Roberto Maggio
There are goods that are nice to own because they are useful. There are goods that are nice to own simply because they are beautiful. Then maybe they are also useful and functional, but this ...
Venice. When I started writing the text of this post I thought that even just the name "Venezia", perhaps in its English pronunciation "Venice", could be enough. Yes because, pay attention to...
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get rich? Many, I think perhaps all (apart from a few Tibetan hermits) were born and grew up with the aim of becoming, if not very rich, at least a lit...
"I smiled without realizing it, this must be how we start over". This sentence happened to me by chance, on the internet, with the same randomness that walking in a meadow we find a four-l...
“Thank you Rome, You make us live and feel again, A new person”. So Antonello Venditti sang many years ago, and what was a love song to his city then became a trans-generational anthem in the...
We broke up in 2022 with this post in which I tried to share the 10 lessons learned in 2022. With today's post, the first post of a 2023 that has just begun, I will try to share with you the ...
It is said that every year trees increase the number of rings that make up their trunk, thus becoming bigger and stronger. What about us humans? Well for us it's a little different because ev...
William James said: "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can change their lives by changing their mental attitude."We have known since the dawn of time that those who...
Have you ever heard of the Zeigarniker effect? I'm sure that to the vast majority of you this term means nothing yet it is something we all experience on a daily basis. The Zeigarniker effect...
“In life you have to take everything at once. Waiting is for losers. Those who have time don't wait for time”… And I could go on for quite a while. I have reported only some of the phrases th...
It will be due to Benedetto Croce with his "a man is what he does" (which to tell the truth we may have misunderstood), the fact is that a typical trait of modern man is his oscillation betwe...
You can't judge the life of others by not living it from within just as you can't guess the formula of a drink simply by drinking it.This sentence came to my mind the other day. I was out and...
Only those who have never visited Amsterdam can truly believe that the soul of this city is the red light district and free cannabis, two attractions that are, moreover, discontinued and whic...
I have always been fascinated by the similarities between three birds and people. There are crows who, notoriously, are those types a bit halfway between hooligans and fans of death and its s...
Dunning and Kruner Effect “Who knows does, who doesn't know teaches”, said an old proverb. Holy words, just to remain in old logisms. However, what our ancestors would never have imagined ...
I decided to give up on normality when I realized it wasn't for me. There are countless people, especially among the weakest, who desperately need to feel normal because this is an indispensa...
In praise of fear Martin Luther King said: “One day fear knocked on the door. Courage went to open and found no one. " Yep, that's right. The human soul, our entire lives to tell the truth...
Never accept advice "Be careful in accepting advice.And be patient with those who dispense them.Accept this last advice.Never accept advice .. " The song “Accept the advice” by Franco B...
About the self-steem In psychology they call it “perceived self-efficacy”, or the awareness of being (not being) able to cope with the personal and social situations that life puts before ...
Social side effects In May 2017, the Royal Society for Public Health and the Young Health movement released a report examining the effects of social media on the health of young people. Th...
Habits to be unhappy If you do a little research on the internet using keys such as "how to be happy", rest assured, you will find millions of results; then, however, you look around and a...
Pursuit of happines Every night before I fall asleep I do a mental exercise that I recommend to everyone. I take stock of the day that is ending and try to understand if they were happy, h...
Be brave, be happy "You will end up finding your way, if you first have the courage to lose yourself." T. Terzani Yes, I know what you are thinking. That you have already seen this phra...
Travels and life lessons What are the greatest lessons that travel around the world has left me in recent years? Making a summary of it is not a trivial exercise. There are many and many I...
Let it be There is a very beautiful phrase that says "Letting go means realizing that some people are part of your story, but they are not part of your destiny."Well, if I have to be hones...
The suffering of intelligence I remember an old friend of mine, one of those a little on the good side, few thoughts on his mind and a lot of good humor, to whom I kindly said, between the...
Genius and Loneliness “Sometimes I have the feeling of being alone in the world. Other times I'm sure. "CHARLES BUKOWSKI We always talk about "genius and recklessness", yet, I am becomi...
Changing own mind "Only the dead and stupid never change opinion"James Russell Lowell There is a big misunderstanding in today's society compared to the theme of the change of ideas. A ...
Love and affection " I love you "- said the Little Prince."I love you too" - answered the rose."But it's not the same thing," he replied. - «To love means to take possession of something, ...
"When I planted my pain in the field of patience, it gave me the fruit of happiness."(Khalil Gibran) Roses or tulips? If I tell you the word "love" what is the first flower that comes t...
The difficulties of loving We are in ancient Greece, that of myth to be clear. Here is Psyche (in Greek "soul"), the last of three sisters. She is beautiful, beautiful, marvelous, so perfe...
Angels and Demons Cruelty exists. For some reason that escapes me (wish thinking?) We always try to deny this reality. We think that the bad guys, the cruel ones, are only those in the mov...
Wisdom What is wisdom? Pay attention to it. Perhaps all of us, up to now, have believed (until the moment you are reading this post) that we already have in your mind a precise definition ...
Appear or to be Social networks have betrayed their initial mission. It is not something that Roberto Maggio is inventing today, but it is a deduction that "fine scholars" have arrived at,...
Manipulators "If someone tries to make you feel inappropriate, do not listen to him, because he does nothing but project onto you what he sees of himself" A. RandisiSince over time, but I ...
Forget and you will forgive “Holding back anger is like holding back a burning coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you're the one who gets burned. " Buddha There is an ...
Freedom and Destiny “It was destined to go like this”. How many times have we heard this sentence, which certainly is right in the top ten of the most repeated clichés. A misfortune happen...
The bluff “Fade into memory, I never think of youAnd every lie, every make to sufferHistory teaches usYou will payAnd I know with every awakeningYou won't be thereAnd I know so much better...
Unrequited love In this old post of mine I told you about my experience with a narcissist. Then, in all honesty, the definition that I would have associated with our story was that of a re...
The fear It's just that primitive man cheated us! Yep, that's right. Do you know how fear arises, any type of fear? It was born precisely from primitive man who, poor thing, every day in a...
Comfort zone There are two topics that go a long way in this moment between TV, press, web and social media, and they are those of "resilience" and the "comfort zone".On the first, everyth...
Present is a present “If you are depressed you are living in the past.If you are anxious, you are living in the future.If you are at peace, you are living in the present. " With these f...
Instagram At the cost of passing for the usual gruff and grumpy, I repeat, because I have been saying this for some time, that "Instagram seriously damages your health". But I will tell yo...
Photo of the month - June 2022 An Roman mantra that I often love to repeat because, I'm sure, it has its own therapeutic value, it is “Sti cazzi”. It is not the first time that I talk abou...
Paris G.K Chesterson said: “London is an enigma. Paris is the explanation ”.And indeed my last trip to Paris, I must admit, was very enlightening. I state that it was not the first time th...
Before talking about Marrakesh We Italians, and we Europeans in general, have always been used to looking at North African countries as the place of our younger brothers, the poorest, the ...
Look at your eyes Who am I, what do I want, where am I going? How many times have we heard these questions, on TV or on the internet, and how many times have we perhaps asked them to ours...
Before talking about the train There is a very nice phrase from George Bernard Show that says: “The only man with a real sensitivity I met in my life was my tailor: he took my measurements...
Why do we fall in love Taken from "When all women in the world" by Simone de Beauvoir - "Love often takes us by surprise. Only when we meet the man, the woman who satisfies our expectation...
Photo of the Month - April 2022 During the month of April, on this blog, I had chosen to dedicate my "column" photo of the month to the Holy Fest in India, a choice dictated by my precise ...
Photo London 2022 As the weeks go by, we realize more and more that life, after two years marked by the pandemic, and despite the war in Ukraine, is returning to normal. For example, this ...
The borderline personality disorder This is a photography blog but, over time, it has increasingly transformed into a personal blog in the strictest sense of the term, an open place where ...
Introduction to Impressionist Photography If you have read so far, I am not saying all, but at least most of my posts on photographic techniques you will surely have perceived how much att...
Light Painting The "Light Painting", as the name already says, is a particular photographic technique that consists in coloring dark scenarios with light to create real luminous drawings u...
Photo fo the month - March 2022 During the month of February 2022, I could not fail to choose as the photo of the month, one (in reality even more than one) shot that resumed what has been...
Introduction to sunset photography On this blog I have often focused on techniques that, indeed, can be complicated to use, not within everyone's reach. Not today. Today I'm talking about ...
Ghosters & Ghosted Ghosters & Ghosted... They call it "ghosting" … It is one of the main behavioral phenomena of today's era, and consists in the tendency, on the part of some, to ...
What is architectural photography Architecture photography (also referred to as building photography or structure photography) generally means building-centered photography. In architectur...
The torture of Tantalus Do you know the story of the torture of Tantalus? Well, if you don't know it, I'll tell you briefly now, but even if you don't know it, you can be sure that more th...
Photo of the month - February 2022 It has now been almost a year that, on this blog, I am delighted to point out what, in my opinion, is the photo of the month. These are always shots NOT ...
What is silhouette photography Silhouette photography is the technique used to create a solid and dark image of a subject on a brighter background by playing with the contrast between the ...
Definition of panoramic photo If you are really hungry for photography or you have been "hibernated" from 1990 to today and you have not seen anything of the technological evolution in thi...
What is it Smoke Art Photography What is Smoke Art Photography? It is pure art. Many times in this blog I happened to write to you how, from my point of view, today's photography represent...
Infrared photography Infrared photography, when and how to use it? In the last few posts of this blog we have learned about some well known techniques of modern photography such as motion ...
Motion blur Do you remember the first color postcards, I would say the early 80s, in which you could see American cities with the sparkling lights of cars that, in the photo, created long ...
What is the miniature effect Do you know those images, usually urban landscapes but not only, in which the subjects of the photo are seen as "small little" as if they were toys inside a pl...
In this guide, as you may have understood from the title, I will talk about high speed photography and let's start immediately by saying when this technique is used: high speed photography is...
Black and white photos: how, when and why. When it is convenient to use black and white over color So... Black and white photos: how, when and why... There are basically three reasons why ...
The best photo of 2021 As you know, every month I stop to look at the images of the salient events of that month on the web, on TV and in newspapers, and thus baptize what, on this blog, h...
Other Places... the end "We all saw the world stop between February and March 2020. Suddenly, all of humanity held its breath, metaphorically and, unfortunately, literally. I watched the n...
Canon @CES 2022 In this post of mine yesterday I told you about what were the "workhorses" of the presence of the Nikon brand at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. Today, however, as you may have gues...
Nikon @ CES 2022 It is written “CES of Las Vegas” but it reads “technology, innovation, future… in its pure state”. Also this year the event in Nevada was the venue where all the major hi-...
Introduction to the Canon EOS R3 As I have always told you and written on this blog I do not do paid reviews or in any case behind any kind of economic recognition by the manufacturers of ...
Photo of the month, November 2021 Photo of the month, November 2021... As every month I found myself in recent days choosing the photo of the month, an image that, on a collective level, ...
Nice to see you again Istanbul Nice to see you again Istanbul... “I can't tell you how long my stay in this restaurant lasted. And it is useless to tell you "how I ate" and it is not even ...
4 vintage cameras that I would still buy Take some memories, take some technology from the past. Mix them together by mixing them with ice and you will get the exact cocktail of this post ...
4 vintage cameras that I would still buy... 4 vintage cameras that I would still buy... As I happened to write several times in this blog I am lucky, but thanks to my work (not because som...
The most powerful cameras on the market With this third and last post my roundup on the most powerful cameras on the market ends. And let's conclude by getting to know three other models t...
The most powerful cameras on the market We started with yesterday's post a short, but I hope comprehensive, overview of the most powerful cameras among those on the market. We have seen th...
The most powerful cameras on the market Most powerful cameras? An old commercial said that "power is nothing" without control. Well, with the due proportions and the necessary readjustment...
Fujifilm X-T30 II As you know if you read this blog regularly, from time to time I reserve the right to analyze with you the latest leading products presented in the "high level" camera ma...
Natural Landscape Photography Awards 2021, Part 2 Natural Landscape Photography Awards 2021, Part 2.... In my post yesterday I told you about how, recently, I came across the results of th...
Natural Landscape Photography Awards 2021, Part 1 As every year, the Natural Landscape Photography Awards was held in this year 2021, a global competition in which more than 1300 professio...
The 10 rules for a perfect selfie The filter In this post I told you about Instagram filters. Well, even when it comes to taking selfies, Instagram filters can play a decisive role in t...
The 10 rules for a perfect selfie The 10 rules for a perfect selfie? Simple simple question: what is the most frequent type of photo in the year 2021? Don't think too much about it. If yo...
10 best Instagram filters We continue after the first part, our roundup on the 10 best Instagram filters… In my opinion, of course. Gingham Why use Gingham? Because you all know, or ...
The 10 best Instagram filters I've always had a passion for photography so, even 20 years ago, it wouldn't have been strange to me to know that, 20 years later, I would have had my own pho...
Photo of the month - October 2021 Photo of the month - October 2021. When I found myself thinking about what could be the best photo of the month for October 2021 I didn't have the slighte...
Why flirting on Instagram is bad for your relationship Why flirting on Instagram is bad for your relationship? In the previous post you read here, I promised to introduce you to the 5 reas...
Why flirting on Instagram is bad for your relationship Why flirting on Instagram is bad for your relationship? Perhaps it will have happened to you and your partner. If it hasn't happened ...
How to learn to not care about the judgment of others How to learn to not care about the judgment of others? If you are reading this post too it is because, very likely, you too belong to ...
Nikon Z9 vs Sony 1 Nikon Z9 vs Sony A1... Z9. No, it is not a couple to play in your next naval battle game but the product name of a brand new mirrorless launched by Nikon in the hyperur...
SQUID GAME 45.6 billion of won, or about 33 million euros. This is the prize pool of Squid Game, the TV series of the moment, brought to success by Netflix, and capable of collecting ove...
How to photograph landscapes How to photograph landscapes? Landscapes are a great classic of photography and, honestly, I don't know a single person in the world who, with a reflex camera ...
How to photograph landscapes How to photograph landscapes? In this first post I have exposed some techniques and some tricks that in my opinion will save your ability to photograph landsca...
Mamiya Leaf Credo 80MP Digital Back. Let's continue our roundup talking about the Mamiya Leaf Credo 80MP Digital Back. Compared to the other models I have talked about so far, it is the on...
The most expensive cameras in the world. The most expensive cameras in the world? I think that photography is not an economic hobby you are well aware of it too you who read me. A bit for ...
Photo of the Month - September 2021 The photo of the month of September 2021? Do you have any idea how many 1500 dolphins can be? A lot of stuff right? Well, (spoiler alert, I'll be macabr...
How to monetize own photos How to monetize photos.... In this previous post, I started talking to you about some techniques that, if used well, could allow you to monetize your passion (or...
How to monetize own photos How to monetize own photos? Many times in my blog I have allowed myself to insert suggestions on how each of you who have the patience to read me can improve you...
Photographing food with iPhone In this third mini-guide to Photographing food with iPhone we will focus on an aspect of fundamental interest, that is the one related to the aesthetic...
Photographing food with iPhone In this post I continue my mini-guide started HERE, which aims to provide some suggestions for photographing food with iPhone. In the first part I told yo...
Social Networks? In a post by some time ago that you can see here I launched my complaint to Instagram and Facebook, plus the first to be honest, a complaint in which I noted how, accordin...
Photographing food with iPhone Photographing food with iPhone? One day a friend of mine told me "Why, do you still use the iPhone to make calls?" A nice joke but that made me reflect o...
Queen of Glamour Queen of Glamour... At first it was just little Beth. One of the many mouths to feed in an orphanage from the 1950s; we learned about her introverted character crossed by ...
"The photo of the month ... Now the world in an image". The photo of the month. Today I start a series of posts that I intend to publish on a monthly basis, through which I analyze and des...
I (I know that) hate social networks. I know that it is too self-referential and perhaps not too correct from a semantic point of view to start a speech with the word "I" but … who cares. ...
The open doors Ah the open doors! My cross and delight. I have been delighting with photography for years, I believe (without fear of pride) that I have also achieved a certain expressive ...
The 5 best flashes on the market The 5 best flashes on the market… In my opinion. After giving you some tips on how to photograph in dark conditions and on the ideal lighting equipment tha...
Photos and lights, the kit to start Photos and lights, the kit to start. It is my second post related to the subject of lighting in photography and I have decided to dedicate it to the des...
Before taling about the 3 easy tips for lighting in darkness scenario.... In other posts I happened to repeat a phrase to which I am very attached or that, in the end, photography is noth...
The problem of inspiration The problem of inspiration is something that does not only concern those involved in photography but all creative arts such as music, literature, painting etc. R...
Before talking about the 4 lifestyle habits to learn to photograph...I'll explain how I came to write this post on "4 habits of life to learn to photograph". In some past posts, like this one...
Why I decided to write a post on the 5 most common mistakes in photography. Since photography is taking up more and more space in my days, also due to this blog, I happen to spend hours o...
The list of 10 football history photos How to start the list of 10 football history photosI am a "lukewarm" Roma fan. And I say this before talking about my personal list of 10 football hi...
My hands on the Fujifilm GFX 100S I want to change. I want to start my review of the Fujifilm GFX 100S starting not from the specs and performance as is normally done in photography blogs,...
The parallel lines meet according to Euclid? About 2500 years ago the good Euclid of Alexandria in Egypt told us that two parallel lines never meet. But is it really so? Attention, I...
Happy or joyfull Happy or joyfull. "And they lived happily ever after" I give you news, hold on tight. For centuries, with these tales, they made fun of us! Yes, because it is now es...
The Meteors Dear readers of my blog, I confess: I fell "again" in love. No, I am not referring to a woman, but to a place that I happened to visit recently, and that literally bewitched me...
DJI FPV drone let's start I walked around it, I poked around a lot and I was so intrigued and in the end I "fell into the trap", but a trap of the pleasant ones, mind you. Why I decided to...
The Holi Fest Holi Fest... There are 5 things every photographer should definitely shoot with their trusty camera at least once in their life. One is the Northern Lights: I told you about ...
Sentimental consumerism Have you ever heard of "sentimental consumerism"? Even if you have never heard of it, be sure that either you, or some acquaintance of yours, or both are or have be...
Nel corso della mia lunga carriera di fotografo, iniziata con la mia prima macchinetta da due lire (ed erano proprio due!) da piccolo, ho avuto la ventura e le fortuna di poter provare davver...
Leela Palace Hotel in New Delhi Before talking about Leela Palace Hotel in New Delhi. I give you some advice. Never go on vacation with me. Joke, but not that much. Yes, because I recogniz...
Garden 1897 Restaurant in Istanbul Garden 1897 Restaurant in Istanbul. As you know, or as you may have guessed by reading the pages of this blog, in my various "forays" around the world I ...
The cats of Istanbul The cats of Istanbul... A Turkish saying goes: “If you have killed a cat you have to build a mosque to be forgiven“. This phrase, so curious, but also so emblematic...
The best websites to find images and photos Why to talk about best websites to find images and photos?. You have started your professional activity, created your website, blog or e-commerc...
The sacred cows, a bit of history In India, cows are sacred for their generosity: they give milk to everyone, feeding not only their own children, but also those of the whole planet.Consid...
Organize a photo shoot: premise How to organize a photo shoot... There is a photo shoot if there is a journey, internal or external, to remember. Every trip exists three times, When ...
Photograph the aurora: the camera To understand which camera is best for photographing the aurora, it is essential to know what we need to do. When photographing at night it is necessa...
Intro Slowly dieswho’s slave of habits,following every day the same paths,who doesn’t change gear,who doesn’t riskand who doesn’t change the colour of her clothes,who doesn’t speak with un...
The sacred cows in India Let's talk about the sacred cows in India. For most of the Indian population, the cow is considered a sacred animal. In Hindu mythology, the animal was depicted as...
From analog to digital photography. From analog to digital photography... The change. Imagine this scene. You are on vacation and you decide to take a picture with all your friends, ...
Other Places, a project in a story A story very far from the “due” media narrative in these months of pandemics. A collection of shots through which I want to share what my eyes have seen ...
Artistic photography “There is no artistic photography.In photography there are, as in all things, people who know how to see and others who can't even look ". So wrote Nadar, photograp...
Man and nature To mend nature means, in my opinion, first of all mending the relationship that binds us to it, the relationship between man and nature. In the last century, in correspon...
Life as a photographer and passion I drop everything and leave … how many times have we told each other? Maybe to quit your job and start a life as a photographer. The reality, in hinds...
Instagram seriously harms your health... How to use social media without being used by social media. Instagram seriously harms your health...? Every morning an Instagrammer wakes up and kn...
Coming home means being everywhere Home and House. Coming home means being everywhere? The British have been able to pay particular attention to the nuance between home and home. I h...
It will all be fine? It will all be fine? How to create a new human capital now? It may well be that "everything will be fine", but the fact remains that evil is irrational. It affects ever...
The Northern Lights effect on me. Before talking about the Northern Lights. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a very confident person. It is not presumption, but simply a strong sense of...
The Fog in Dubai ??? I know that at first glance the words "Dubai" and "fog" should never be in the same sentence and yet, and I quote here the legendary Modugno "it's true, believe me it happ...
Introduction to Bleisure So.. Bleisure... According to the dominant thought in the Italian peninsula (and beyond), work must necessarily be associated with fatigue, sacrifice, and the endu...
How many times have you gone out to shoot but do not remember how to set up the camera or would you like to know how to carry out a particular case and have left all the teaching material at ...
Introduction We always hear about Tilt & Shift lenses but few use it because it is a lens dedicated to architectural and interior photos and, last but not least, it is a very expen...
Intro to Vertorama You will certainly know the word Panorama, you will find it in the vocabularies and most likely you will have already experienced this photographic technique and therefo...
The pearls of Dubai Today I want to tell you about Dubai pearls. In Dubai it is not "only" gold that glitters. We all know Dubai, either for having visited it or for having seen it in the ...
Covid 19 Thus began the sadly famous Angela of Mondello, who went to the news for having launched the denier catchphrase on Covid 19. And instead Covid is there, and how if it is there ...
Può un'immagine essera "silenziosa"? Non prendetemi per matto, lo so che "per definizione" tutte le immagini nascono e rimangono mute; d'altronde è proprio l'assenza di suono (e di movimen...
INTRODUCTION TO THE FUJIFILM GFX 50S I decided to do this review of the Fujifilm GFX 50S because I think it is one of the best machines in its class. It is a practical camera, which packs ...
Che facciamo a Natale? Ogni anno, per Natale, ci poniamo sempre la stessa domanda: che facciamo? dove andiamo? La risposta pero’ e’ sempre la stessa: Dubai! Sara’ per il clima, sara’ per l...
Tanto, troppo da vedere "Tanta roba". E' questa la frase con cui tenderei a riassumere la mia esperienza in Cina. Ma al di là dell'indiscutibile mole di cose che è possibile vedere in ques...
Preludio Ricordo che prima di partire per Singapore mi aspettavo di trovare al mio arrivo quella che ho visto come la città simbolo della modernità. Sarà forse per deformazione profess...
Il primo impatto Un ricordo netto che ho del mio arrivo sull'atollo delle Maldive che mi avrebbe ospitato di lì e per alcuni giorni è il seguente: vedevo le palme dell'atollo (curiosità, u...
La Grande Mela La Grande Mela, la Città che non dorme mai, il Centro del Mondo... Per me è semplicemente New York, l'unica città in cui ci si sente a casa anche se si è arrivati da appena...
Introduzione Sorpresa, magia e colori. Sono queste le tre parole che meglio di tutte descrivono la mia esperienza ad Abu Dhabi, ed in questo piccolo articolo proverò a spiegarne il motivo....
