How to play with Bokeh and depth of field

2010 Feb - 7 |

Category: Cameras/Lenses, Howto

The term bokeh is the effect associated to a blurred background and a perfect sharp subject. Our vision is like a fast prime lens. We focus on subjects all around us[...]

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Super Takumar 55mm Pentax lens

2010 Jan - 31 |

Category: Cameras/Lenses, Review

Super Takumar 55mm, an old amazing and perfect lens. I’m having great moments with it. Check the results of suck an old piece of art[...]

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What do you need to shot portraits in any place, howto #1

2010 Jan - 30 |

Category: Howto

Portraits is one of the most extensive fields in photography because it’s the direct interaction with a very difficult thing. The thing we want to shot is a living entity and it doesn’t follow a natural instinct pattern. That thing is[...]

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How to develop the photographer eye #1 – Composition

2010 Jan - 23 |

Category: Howto

This is the first of a series of posts to learn how to develop the eye to take photographs. There is no technical explanation to understand this. It’s like “how to understand art” or “how to understand beauty” It’s personal, subjective and any[...]

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Golden rules of photography

2010 Jan - 23 |

Category: Tutorial

I don’t like to talk about “rules”. I prefer to call it just advices. In fact following rules in photography means don’t understand anything of[...]

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Fighting the wind

2010 Jan - 21 |

Category: Black & White, Photowalk

Myself fighting the wind with my bicycle, near Odaiba (Tokyo) [...]

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Ashe photoshot

2010 Jan - 19 |

Category: Models, Post Processing

Funny and full of life photoshot with Ashe[...]

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Some night shots with the Canon G11

2010 Jan - 14 |

Category: Cameras/Lenses, Photowalk

A couple of shots of a night ride with my bicycle and the Canon G11[...]

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iPhone photography, why so popular?

2010 Jan - 12 |

Category: Cameras/Lenses, Opinion

Why iPhone photography is getting so popular? The iPhone camera is a crap, but it calls back for creativity with simple tools. Let’s go back and see[...]

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Seijin Shiki + Dannychoo + a day in Shibuya

2010 Jan - 12 |

Category: Events, Photowalk

Seijin Shiki Coming of Age Day (成人の日) is a celebration for young ladies and gentlemen, for the day that they become “adults”. On that day we also have a photowalk with Danny, the Tokyo Stormtrooper[...]

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Why did I choose Flickr?

2010 Jan - 8 |

Category: Blogging, Opinion

Flickr hosts all my photography work and I want to explain why did I choose Flickr and why do I recommend it to professional and amateur photographers[...]

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Pentax K-X review

2010 Jan - 6 |

Category: Cameras/Lenses, Review

Pentax really shocked me this time. I’m really happy with this camera, it’s amazing, indeed. I would have never imagined that for such a cheap price I could have such a great camera. Of course it has bad things too, but almost none of those things[...]

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Selected as one of the best pictures in 2009 at Flickr Blog

2010 Jan - 3 |

Category: Black & White, Contests, News

Picture selected as one of the best pictures in 2009 under the category “rain” in Flickr’s Blog

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Tokyo Beer & Blog

2010 Jan - 3 |

Category: Events

First Tokyo Beer & Blog of 2010, great night, nice people and good stuff with few beers :)

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Canon G11 Review and Pictures

2010 Jan - 2 |

Category: Cameras/Lenses, Review

Review of the Canon G11, a wonderful camera for pro and amateur. This camera can make your life easy and maintain a good balance between a compact toy camera and a high end pro[...]

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