Weightless
May 21, 2013
well, not really but looks like.
8 years and counting
May 20, 2013
It’s since the first year I have a DSLR that I wanted to take a picture to a spider web.
Each time I found it too late or in the wrong place or it was just me completely unable to figure out how to take that picture
Yesterday, finally I got closer to the wanted result…but just closer.
I didn’t get the picture I am looking for yet, but I can say I am happy for the result.
Now, let’s just go ahead.
A day at the country house
May 19, 2013
The day started in total grayness, but during lunch time a strong wind blew away that kind of huge cloud that embraced Catania and whole mt. Etna (at least the side facing Catania).
It almost cleared the whole sky letting us to spend at least a lovely afternoon.
Well, all this reminded me what kind of tiring fun is to take pictures of ladybugs (or butterflies) when it’s windy.
Red lily time
May 17, 2013
Evidently the flower of a few post ago wasn’t the last one, yesterday bloomed the red lilies… after years we had a lilies plant.
Mocking events
Another personal little thought about taking pictures with smartphones
May 16, 2013
Symmetries in town – ©photonmessage.com -
It’s taken with a smartphone (Galaxy Samsung Nexus), but sometimes I get nice results with just that too.
I can’t enjoy Instagram filters (not using any of them) but it’s still a good way to publish a shot quickly.
I keep on thinking “no, I’ll never give up my DSLR”.
As well as I keep wondering if the temptation to over edit the pictures is directly proportional to the lack of “pleasure” for taking a picture with a smartphone…
it’s fun, it can be even pleasant sometime, but not THAT soul-feeding.
My favorite model, indeed
May 15, 2013
She is good-looking
but I still have a lot to learn about taking pictures.
Different people, different reaction
May 14, 2013
It’s good for a photographer, or a pseudo-photographer, to have good-looking friends who don’t mind playing the model role.
Better if they actually enjoy it to the point to suggest possible pictures.
I have to say (or confess?) that the pictures-request-moment is one of those moment when I figure out if someone consider me as a “tool” or as a friend with whom it’s nice to spend time being creative.
It’s even better if these friends are crazy enough to walk through a public park with their great grandmother’s umbrella as it is the most beautiful and old fashionable umbrella in the world.
I’m not a real photographer, they are not real models and nowadays it’s common that young people “pose” for funny pictures. I know this.
But please, see what’s beyond the appearance: the passion that generally was a reason (for me) to be pushed away now it’s just another way to enjoy time with some friends.
Pulzella (the girl on the left) commented the picture saying: Funny, we look like two opposite world. Him is like “I am so beautiful, I can be a photographic model”. She is like “tralalla what a beautiful day it is”.
Just a nice brother and his sister enjoying time with friends.
Money can’t buy happiness (and friendship)
May 13, 2013
Yesterday the webmaster turned 30 years old and I felt terrible old.
Why me? Because I’m not that younger than him…and well…it’s not a mystery I still have to get my BA.
To increase my “feeling old” sensation…yesterday I went to the 18th birthday of Marina’s youngest kid.
So, yesterday, while my boyfriend turned 30 away from Sicily because he had to move to North Italy to work I was at a party where most of the people there were 18yo around or younger.
It was a good occasion to feel “out of place”.
It wasn’t so.
Do you know the saying “money can’t buy happiness”?
Yesterday it was 100% clear.
Yes, money help but… these people spending very little had been able to organize a simple, crazy but lovely party where I think everyone had fun, felt welcome and loved.
Weather helped giving us a nice day, a day that was nice enough to have an amazing view on Catania gulf and… for me, to get a sunburn.
I am glad I met these guys
Why the umbrella?
Long story, for another post, maybe.
NYC Jan 2013: the old joke
May 12, 2013
One of the things I thought during my first walk through Manhattan streets was an old joke told in my family.
It’s not sure if the one who used to tell the joke was my grandpa (a lawyer but definitely not a boring one) or his father in law (my great grandpa, the only one from north Italy, who was a professional photographer)…
The joke was about a guy who was starring at the skyscrapers and when asked what he was doing, he answered he was waiting for the buildings to activate. Activate what?. The motion to scratch the sky.
Well…actually some skyscrapers seemed placed there to comfort itchy skies.
And of course I wondered if grandpa or great grandpa or both laughed out loud when I took this picture thinking about all this.
It was amusing to think of them even if no one of the two has ever seen a skyscraper in his life (for what I know)
