My son Riccardo was born 6 weeks ago. I bought the Sigma 50mm just to take pictures of him! However, despite the hundreds of photos I took, I post just this, along with other few images shown in the Sigma 50 review (before learning to use this lens...). I called this 'Sweetly sleeping', because this is the way babies usually sleep. They seem to be in a different parallel world when they sleep... Continue reading...
Ok. I am really fascinated by robins! In this time of the year, the contrast between winter's and robins' colors is very interesting when properly mixed by the right light. In this case, the snow did the rest... Continue reading...
All I can see today is a lot of snow, snow everywhere, and ice, a lot of ice!!! The last year, my first 'Frozen life' allowed me to appreciate the magic of ice in nature, on plants especially. Continue reading...
For the first time since more than ten years ago, the last summer I spent my holidays in the mountains with my wife. The landscape was fantastic that morning! I went out early and when I saw that scene, I immediately took my camera and after having taken some photos the clouds disappeared. The best things are so brief... Continue reading...
For some private reasons I will never forget that day, at the end of the last summer (2009). Anyway, every time I travel through the Dolomiti mountains, my eyes are caught by the rocks, not just by the mountains themselves, but rather by their unique shape, storing prehistory inside, and representing the magnificent greatness of nature. Continue reading...
I am still waiting for my new Canon lens, but in the meantime I am trying to understand my 'local patch', literally full of little egrets. Despite the fact that they live very close to houses and towns, they are not so confident with humans. Therefore, I have to learn the right way to be as much close to them to allow me to take a decent photograph. This is one of my first 'approaches'. Continue reading...
The Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM is the natural companion of every digital camera. It can be used as a 'normal' lens in 35mm full-frame cameras, or as a 'portrait' lens in DSLRs with smaller sensor (1.5x or 1.6x). Its surprising optical quality, along with a very fast HSM-based focusing system and a very useful brightness at f/1.4, make it the ideal fixed focal lens for every photographer. Continue reading...
Just a few steps from me, on the top of the birch, a robin was singing and singing and singing... Slow movements, focusing, and shooting....and it flied away. It is always incredible how birds seem to recognize a camera only when it is targeting them!?! Continue reading...
Colours are the only comfort when autumn falls. During the whole year, there is no red like this, no yellow like this. They both have a story to tell us. The story of the seasons, the story of life, the story of their irreplaceability in supporting the life of the whole tree and its fruits. The story of their sacrifice to perpetuate life. Continue reading...
Every year, since I was a child, when I see this bird arriving, it means that autumn is falling. I heard it singing, I took the camera, I put it on the tripod and I started shooting from the window, camouflaged behind the curtains. I had just less than one minute before it felt my presence and flied away. Continue reading...