Digital photography

Digital SLR Cameras for Photographing Italy

The Best Selling Nikon D7000 Digital SLR

Italy is incredibly photogenic, and really is a photographer's delight. This is something I know about being a keen amateur photographer myself. However, if you want a camera to create really memorable photographs of Italy from which you can create framed prints to hang on your wall, you could do … [Read more...]

Meeting a Paparazzo

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My good friend Ciro invited me to a little get together at his new pad just before Christmas, and I had a very good time too. I also met Ciro's cousin, who happens to be a real life paparazzo.The term 'paparazzi' was coined in Italy, as you may well know.  These photographers, for that's … [Read more...]

Di’s Great Photo Giveaway

Photographer Di, whose work I love, is having a little photo themed prize draw.  All you need to do to get 2 of her photographs, enlarged and printed up to 30x45cms in size and mailed to you, where ever you are in the world, is to visit her site and leave a comment.  The prize draw is Sunday 11th … [Read more...]

Snowy, snowier

Parco Sempione Snow, Milan, Italy

Today is the snowiest I've seen Milan for a good few years.  Yesterday Milan was covered in snow, today it's got a snow duvet over it.  The silence is golden, but many will not be overly happy seeing as this is their first day back to work since the beginning of the Christmas break.Our son … [Read more...]

Urban Love

Urban Love

This is a photo I took this morning. The champagne bottle with rose and glass had been abandoned just around the corner from my house here in Milan.I could not resist, so I popped back with my camera to immortalise this morning-after scene of urban love, even if the abandoned rose might mean … [Read more...]