One of the key things I have personally understood of photography is that you have to have a certain set of skills. This list is not unique, everything depends by what are your targets in the field. Do you want to be a photojournalist, or do you want to focus on the fashion field? Are [...]
Forecast for the next days in London is good. We should have a warm, sunny weekend and I cannot be more happy about it. These weeks are extremely busy and having the help of the sun is something I am really looking forward to.
Wedding preparations aside, they are almost completed, I am following many things. [...]
Time is tyrant and I have seen that the last part of this winter had reserved me not enough time to go out with my camera. I am not so ready to capture the moment, still I need some time to get used to photographing people walking close to me or framing well or finding [...]
Back to my film shoots. I have to admit that I love the result I had with my first two rolls and I am going to keep using it, maybe just to remind me that composition is important, that before releasing the shutter you have to wait one second more, you have to think.
In these [...]
When you live in the city the tempo of your day is fast. 120 heartbeat a minute, fast paced walk, a cigarette half smoked half left on the pavement. This is the time, a smile, few minutes of small talk and then back to work. Time flies, you follow. Buses packed, crowded street, just the [...]
Asphalt and Sweat, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Few days ago I walked out of my door and I have found that the road was closed. They were asphalting it. It was a moment. I suddenly stopped, I grabbed my camera and I shoot them. The guy on the left side of the photo smiled at [...]
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Is it desperation?, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
When I saw her expression I was puzzled. She had a few words with the Incident Commander and then she headed away from the location. She seemed to have an air of desperation, even though nothing serious happened.
I hope she was just [...]
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Contraddictions, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Fire brigade was in action today in Old Bond street, where black smoke came out from a shaft. There were no fire and the atmosphere was quite relaxed amongst the firefighters. A man near me have his office in the same place and told [...]
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Higlighting the Pride, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
The air of joy and fun was great during the London Pride. We watched the parade in a good spot in Oxford Street, then we followed the celebrations throughout Soho. The weather blessed the Pride and even if some clouds covered the [...]
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Noir, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Imagine one of those old films. The heroes (as always half heroes half villain) thinking. The narrator voice telling about his dreadful life, his hard past and his struggling present. In his mouth a cigarette, lit every moment of the day, giving him that [...]
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