I was recently invited by my friend Pia Parolin, an Italian photographer who has made the French Riviera her home for the last decade, to teach a street and urban photography workshop near her home. I gladly accepted her invite because, let’s face it, who wouldn’t want to spend a weekend on the lovely Côte d’Azur doing what they love: …
Singapore, the Multicultural
Before visiting Singapore, I had this picture in my mind of a modern, very orderly and clean city, like a small Switzerland at the equator. I also came prepared to see and photograph some stunning futuristic architecture. Of course, Singapore is all of that but, as I discovered, it is also much more. For a start, it is home to …
Oman Travelogue, Part 4: Nizwa
This is part 4 of my series of articles about my recent photo tour in the Sultanate of Oman. You can find the previously published parts here: Oman Travelogue, Part 1: Muscat Oman Travelogue, Part 2: Nakhal, Wadi Bani Awf, and Al Hamra Oman Travelogue, Part 3: Jebel Shams The next episodes in the series will be published shortly. I am …
“Street Photography, Creative Vision Behind the Lens”, by Valérie Jardin (a Book Review)
Street photography is something that many try to practice, but few take the time to really study, maybe because they think all it takes is to bring a camera onto the street to feel like Henri Cartier-Bresson. Street Photography, Creative Vision Behind the Lens, by Valérie Jardin is a book for all those who would like to learn more about this elusive …
Urban Morocco, the Book
At about this time last year, me and my pal Massimiliano traveled to the charming country of Morocco for a vacation that involved quite a lot of photography. We spent a week roaming the streets of Rabat, Fes, Meknès, and Chefchaouen and came home with thousands of pictures to edit and process. From the beginning I had the idea of …
Street Fashion in London
Some time ago, I spent a day stepping out of my comfort zone in London, first in Soho then around St. Paul, while attending a Street Photography workshop. We played with motion blue, panning, intentional camera movement, extreme angles, shooting fashion in the middle of crazily busy Oxford Street on a Saturday afternoon, up and down the subway escalators, up and …
A Study in Red
I spent an afternoon in the big city yesterday, as I had to bring daughter and niece to take advantage of the post-Christmas sales season. Having about three hours to spend, I thought of carrying a couple of cameras. What I almost immediately noticed was that red seemed to be the dominant color, from the store decorations, to the shopping …
Street Fashion in Milan
Ever since I saw some photos by Alex Lambrechts, I’ve been wanting to do a shoot mixing street and fashion photography and finally the dream has become reality. A few weeks ago, I contacted a friend of a friend who does some modeling and hired her for a couple hours. We went to Milan and I asked her to just …