-hand camera (or maybe convince those of you affected by GAS2 that the GF1 is still “good enough”)
more ...There are still pearls to be found on the internet, after all.
In these days I have found three photography blogs which are full of interesting and well written articles; stimulating, instructive, much better of the crap that Popular Photography publishes (and I’m not even mentioning the countless websites …
more ...This week a few pictures taken during a lazy Sunday in Ziano Piacentino. Good wine there, and a first experience using an old manual focus Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 which I had modified to AI-S to use it on my D7000.
Ok, so this one was obviously not …
more ...Emphasis is mine:
more ...Shoot from the hip and sort it out later in Photoshop; this is a slippery slope plunging inevitably towards the depths of despair and devastating loss of self-esteem that comes with shooting on program mode with a high ISO, no tripod and a reversed lens hood. The …