The shots of the most famous photographers always arouse interest, curiosity and wonder. Those of the National Geographic nature photographers have always had a special appeal to me. Yet there is someone who stands out in the elite of nature photography and to me Frans Lanting has always been an absolute and unattainable reference. Dutch READ MORE

The idea for a charity calender for the association “Gli amici di Fiocco” comes from my colleagues Valentina (Aerial instructor) and Patrizia (owner of the association). On November the 18th 2017 Valentina proposes me the idea. I accept it immediately full of curiosity and enthusiasm, my first objection is that we are very tight on READ MORE

Dawn is a particular time of day, perhaps the most peculiar. It is the transition from night to day, from darkness to light. It is a continuous rebirth. Unlike sunset, that everyone has the opportunity to appreciate, dawn requires an additional sacrifice which for many is prohibitive. At our latitudes seeing the sunrise in June READ MORE

The Natural Reserve of Lungo and Ripasottile’s lakes is located in the province of Rieti (central Italy) and it is what remains of an ancient lake, Lacus Velinus, which was reclaimed in Roman times by the consul Manio Curio Dentato, in order to eradicate malaria. The reclamation was designed and executed creating a breach near Marmore READ MORE

As we all know when we go out in the early morning, before dawn, by the heat, cold, or wet: there is no certainty to bring home a decent shot. However we keep doing it every time, out of passion, tenacity, stubborness, love. Then on a plain, ordinary anything can happen and when it happens we READ MORE

[lang_en]While I was lying on the groud using the last rays of the sunset trying to shoot some waders, I noticed with the corner of my eye a beautiful fox on the run 60-70 meters from me. This is  the only successful shot out of a sequence and it’s a kind of a small miracle READ MORE

High-speed photography is a kind of photography that tries to capture moments invisible to the naked eye. The most common high speed photography examples are objects drilled or cut in two by bullets, or falling drops. Personally I have always been fascinated by drops. The almost endless dynamics that occur, make each session a unique READ MORE

From a photographic point of view I’ve always been attracted by flowers, but I’ve never been satisfied with the photos I was able to take. Despite of my efforts they all had an “already seen” feeling. At some point I realized that I should have not been trying to photograph the flower itself, instead I READ MORE

In March 2009 I decided to buy this book, driven by the curiosity that many  prasings reviews had instilled in me. It’s a book that conquers and drags you into reading it as a vortex. The pages fly away one by one while searching for the useful tips and interesting technical/artistic thoughts of the author, READ MORE

In September 2009, I attended my first contest, organized by the cultural association “Le Fonti” in Cottanello (RI). My picture “Floral abstraction” ranked first, meeting the positive judgment of the jury that has chosen it between one hundred and fifty received pictures. The satisfaction was really huge and not only for me, my daughter Giulia READ MORE