On this page, you will find the photos I published here on the blog.
Photography has always been one of my passions. I collect, repair, and sometimes build film cameras.
I started taking photos when I was 8, with the Olympus Pen EES-2 that my mother brought back from a journey in Japan.
I shoot both digital and films. When I use films, my favorite formats are:
35mm, 120 (both in 6×6 and in 6×4.5 formats), 4×5, Instant (Instax Mini, Wide, Square – Polaroid 600, SX70).
Some of the cameras I like most to shoot with are:
- Agfa Isolette II
- Belomo Agat 18K
- KMZ Moskva 5
- Lubitel 166 Universal
- Nikon FM, Nikon FA, Nikon FG 20, Nikon F601, Nikon F70, Nikon F801, Nikon F90X
- Minolta SR-T 101, Minolta XD-7, Minolta X-700, Minolta Dynax 7
- Olympus Pen, Olympus Om-1
- Praktica BX20, Praktica B100, Praktica B200, Praktica BCA
- Rollei 35, Rollei B35, Rolleicord, Rolleiflex
- Yashica FX3
- Super Ikonta B 532/16
- Zenit E, Zenit EM, Zenit 11, Zenit 12, Zenit TTL
- Zenza Bronica SQ-B
I develop and print most of my own films, at home.
You can find my photos also on Youpic.
One of my past projects was the attempt to create a camera with interchangeable film and digital backs. The project is actually on hold, waiting for proper financing.
Photography Of The Day – Water of Leith
I always liked this building on the Embankment of the final part of Water of Leith.
Photography Of The Day – The Lamppost
I took this photo using a pinhole lens. I am quite satisfied with the result, and yiu, how do you like it?
Photography Of The Day – Pinhole Lens Test
This photo is a Pinhole Lens Test, using the Scottish Winter Sunset Light, which is amazingly good. Shot with a Nikon FM camera, with Kodak Gold 200 film, then home developed and digitally scanned by me.
Zenit Video Reel
A 1971 Zenit-E I have cleaned, lubricated, and adjusted, happy to take some nice photos again. Agfa 100 APX film, home developed and digitally scanned by me.
Photography Of The Day – The Fernmeldeturm pointing to the Moon
Nuremberg calling Moon, over. Moon, do you copy?
Agfa Parat-I test reel
After performing a 3 hours full CLA (Cleaning, Lubricating, and Adjusting) this Half-Frame Agfa Parat-I (1965-ish) is now doing again what it is supposed to do, taking great shots. I used an expired Agfa 100 APX film, developed at home and then digitally scanned. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiXChkqgcKf/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
Photography Of The Day – The Tree
I was immediately impressed by the boldness of this tree, standing tall just in the middle of the road. I had to take a photo!
Photography Of The Day – The Red Cat
Cats always come to me (well, every other animal does, to be honest … I should be a sort of magnet for them). This one offered himself as my model for the session.
Photography Of The Day – The Royal Mile from the Castle Esplanade
Did I ever tell you that I love Scotland and I still miss it every day?
Photography Of The Day – The Shadows
I have always loved the way shadows play with light, and Scotland, especially in winter, offers a wide variety of opportunities to see it.
Photography Of The Day – Basilica of San Bernardino, L’Aquila
The church was built, with the adjacent cloister, between 1454 and 1472. The corpse of St. Bernardino da Siena is guarded inside the church in a mausoleum and it was declared a Basilica Minor in May 1946 by Pope Pius XII. The huge earthquake that struck L’Aquila in April 2009 seriously damaged the apse and the bell…
Photography Of The Day – Huginn and Muninn during our daily meeting
These are Huginn and Muninn, the oldest crows of their murder. They introduced us to all the members of their family and their murder. They come every day to meet us and sit in front of the window of our attic, often bringing us some gifts they find and collect during their errands. I love…
World Photography Day 2022
Today is 2022 World Photography Day. We, lovers of photography, celebrate today the art, language, craft, science, and history of photography. We all (or at least, all the people who love taking photographs I have spoken with) love framing the image, describing a story with it, hearing the click of the camera (or the impressive,…
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