Sicily is arguably the Italian region with the most varied historical past. Over the centuries, it was ruled by Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Swabians, French, Spaniards, and Austrians, before becoming part of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies and finally Italy, after the unification of the country in 1861. All of those dominations left indelible traces in the region’s …
They say you can’t teach an old pony new tricks, but I don’t believe that’s true. Personally, in the last couple years, I’ve learned to dance, some Japanese, and how to develop film. Recently, I also decided to start learning to play the piano. To give you a bit of background, you have to know that I never studied music …
What do you do when travel abroad is severely restricted during a global pandemic? One thing you can still do, in most cases, is to travel around your own country, and this is what I did this year. Instead of taking one or more trips abroad, as I usually do every year, I decided to embark on a two-week road …
The name Seceda denotes the westernmost peak along the ridgeline that divides the Val Gardena (Gröden) from the Val di Funes (Villnoßtal) and that culminates with the Odle (Geisler) mountains, part of the Puez-Odle group in the Dolomites. On the southern side, this ridge degrades gently with green lawns dotted with mountain huts, but on the northern side it drops …
This is the second article in my series about the Adobe Ligthroom catalog. You can find the previous articles here: The Lightroom Catalog: the Basics Where Should You Store Your Catalogs? One of the questions about the Lightroom catalog I get asked most frequently is certainly: Where do I store my catalog? In order to answer this question, I will …
Many people who are using Adobe Lightroom are confused about the concept of a catalog and have many questions about it. I keep getting questions myself, so I thought I’d write a series of articles to hopefully provide some answers and demystify some of its most obscure features and confusing aspects. Lightroom vs. Lightroom Classic What follows is relevant to …
by Pia Parolin I was in Trieste for work and had a spare day, one of those cold sunny winter days where the sky is just marvellous blue. So, I decided for Ljubljana which is just one hour drive away. I had been there as a kid but I can hardly remember it. And so much has changed since the …
Mistakes in film photography can be costly and the cost grows with the size of film. Unlike with digital, with film you don’t realize you have made a mistake until after it has been developed. As I am taking up shooting film again after many years and with a new to me and fairly complicated setup, like a large format …
I think I might be developing a serious case of Mal d’Asie, not unlike those who have visited Africa and can’t get rid of a feeling of nostalgia and longing desire to go back there, called Mal d’Afrique. In recent years I’ve traveled to the UAE, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, and just few months ago to Japan as well. …
On of the things I hadn’t anticipated, when I decided to start practicing large format film photography, was that I would have had to load and unload film into holders in complete darkness. When I went to the store to collect my new 4×5 camera, the owner asked me if I had any film holders. I think my puzzled look …
