Instagram is transitioning from being a photo based community to being a global marketing platform. They always shifted their focus in a way or another: it started with snapshots taken with the phone and it then embraced photos taken with other cameras: I remember the drama –– purists wanted Instagram to be used only for… Continue reading Online photography communities
Dust in the Ricoh GR II & my opinion about the GR IIIx
A couple of weeks ago I was shooting some editorial for a brand. The owners became fans of the Ricoh GR after I used it for some of their photos, so they let me know they would enjoy for it to be used whenever possible. That would have been a pleasure as usual, if I… Continue reading Dust in the Ricoh GR II & my opinion about the GR IIIx
Which future for Olympus and Micro Four Thirds?
Note: I wrote this article in Junuary 2021 but I didn’t publish it until now. It is virtually unchanged apart from some minor edits reflecting recent events. It started as an opinion piece about Olympus and in the end it touched the whole m43 system. I removed a very long analysis of sensors tech, which… Continue reading Which future for Olympus and Micro Four Thirds?
Shooting lifestyle and fashion with the Ricoh GR
In this post I will talk of my experience shooting for a client using only the Ricoh GR II camera. This article covers the first shooting session and why I decided to shoot with the Ricoh GR II. Crime London is a succesfull contemporary Italian fashion brand focused on sneakers design. Their shoes and accessories… Continue reading Shooting lifestyle and fashion with the Ricoh GR
A few more words about the Ricoh GR III
As you may know from my previous post, I didn’t exactly enjoy the GR III, and I ended up sending it back — all this while being enamoured with the GR II and using it for pleasure and for job since many years, as narrated in this other post. In last months I kept noticing… Continue reading A few more words about the Ricoh GR III
About mirrorless cameras
I started shooting photos long ago — my first camera was a Rolleiflex SL35 ME my parents had collecting dust in a closet. I have few memories of it, and no photos to prove my messing around with it. As a teenager I moved to a compact film Olympus mju2, and from there to a… Continue reading About mirrorless cameras