Creating your pictures with repeating elements or patterns provides picture unity and structure. Pattern repetition creates rhythm and the eyes really enjoy following it and all of this lines, shapes, tones or colors can create very interesting images. The key is to zoom-in close enough that the pattern fills almost the frame and makes the repetition very constant (although maybe the repetition stops just outside your...

It was a long time ago, in particular August 2002, and the location was a road inside a forest in the Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State. Just imagine a romantic cabin with a big fireplace at the entrance of the park and in the morning the scent of the forest and a deer to greet you at breakfast time... What an amazing experience! This memory, as well as many of the trips I made ​​around the world, will forever remain...

My Olympus E-PL2 is a marvelous toy and with the proper adapter, it allows the use of many "vintage" Olympus OM lenses. These lenses can be mounted on the E-PL2 with the optional MF-2 OM Adapter. Therefore, their use has some restrictions such as: no autofocus, spot metering does not work properly (stop-down metering is used), aperture display in the M (Manual) shooting mode is not available and probably some more. Despite...

I've always wondered what my dog thinks over the day. I firmly believe that our four-legged friends can understand the thoughts of their owner and can experience feelings and moods just like us. My dog tests different moods throughout the day, from morning when I go to work until the evening when I come back. Obviously the character is shaped by the education received, as well as humans, and so like us, are more or less sensitive...

Tech data: Canon EOS 5D, Canon 17-40 mm f/4 LB+W ND110 filter, tripod  Location: Lerici, La Spezia There are colorful and dynamic sunsets with clouds always in motion which the only thing you do is comtemplating; there are others in which everything is still, no wind on the horizon and you'll wait for the incoming darkness alone with your thoughts. "Stillness" is the new photo of the month on my website and belongs...