Matteo Franchi

  • The desire for creation

    The desire for creation

    There is one thing I’ve noticed since I started making photographs: after each set, I immediately feel the urge to plan a new one. This is weird because photography has never been in my life until I started it, nearly 10 years ago (at the moment I’m writing this article). I thought the passion for…

  • Unpublished #2

    Unpublished #2

    Here we go with another series of unpublished pictures. This time I bring you back to a set I organised in 2019 with my dear friend Jessica.It was pretty hard to find a suitable location for this. Smoke is not allowed everywhere so we needed to spot a place to spread it without risking being fined…

  • The reasons I started a newsletter in English

    The reasons I started a newsletter in English

    It may seem a silly topic to discuss, however, I thought it’s worth spending a few words about it. I’m Italian, and, in my experience, a lot of us find it pretty difficult to communicate in English.So, have I gone crazy, especially considering that driving the right content properly is the key to being successful…

  • Inside the Photo #2

    Inside the Photo #2

    Talking with Sayed Abdullah El Huseini This month’s appointment with Inside the Photo is a nice talk with my friend Sayed. A nice pal I’ve been following for quite some time now on many different platforms. Hi, I’m Sayed Abdullah El Huseini, from Malaysia. I’m photographer, my genre is portraiture. The reason I started my full time…

  • Holidays, finally!

    Holidays, finally!

    A few words about some family time I’ve just come back from a one-week vacation at the seaside. And it happens every single time: when I start unpacking the suitcases, I already feel nostalgic for the whisper of the waves. Living close to the Lake of Como, in the North of Italy, means the closest…

  • Unpublished #1

    Unpublished #1

    A photoshoot, I think this is valid for all photographers, usually results in the production of a huge number of images. This means they need to be filtered before post-producing them.For my way of working, even after this selection process, not all of the pictures that get edited will be shared on social platforms. So…

  • Living (and working) in a small town

    Living (and working) in a small town

    If you remember from my very first introduction post, I live in a small town in the north of Italy.I love this place, because it’s close to the Lake of Como, which is amazing, and I am surrounded by woods, hills and other smaller lakes equally lovely.I’ve always lived away from the big cities (Milan is…

  • Inside the Photo #1

    Inside the Photo #1

    Talking with Mike Hindle Today I’m having a chat with Mike Hindle. I’ve been lucky enough to discover his amazing works on Vero and I can tell you I’m always happy to see any of his images popping up in my feed. Hi, my name’s Mike Hindle. I’m an iPhone photographer and graphic designer from Derby…

  • Meta and GDPR

    Meta and GDPR

    It’s recent news that Meta was fined a record amount of $1.3B for violating GDPR rules and sending information about EU users to the US. I’m personally happy about this decision, and, if you follow me on my socials, I’ve never hidden my position against Meta and their products. The main point is I can’t stand for…

  • What value can I share with my publications?

    What value can I share with my publications?

    I’ve been thinking a lot about what to write. It’s not easy at all to find something that will give you concrete value in the jungle of content that’s available on the net. Before I started this new journey, my only way to communicate was through my images. Which is still what I like the…

  • Instagram: the good and the evil

    Instagram: the good and the evil

    I believe that all the noise that’s been around Instagram in the recent past contributed to give it more attraction and to keep people to still use it despite all the changes they’ve been making.My personal experience on the topic tells me that, while a lot of photographers are fed up with the logic that…

  • Why Portraits?

    Why Portraits?

    I’m pretty sure it happened to almost all the beginners: you wander around with your camera taking a snap of basically everything.I believe this is an essential step in the growth of a photographer because it’s the start of a process that helps you find your way and define which is the kind of photography…