15th December 2006

It was my last high school year and the “7th month” I had my new DSRL camera

That day I went with school to a local museum about WWII. If I’m not wrong it is mainly focused on American Army landing in Sicily, but it talks about that period in general too. It was pretty interesting.

After the visit I had a little walk with 5-6 classmate who were going home alone, and my father came to pick me and bring me back home.
I asked him if he could brought me to seafront before coming back home. I love the sea 

The sea that day was amazing, a little rough, or “angry” as we say here… But I finally had the chance to get this:

I had always found fascinating the way the sea splash against the coast when it’s rough. Not too rough, but rough enough to do nice water games.

I had to take some pictures before getting this, for some weird reason I was unable to coordinate my click with the splash.

I’ll always remember the way I isolated from the rest of the world, the way I focused only on wind and waves trying to let them “virtually” rock me. I wanted to understand them.

That’s one of the reason that make me love photography.

While taking pictures happens that you’ve to 100% focus on your subject. You’ve to do your best to understand it.

And… even if you’re 100% alone almost each time you take a picture, you never feel lonely or gloomy as you might feel in  group of people not talking with you.

Sea, flowers and everything you can take a picture of doesn’t care if you’re an amazing person or not… it’s all there, for you too.
All the world ask you only to be humble enough to focus on it.

I hope I’ll soon be able to get a similar shot from a more frontal perspective and who knows, now, after 4years I’m probably a little better photographer and I’ll be able to show the “angry” sea in a better way.