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It was one of those days when it’s a minute away from snowing and there’s this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. Right?… …And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes… …That’s the day I realized that there was …
Finding a personal style in landscape and street photography is important to express our point of view in life. In my opinion if you don’t have a personal style you’ll never be a real artist. Style is about composition, content, post-production and even editing. “Style is your footprint”. Today is more difficult to find a …
Street photography portraits no. 1 – Shooting street portraits is always exciting. Generally I ask for permission to photograph people. If you look like a tourist there are less problems, because tourists usually take pictures of places and local people, it’s a normal thing. Generally persons on the street are shy and suspicious if you …
Lights and shadows in street photography – Light is everything in photography. Basically pictures are made by contrasts of lights and shadows. Contrast attracts viewer’s eyes and allows to distinguish the various elements of the scene. This concept has been taken to the extreme in modern street photography. Infact, opening #streetphotography on Instagram we can see …
I was Sheriff of this county when I was 25 years old. Hard to believe. My grandfather was a lawman, father too. Me and him was sheriffs at the same time, him up in Plano and me out here. I think he’s pretty proud of that. I know I was… … Some of the old …
In this article top 10 quotes from the most famous masters of street photography. 1) Street photography quotes: Robert Capa If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough. This though means that if you want take good street shots you have to be close to your subject (shooting with a wide-angle lens). This …
Study Cèzanne for your photography – Studying great master of photography is probably the best way to develop your photographic eye. But you can learn more if you examine also other arts. For example you can try to study single movie frames and of course paintings. In this article i’ll talk about Cèzanne; analyzing some of …
Second series about street shots taken, processed and edited on smartphone. Smartphone is an awesome “tool” for street photography: it is a small camera, always with you, fast in shooting, fast and funny in processing and editing. Here is the link for first series of street photography with smartphone in bw. As I said in my first …
Piana di castelluccio (Gran Piano) is a wonderful plateau (1270 m.) in the Appennine mountains of central Italy; it’s located in Sibillini National Park (Umbria and Marche). In this awesome place there is also the mountain Vettore (2476 m, highest peak of Sibillini) and Castelluccio di Norcia, a small village that lies at 1450 meters, …
Loneliness: Edward Hopper and street photography – Many people feel lonely even in a chaotic city, in the streets and bar among other people. It is really possible to feel alone even when we are surrounded by other people? Often people are lone with their problems and thoughts, sometimes sitting in a bar, sometimes walking …