Trying to experiment new genres: here we go with some macro shots with a twist. My beloved Canon EF 100 f/2.8 L mounted on the Sony A7 IV Read More

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I am having some fun taking shots in similar weather conditions, harsh light and strong contrasts. I find that those pictures work best and are more interesting when seen together as part of… Read More

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Trying a new genre, enjoying the game of light and shadow, and letting the darkness eat away at the excess Read More

We closed 2023 with a gorgeous view of the Arno’s banks in Pisa kissed by an astonishing light and it’s now time to say ‘Welcome!’ to the New Year with a few pictures… Read More

The other day, I returned to Pisa by accident, almost ten years after the last time. Our flight back to Manchester was super early in the morning, so we decided to spend the night there and… Read More

…let the picture talk, no silly words required Read More

This morning in Ossett… A young kid stops by to remember Read More

There are some unique places here in Yorkshire, and this hotel, which is not a hotel, is indeed a kind of special. Disguised as a regular pub, the Calder Vale hosts the Luddite brewery &n&hell…Read More

Hints are all around the house, scared faces and cold lights: Marta’s flying back to Italy: the time for a coffee and we hit the highway. Safe travels and see you in a week! Read More

Sunny but cold, October light is pale and the summer is just a memory Read More

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On Saturday, the 30th of September, Marta and I celebrated our own Ruggero’s Thanksgiving Day 2023. Every year on this date, we commemorate the day we said goodbye to a toxic and awful… Read More

While his owners were drawn into the window of one of the best shops in Bakewell (YES! That Bakewell, the home of the delicious Bakewell Pudding!!) this little dog tries to capture Marta&rsq&hell…Read More

For those who wonder about the title: it’s not Christmas time, it’s end of May, and the town is Blackpool. Britain at its best, in this long weekend with a never-seen-before stre… Read More

If you have been to the village of Cobh in Ireland, or if you thought about going there and did some search on the internet, you’ve certainly seen the Deck of Cards before… N… Read More

Evening in Leeds and first shooting with the Sony a7. Back to full frame Read More

..and hydrangeas as well… Read More

Beauty can exist in unexpected places. It may not be of the kind that we would expect, or that we are used to. Train your eye to see the beauty: there are already so many photographers th… Read More

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To fully understand this post you should see a spectacular movie from Paolo Villaggio (check it out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lohfp_XenDc; minute 1:54). Our approach to the UK cu… Read More

Nice trip to London for our Birthdays. Although I am not a big-city person, I admit that London’s compelling charm is hard to resist… Moving around easily and finding dozens… Read More

Because London is London… Read More

It’s just a matter of waiting for the right time of the day, when the sun trickles in… Read More

Both Marta and I agree on Augustina’s power. At times, it feels like she can read your mind and soul. After all, cats’ genetic evolution in the past 5 thousand years was almost z… Read More

Car wash in Texas… Read More

Dedicated to all our Saudi friends and to all our friends who we met in Saudi Arabia, this picture was taken in Al Jubail on the 23rd of September 2016. Marta and I were walking on the corni… Read More

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Iconic image was taken in the streets of York. Stole, unseen, in a fraction of a second Read More

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Iconic UK is a new project that I started in 2021: it features those pictures that, more than others, tell the story of our everyday UK life. Currently, there are 22 pictures and potentially… Read More

From my photo collection ‘Iconic USA’, back in the old days when walking inside a bar with a mask on your face would cause the police to have a talk with you… Carnival 20… Read More

This is just a placeholder for a post yet to come: as we are slowing down and approaching the end of 2021, it’s time to explore the year backward, looking for the many changes ad posit… Read More

Melinda wishes you all a great Halloween! Read More

The restaurants in the area are becoming familiar with my tastes. The weekend is approaching: nothing better than a beer and some comfort food to properly close the week Read More

Change then lens, focus on the details – here and now. Let the time slow down, let the subject fill your eyes, free you mind and soothe your soul… Read More

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The first pictures taken in the streets of Wakefield, Horbury and Leeds, clearly belong to a very specific part of Europe (yes, I consider UK still Europe…). More than anywhere else I… Read More

Our new home since December 2020 is the very green, very British and very full of history…. West Yorkshire!!! Our adventure in UK starts from Wakefield, a rather big city, 20 minu… Read More

I’ve been postponing this last post in Texas for 8 months now. Always looking for the right picture, the meaningful one before moving on following the story of our adventures towards a… Read More

In August 2020 Hurricane Laura brought death and mayhem to the Gulf. Unfortunately over 30 people were killed through its deadly path till the landfall in Cameron, Louisiana and over 70 deat… Read More

Independence Day in 2020 was… well, just like any other celebration during COVID: a pale image of what it could have been under more normal circumstances. This didn’t prevent us… Read More

OK, May 2020: another Summer is approaching and my Winter theory that the COVID would not stand the Texan heat is not supported by the numbers. For several reasons, none of which is of inter… Read More

Exactly 365 days since my last post. We were eating Blue Bell ice cream like there was no tomorrow, no idea of what the next days, weeks and months had prepared for us. At that time, it… Read More

It was early 2015 in a Saudi westerner compound, when we heard about Blue Bell ice cream for the first time. Our friend was so in love with this Texan brand that, according to her words, th… Read More

It takes a Hero, sometimes, just to walk the line…. This picture taken while in line at HEB. Houston Strong! For mum: I was wearing a respirator and using a zoom lens (>> 6ft d… Read More

Moving to a more abstract type of photography, playing with the depth of field, with  shadows and some light. Manual focus. And remember: always pick a fast lens. Fuji X-T2, Mitakon 35m… Read More

Or: how things change under the effect of an adverse situation. This is a set of shots taken while out for our weekly errands around Clear Lake (TX), at the times of the Corona Virus. T… Read More

This is another amazing photo remake of the original comic from Marta! Soon after landing in the US, we’ve immediately noticed how easy you meet people dressed up weirdly. I don&rsq&hell…Read More

Awesome: this year my favorite picture is also the one that YOU have clicked the most. Cool: we have common tastes when it comes to photography! I chose ONE to close the 2019, a year tha… Read More

It’s quite some time I don’t write about street photography so it’s time now for me to go into something more theoretical than usual. In the past couple of years a photogra… Read More

We arrived exhausted at the end of November: Thanksgiving 2019! The year has been extremely intense, lot of work and less space for us compared to the years in the Middle East. We’… Read More

Thanks to Dave for suggesting us the Renaissance Festival: a huge event in Todd Mission, about 1 hour and a half from home. According to the organizers, each year over six hundred thousand p… Read More

This is a photo remake with some additional background of the famous comic ‘Closing Time’. In Marta’s original, the protagonist finds herself obstructing the closing ac… Read More

Kelby’s photowalk 2019 in Galveston gifted us a great sunset in a pleasant Texan evening well worth the few miles. We met with the guys from BAPC (Bay Area Photo Club) and joined the s… Read More

For the #MondayWindow fans, this picture taken in the beautiful Galveston while taking part to the Scott Kelby’s 2019 photo walk. I liked the contrast of the two buildings’ sty… Read More

Graceless, ugly and horrible when looked too closely, so close that every detail is revealed. Sometimes it’s better to hold back, refrain from digging too much, enjoy the big picture… Read More

There’s a subtle and not negligible psychological difference between seeing a wild animal in a reserve, park or at the zoo and stumbling upon it while jogging down the street, a few me… Read More

Got some tickets for the Astros last week-end when the home team played Seattle in a very slow game ended 2-1 for Houston. We chose the Saturday game to leave the Sunday for home-relax: a… Read More

Sunday morning, we are wandering around Clear Lake and eventually ended up trying Miller Cafe’: I went in just for a drink but could not resist eating a decently sized grilled ham and… Read More

We are back to the US after a vacation that was just too short. Early July in Italy was great and late July in Houston is incredibly mild, very pleasant especially in the evening. This won&r&hell…Read More

Crossroad of people, stories, memories and lives. Promises made, plans set up in the sand, washed away by a wave, swepet out by the fate, erased by the time. All pictures: Fuji XT-2 , Fu… Read More

This is the last weekend before going back to Italy on vacation: for the next two days we have no plans whatsoever so I will challenge myself with an extreme street hunt. It will be street p… Read More

This portrait opens the month of June with two cats (!!) posing for me! Shot with the X-T2 and a quick home setup with 1 off-camera flashlight: super easy and fast. Post pro in Luminar wa… Read More

The 737 Max is still grounded since March this year: a huge mess that took the lives of more than 300 people. A tragedy I should say. The Boeing headquarter is 5 minutes walking distance… Read More

I like some of my pictures much more than others, regardless of what people say and beyond an objective technical analysis. ‘One’ is my 2019 preferred ‘creature’ so f… Read More

First weekend in Houston after a while: not a good reason not to bring the camera with us and enjoy the local beauty. We are now transitioning to summer, the rainy season is knocking at the… Read More

Cheryl is a small restaurant in Fulton, a town close to Corpus Christi: somewhere Marta read that in the summer of 2017 when hurrican Harvey landed, Cheryl’s was one of the few struct… Read More

I recently read an invite to shoot with purpose, to go beyond the technical aspect of the picture and capture what really matters. The concept is not new and always actual: it might take the… Read More

February with the movie stars: Marta’s long time friend Igor Maltagliati is bringing Italian talent to the States and we’ve been invited to the presentation of his new movie &lsq&hell…Read More

February trip to LA: we were based in Venice Beach. Literally a few meters from the legendary Muscle beach of Schwarzenegger and Ferrigno, the beach of Baywatch, the boardwalk and streets of… Read More

Cold Saturday here in Houston: on week-ends we usually like to skip lunch but now we need something to keep us alive before dinner. We try Panera: never been there before and I heard of it j… Read More

Thanks to ‘FunNight Photography Houston’ for organizing the #peaceandlove photoshoot in Houston’ East End Graffiti Park. We went there with almost no idea or previous exper… Read More

To my friend Andrea… 42 now!! Read More

‘The wisdom of nature speaks of the peaceful glance of the brutes’ A. Schopenhauer ‘ Nella pacatezza dello sguardo degli animali parla la saggezza della natura’&nbsp&helli…Read More

New trip on the road since quite some time: the destination is New Orleans and it comes 6 months after our last week-end escape to San Antonio at the end of April. We choose this date to avo… Read More

Short weekend and both of us with so many things to do and to take care of….this Sunday just did not start with the right sprint. It’s not Houston’s fault: fantastic sunny… Read More

Time now for some characters from the Lone star Bike Rally 2018: in the Part 1 that we met in Galveston during a spectacular sunny day. Plenty of custom bikes, chromed rims and tough-looking… Read More

Thanks to Kelly and Dave of the Bay Area Photoclub in Houston we break a multi-month photography abstinence and decide to go to the most impressive bike rally we’ve ever seen! A g… Read More

Thanks to Kelly and Dave of the Bay Area Photoclub in Houston we break a multi-month photography abstinence and decide to go to the most impressive bike rally we’ve ever seen! A g… Read More

Temperatures dropped 40 degrees in an couple of weeks meaning that the hurricane season is over. September’s gone (also October!) and this year no harm to Houston: Harvey’s memor… Read More

Kids and pets are one of the most challenging subjects for any photographer and a source of frustration for the average owner of a low-end, point-and-shoot camera. Yes the hard truth is: you… Read More

Remember when, many years ago, his Show used to make my Sunday nights light and cheerful Read More

Marta is out tonight and will be back after dinner…. She has not prepared anything for dinner…. He’s been cooking just for himself… The fridge doesn’t offer… Read More

She’s calling home… capturing the emotions… Read More

Who needs a park when the Bayou is there? Wake-up early and cameras ready: will we see an alligator in its own habitat, eventually?? A beautiful heron rests at the side of the pier, undist… Read More

The Texan dangerous fauna has always been one of the main concerns here. Saudi Arabia did not have much more than what we were used to in Italy and in 3 years we have not seen anything that… Read More

The weekend has been planned by Marta: her choice is hard for me to accept but I don’t have alternatives. Unfortunately she found a couple of internet sites about Houston activities, w… Read More

These small parrots are found everywhere around our neighborhood: someone has told us that they are originally from Brazil and now are widespread and common in Houston. I am not a nature pho… Read More

A rare patriotic moment had me pushing the colors of this picture to let our flag colors emerge Read More

Approaching in stealth mode… some more will follow soon Read More

Stop at the floating bar in Seabrook to close out the week-end. Tough week ahead! As usual: Fuji XT-1 and 23 f/1.4 Read More

The Carnival arrived in Houston and we got two tickets for…the World Championship BBQ Contest. Not exactly what a vegetarian like Marta dreams about. In fact it’s been a fantas… Read More

Rainy day became flood as soon as I reached Galveston. I couldn’t even leave the car and this mermaid was the best thing I saw. Will plan for another day. (Fuji X-T1; Fujinon 23mm f/1… Read More

Several weeks (months!!) have passed now since we took our last stroll together: time to recover. Overcast weather but warm temperature so we need a coffee to wake up and make better decisio… Read More

During my years in Tuscany I have never really got to know Livorno. Just like another stranger, I passed by and moved through this historical port: quick superficial visits and not enough to… Read More

Not much to add to old Bob’s words… Read More

Super urgent things have been taken care of: it’s time for some fun in Houston. We drive to downtown and from there we explore…move to the Menil Collection for an awesome aftern… Read More