I see photography as an "Artistic Expression".
For me the camera is like a brush or a pencil,
and I portray what I see the way I see it.
my photography represents a cross-over between
a photograph and a painting.
My composition is based not just on the subject itself,
but mainly on the negative spaces that form the image,
following the Japanese esthetic concept of:
"ma"
(the space in between)
I mainly shoot woodland scenes, as I find fascinating the search and development of a simple but unique image extracted from a very challenging environment, so difficult that my camera very often doesn't even come out of the bag.
ninety percent of my images get taken during rainy days when the atmosphere is most inducing to my style.
I find the sound of the woodlands in these conditions an essential element to convey the attention to a specific view.
"I'm still pondering what is more important between light and composition".
My post-process is based on a painterly style, using mainly subtle local adjustments with emphasis on the light and shade, color contrast, and a special tri-dimensional process that I manually apply in Photoshop to take the image and its details back as I saw them in the first place.
I've always been attracted to photography but not had the chance of going into it due to my work commitments. However, this was for me a "covid life stumble" and in 2020 I bought my first camera, and I soon fell in love with woodland photography.
Since then I changed 5 cameras and more lenses than I care to remember, but the technical side of photography is a bit of a journey.
My gear approach is now very minimalistic, I have settled for a "Nikon Z7 ii" camera, a "Nikon Z 24-120mm", and a "Sigma 100-400mm" as I never shoot wider than 24mm.
I also enjoy to customise some of my accessories, like my unique gear head and a hand made support for my 100 to 400mm lens.
"It is not what you point the camera at, it is what you see".
