Rialto Bridge at Golden Hour | Venice

Landscape of my dreams. This is the result of five differents expositions -2ev, -1ev, 0, +1ev, +2ev merged in hdr with photoshop

Colored Houses | Ponza Island, Italy

My artistic vision of the colourful houses in "le forna"

The Dying Town | Bagnoregio, Italy

Civita was founded by Etruscans more than 2,500 years ago. It was the birthplace of Saint Bonaventure, who died in 1274. The location of his boyhood house has long since fallen off the edge of the cliff. By the 16th century, Civita was beginning to decline, becoming eclipsed by its former suburb Bagnoregio. The town is noted for its striking position atop a plateau of friable volcanic tuff overlooking the Tiber river valley. It is in constant danger of destruction as the edges of the plateau collapse due to erosion, leaving the buildings to crumble as their underlying support falls away. As of 2004, there were plans to reinforce the plateau with steel rods to prevent further geological damage. At the end of the 17th century, the bishop and the municipal government were forced to move to Bagnoregio because of a major earthquake that accelerated the old town's decline. At that time, the area was part of the Papal States. In the 19th century, Civita's location was turning into an island and the pace of the erosion quickened as the layer of clay below the stone was reached in the area where today's bridge is situated. Bagnoregio continues as a small but prosperous town, while Civita became known in Italian as il paese che muore ("the town that is dying"). Civita has only recently been experiencing a tourist revival.

Er "Cuppolone" | Rome

My artistic view of St. Peter's dome in Rome. Shooted from via N. Piccolomini.

The Blue Hour | Orta San Giulio, Italy

No doubt: Orta Lake is one of the last paradise in this world. If you are in search of inspiration, a rapid walking in this small ecosystem can open your mind, relax your body and heal your spirit. At the centre of the lake, there is a small island called "San Giulio". According to the legend, it was dominated by a big serpent that destroyed everithing. But when St. Giulio, that had the power to command over the waves, the storm, the wild animals and the human beings, arrived near the lake, waving his hand he chased away the dangerous menacing animal. He reached the Island journeying over the water on his cloack guided by his staff. The big reptile disappeared and St. Giulio, tired and near to his death, thought that the island was the right place to build his hundredth and last church dedicated to the Holy Apostles The Island of San Giulio is today a place of great misticism. Here was born on 962 William of Volpiano, during the siege to Queen Willa by Emperor Otto, King Berengario II's wife, who had taken the Island from the Bishop of Novara. The big central building was a Castle. The island was the governor 's seat that represented the bishop. On 1842 it was destroyed to build on it a seminary. Now there is a Benedictin monastery that helps giving more mistic power to a place that is by nature immersed in the silence. I reach the location after the sunset for a blue hour shot: It was a perfect chance to test the sharpness of my new zeiss 16-35 lens! I wish to specify that there weren't any color correction on the shot, this is the really out of camera result.

San Pietro at Night

Certainly one of my best hand-held night shot ever

Pantheon's magic | Rome

A detail of the main fountain

Nero's Cave | Anzio, Italy

My view of Nero's caves, in the beach under Anzio's lighthouse

Clouds Over Riomaggiore | Liguria, Italy

Riomaggiore (Rimazùu in the local Ligurian language) is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It's the most southern village of the five Cinque Terre, all connected by trail. The water and mountainside have been declared national parks. The village, dating from the early thirteenth century, is known for its historic character and its wine, produced by the town's vineyards. Riomaggiore is in the Riviera di Levante region and has shoreline on the Mediterranean's Gulf of Genoa, with a small beach and a wharf framed by tower houses.

The Last Guardian

Established in 1988, Tor Caldara Regional Natural Reserve covers about 44 ha. It lies on the Tyrrhenian coast, in the southern area of Rome and its territory belongs to the municipality of Anzio. Recently ranked as one of the Sites of European Importance, Tor Caldara is a real treasure with rare evidences of the ancient coastal forests that occupied the entire coastal area of the southern Lazio. At the end of the reserve, there is Tor Caldara's peculiar monument, the tower that gave it the name. It was built in the 17th century to defend the shore from upcoming armed landing. Nowdays, even if the original function came less, it stands still there, overlooking the lazio's shore with his outline.

Then, the sun goes down | Val di Cecina, Tuscany

This shot was taken directly at blue hour, in the field in front of Volterra, a wonderful city filled of history; the sun is just go beyond the horizon and the sky coloured himself with astonishing red tones, just like an outstanding painting. Three shots with 55mm at f 5.6, hand-held, merged in Panorama

A Bench Towards Infinity

Shooted during my recent trip in tuscany, in a marvelous B&B located in Val di Cecina

Volterra, The Blue Hour | Tuscany

Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as Velathri, to the Romans as Volaterrae, is a town and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy. I've reached the location at golden hour for a sunset shot but unexpectedly it was the following moment which proved the best: as the sun disappeared, the sky coloured himself with astonishing red tones to the delight of myself and the rest of the onlookers. This shot is a gift to my girlfriend Martina that thanks to her patience and tolerance keep supporting me in my photography's passion

My (milky)Way | Ventotene

Due to its position, Ventotene island is a place where the light pollution is very low, so, on my recent summer vacation, during san lawrence's night, I've tried to make a milky way shot: unfortunately i haven't my full lens equipment with me except my 55 1.8. There is no questions, this is a great lens but surely not the best for a star shot: at this focal lenght, the max exposure time to prevent star trails is only 9 seconds. Homevewer, the sight was really incredible: I've never seen so many stars in my life! So, I've placed my tripod, setted the iso sensibility to 10000 and focused my lens on sagittarius constellation - This is the final result.

Shadow of the Day | Ventotene Island, Italy

Ventotene, in Roman times known as Pandataria or Pandateria from the Greek Pandoteira, is one of the Pontine Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 46 kilometres (25 nmi) off the coast of Gaeta right at the border between Lazio and Campania, Italy. The island, the remains of an ancient volcano, is elongated, with a length of 3 kilometres (2 miles) and a maximum width of about 800 metres (2,625 feet). Shooted after an excursion in the west side of the island.

A Windows Over The Sea | Ventotene Island, Greece

A colorful House overlooking the Harbour

Sardinia Express | Sardinia, Italy

Captured on the binary of the ancient railway that lead to Cala Moresca. The beach of Cala Moresca is one of the most evocative and characteristic on the eastern coast of Sardinia.

Von Orta An | Orta Lake, Italy

Lake Orta, one of the smallest and least-known of northern Italy's sub-Alpine lakes, is a place for sublime moments. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who visited the lake in May 1882 and believed that the experience changed his life forever, inscribed the date "von Orta an" ("from Orta onwards") as a preface to his masterpiece Thus Spake Zarathustra. From the inquisitor: Strangely, despite such praise, Orta seems nowadays to have become rather a secret place - so secluded that many Italians have never heard of it. But to those who know its fairy-tale setting, the lake is Cenerentola (Cinderella): the beautiful, self-effacing maiden ordered to stay at home while her flashy elder sisters go to the ball. As visitors flock eastwards to the comparative fleshpots of the nearby, much larger Lake Maggiore, pretty Orta offers altogether quieter, more mystical pleasures. At the center of the lake, there is St Julius's island, home to the haunting music that greeted our arrival at the lake, encapsulates that mysticism in miniature. It houses an ancient basilica and a 19th-century seminary. The island is oval in shape, with the bell-tower of the basilica standing aloft at the sharper end of the landmass. Especially when floodlit in the evening, it looks for all the world like a mast or a look-out tower on some magical holy ship. At 1,200ft above sea level and 325ft above the lake, the Sacro Monte di San Francesco national park is simply extraordinary - a hilltop plateau laid out with 20 chapels dedicated to the life of St Francis of Assis - situated among the green forests at the top of the hill dominating Lake Orta. All the chapels are unique in design; the range of architectural styles reflecting the fact that building took place over a 200-year period. The earliest, as you might expect, are the simplest. Sacro Monte was designated a National Park in 1980. The chapels are built like a village, amid winding lanes and woods. Walkways are tucked away behind ancient hedges or meander through scatterings of wild flowers. It's nature at its loveliest and feels a world away from anywhere. Bees buzz, birds sing - but the rest is silence. And below you, green and tranquil, Lake Orta lies dreamily on her mountain bed - the sleeping princess of the fairy tale.

Fire Sunset | Lavinio, Italy

No doubt: this is one of the best sunset that I've ever seen!

Echoes of Eternity | Colosseum, Rome

The Colosseum is one of the most important and known monuments in the world: Colosseum is Rome, and Rome is Colosseum. Also known as the The "Flavian Amphitheater", it is the largest amphitheater ever built and is considered one of the greatest works of architecture and engineering. On the other hand, this place is, practically, a huge graveyard, because it was the theater of tons of clash in which thousands and thousands of men lost their life. Regarding this, I want to realize something different from the images circulating in the web; the majority of them are totally concerned about the external view - wonderful no doubt- but for this capture my idea is recreating the impressive impact and feeling that Colosseum had 2000 years ago . I wanted a shoot from the inside, at golden hour, when tourists leave the structure and there is a perfect light for an evocative shot.

Skygate | Tuscany, Italy

A sculpture of the contemporary artist Mauro Staccioli. Tuscany - SR 68, location: La Mestola. Tondo [Full circle] 2009, concrete and iron, cm Ø600x60 An enormous circle, ring-shaped and open, appear along state SR 68, on the stretch that connects Volterra to the Saline hamlet. This sign, typical of Staccioli, run along the road on the hill, underlining one of the most trodden streets outside Volterra. In the underground at the foot of the town hill, the inhabitants used to extract, with a rather bizarre technique, the so-called "white gold" from the salt-mines. Today, despite its slow decline, this road which, ever since ancient times, has served as an enormous, resourceful mine, still marks the lot of these places.

Soratte Milky Way | Italy

My second milky way shot, this time with Samyang 14mm f2.8 wide open. The sky was very clear and the milky way shone in front of my camera :D

Rialto Bridge at Night | Venice

Some years ago, when I was a young boy that has just approached photography, I made a trip in venice with my girlfriend. At the time, i had not a great equipment and my only camera was a little bridge with a compact zoom that in terms of quality is far away from the odiern reflex. Homevewer, I remember that day very well: we arrived at rialto bridge on blue hour and the last light of the day exalted the intensity of the lights, the boats and the peoples that , all togheter, created an incredibile mixture of emotions. I took my shot and even if it wasn't exactly a masterpiece of technique , i'm really attached to it. I promise myself that sooner or later i would come back there with the right equipment: four years later, I returned in this magic place to capture rialto's bridge as it deserves: This is my new shot :)

Happy New Year | Verona, Italy

Taken directly from the top of Lamberti’s Tower during the first snowfall of the year