After spending the month of December in the forests and tree-lined parks, it's time for COLOR!
For the month of January I propose the beautiful murals of San Francisco and the Bay Area as a backdrop for the new photos.
Read MoreTrees, woods and goblins - Fun Family Photo-Session
Here I present to you a beautiful family who have loved having my photograph taken for years!
Read MoreDiscoveries that become important
I'm at a park in the Berkeley Marina for a family photo session. I photographer and walking. I take pictures. I ask for smiles. It is a beautiful sunny day. Everything looks normal and fun.
Attached to a tree we find pots: what a strange installation! It turns out to be great fun for taking pictures of children who suddenly light up!
Behind a bush a strange shadow. It’s a sculture. We walk again. What a curious place. Now it becomes a game to find out what this park is hiding!
We find a great gold frame and it becomes the excuse for more beautiful photos!
Read MoreThe Pandemic Idea of Donato Restaurant Group
With the pandemic, restaurants have had to re-invent themselves and Donato has extracted this amazing idea from his hat: Cooking Classes & Wine Tasting.
As a photographer and videographer of the Donato Restaurant Group I have been invited to all of them and I must admit that they are not only well prepared but also super fun!
This work becomes more interesting every day and now I too can make an excellent Carbonara.
This is the link to the classes if you want to see what it is and learn the tricks of Italian cuisine from two excellent chefs: https://donatoonlinestore.com/collections/cooking-wine-tasting-virtual-classes
Read MoreScavino Wine Dinner
Photographing a special event is always an immense pleasure. This evening at Donato Enoteca the customers tasted an exceptional wine and its perfume spread throughout the room. Excellent wine paired by a menu created for this night by Chef Donato and Chef Gianluca.
Read MoreNew Menu at Donato & Co.
It is interesting to photograph the new dishes included in a menu. The new colors, the new perfumes, the arrival of the first heat and the new raw materials available, all help to create new interesting dishes. Chef Gianluca in this is a true master! Look!
Read MoreThe aperitif is an important thing for Italian people!
Today I used a soft, beautiful bokeh in this images of cocktails. [Bokeh is the out-of-focus area on an image with shallow depth of field.]
The effect is like a backdrop for my focal point. It allows the viewer to focus on the most important part of my photo, the drink, and makes the subject pop!
Cosa ne pensi? Funziona?
Read MoreDolci dolcezze
“To take good photos at the desserts I need to know its taste because the trick is to photograph their perfume and their goodness!!!”
Try it yourself: sometimes you can convince the chef! :)
Read More"Future batteries"
Photographing an interesting event about "Future batteries".
Greenest batteries for small devices, IoT and wearables.
With THX Design Group Italia & BlueThink
Read MoreExterior photos - What if it rains?
A beautiful bar to photograph but it's raining. What do we do? Let's wait? Do we postpone the photo shooting? They put rain for 10 days. We have to photograph today. I wait for the sun to come back because the forecasts say that today there will be the sun!
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Ritrarre uno sguardo, un'espressione, un istante!
Ritrarre uno sguardo, un'espressione, un istante!
Read MoreGlass and light on a sunny day!
Adoro giocare col vetro e con la luce; con i sapori ed i colori. Adoro fotografare nelle giornate di sole circondata da persone splendide!
Read MoreI introduce you to Virginia
Virginia Iris McVeigh is the bartender at Terun Pizzeria - Palo Alto. She smiles as she shows me how to prepare some of her new cocktails. Professional and precise. Slight and a little shy.
Read MoreChef Gianluca Guglielmi at Donato&Co.
A new menu is born! They need new photos! Chef Gianluca works fast to show me his new dishes. His passion for food makes me fall in love with every dish. Here you can see some of his creations!
In Berkeley it has been raining for days, but inside this restaurant it is pleasantly worm.
In order not to disturb customers, I choose a corner near the window where I place my portable photo studio but then I can never stand in a corner!!!
Read MoreDark and Moody Food Photography
Today I photographed the new menu created by Chef Gianluca Guglielmi for Donato & Co - Berkeley. For these photos I wanted to create a melancholy appeal. I wanted to realize images that make you feel like you are inside an Italian trattoria. You are sitting at a table and the chef comes to drink a glass of red wine with you. Listen to Italian music together and talk while you savor his new dishes.
The rainy day has certainly helped create this particular mood!
This type of photography has several names - Dark and Moody or Chiaroscuro.
I thank Klo who has kindly posed on this beautiful Californian rainy day.
Read MoreCENTO Osteria - San Francisco Italian Restaurant
It's time for new photos even at CENTO Osteria. A new menu, full of Italian delicacies, is ready! Pizza, pasta, panini, charcuterie and more!
Below only some shots.
Read MoreWine tasting with a taste of home!
An evening with Jacopo di Battista and the wines of Querceto di Castellina plus the Tuscany menu prepared by Chef and owner Donato Scotti.
Located between the towns of Castellina and Radda in Chianti, the Querceto di Castellina make some of the best Tuscan wines today.
Read MoreSMILE!
There is nothing more beautiful than a child's smile!
Siamo solo noi!
I rarely show photos of my clients, but this time the subjects are also a dear friends, I will make an exception! During a dramatic day, where the ash caused by the fires beyond the bay obscured the sky and the very few people in the street wore masks, the amazing friend and beautiful kids posed for me!
“A giro siamo solo noi!” - Only the four of us around!!!
Read MoreItalian Food at VINA Enoteca
Today, I photographed dishes showing love for raw materials and composition. VINA Enoteca - Palo Alto
Anche l’occhio vuole la sua parte!
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