Photography and Stories

[segue versione italiana] In the last week or so I had many a great conversation on Instagram about Instagram itself, slow living, mindfulness and so on. Every discussion made an impact on me and made me think even more than I was already doing. I found some answers to what I was asking to myself,…

[segue versione italiana] The other week I told you about how happy I become when someone comments on my pictures, on how calming and soothing they can be. I try to live a life with intention and mindfulness, and I also live a life where I can become very anxious and have anxiety attacks. This…

When my brain and my head can’t go any further, I take 10/15 minutes and sit outside on my balcony. A cup of tea or coffee, some paper, a letter to write (this one is for a lovely patron) and I give my mind the space it needs. Of course, if you are living my…

In the past few months my reading habits have slowed down very much. I think it’s a combination of books that aren’t right for me plus my mind is elsewhere. But I managed to read something and I fell in love with a couple of books. Aristotele and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,…

Hello June, here we are. You are a strange month to me. You are in the middle of the year, I always feel like something is ending and something new is starting. I don’t always like you. You are the beginning of Summer and Summer is not my season, at all. In the end you…

I look at the tones of pictures every day, checking my Instagram feed, going through Pinterest, reading blogs, viewing what’s new on Unsplash. I also do it for work, sure, but mostly because I like looking at beautiful pictures, feeling inspired and having new ideas to try. On Pinterest, one of the boards that I look…

It happens to everyone: one day you wake up and you can’t find any creative inspiration. My work is about two things: making with my hands and creating with my mind. I took outside my old, ruined and wobbly wooden little table, I cleaned it, I placed the computer on it, I poured a glass…

The other week a couple of things happened that weren’t good news for my work. Nothing major, but they weren’t good news either. I acknowledged them, I was relatively sad for a couple of minutes and then I went on with my day and tasks. After a few hours it hit me how I responded…

I did it: I started and finished a series, yehh. You may think that this is a small thing and nothing major, but for me, as I usually am really good at starting something without ever finishing it, this last post is something big. In the future I think i will do more posts like…

Post number three in my Instagram series. Last week I shared with you my tools and how I edit my pictures. Today I want to tell you about how I take my pictures; there are two or three scenarios. Travel This one is quite obvious, when I travel, or when I’m going around in some…

Last week I started a little series of posts about Instagram. Today I want to talk to you about how I take my pictures, what I use and how I edit. Tools I phone 5S: for quite some time I used my Iphone 5S to take pictures, edit them and all. I was very happy about…

The things I love about Instagram many and there also are many things I want to tell you about it and some tips I learnt along the way. I’m not an expert and you don’t have to expect to find, in these series of posts, some secrets about my beloved social media, mostly because I…