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  • Take your time to switch off…

    Take your time to switch off…

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    Matteo Franchi

    …and recharge the batteries August, typically, is the slowest month for me.The day-by-day routine is frenetic and drains energies for an entire year. Work, family and unexpected issues to deal with are all a source of stress that gets accumulated with almost no chance to release it. This month is a sort of “mindfulness month” when I…

  • Back in the summer of…well, can’t remember when it was

    Back in the summer of…well, can’t remember when it was

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    Matteo Franchi

    But it was amazing, wild and smelled like freedom When I read this post by Nat Persoglio I was immediately thrown back into my teenage years. It was a punch, because those memories, though vivid, had been hiding back in my mind for a very long time. I was still in high school and we were three…

  • Unpublished #3

    Unpublished #3

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    Matteo Franchi

    If you had a look at my website or my socials, you know I don’t shoot only with female models. I also like to work with men, and I know some who are really great models and actors. Scrolling my archive to create this new Unpublished article, I came across this set I organised with Francesco right after the first lockdown…

  • Exit the exif obsession

    Exit the exif obsession

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    Matteo Franchi

    Are EXIF data an important info? Yes, but not really Ok, I admit it. I also fell into this vortex when I started my photographic journey.I believe it is a normal step towards learning and growing self-confidence, maybe even an essential one.When you approach something completely new, you first look for some guides or tips…

  • Inside the Photo #3

    Inside the Photo #3

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    Matteo Franchi

    Talking with Craig McGowan This month, the special guest of my Inside the Photo appointment is the fantastic landscape photographer Craig McGowan. As a teenager, my first camera was a 35mm film SLR Olympus OM-1. Decades later returning to photography I entered the digital era, with my current kit centred on a Nikon D850 system. My first love in…

  • The desire for creation

    The desire for creation

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    Matteo Franchi

    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

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    Matteo Franchi

    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

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    Matteo Franchi

    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

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    Matteo Franchi

    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!

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    Matteo Franchi

    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

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    Matteo Franchi

    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

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    Matteo Franchi

    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…