Bramley Apple

Feeling low.

The Leica SL2-S has been a disappointment concerning the low light performances, and already at 1.600 ISO (like in this photo of Cristiana), the whole structure of the image is falling apart.
It...

The lens I've been dreaming about for over 30 years.

I started with photography when I was 21, and I bought a Yashica FX2000 so I could mount the Contax Zeiss lens when I had enough money to buy them.
This never happened in the film era, and I nev...

Read and remember.

This is exactly what I've been doing in the past 8 years, 9 in November to be precise.
That is when I started the Bramley Apple Project: enjoying myself taking pictures of the best looking n4ked...

Empty places.

The factory in Carvico is no longer available for shootings, and I'm always in search for new abandoned places, but few are open.
The closed ones are difficult to enter, and I can't make the mod...

Martina's Friday.

Today is dedicated to Martina, in July 2019, with 2 more photos on my regular social media feed and on DA Subscriptions.
Definitely a moment to remember forever, fortunately we're helped by phot...

Nasty reflections.

One of the reasons I avoid shooting in bathrooms is for the ugly color cast the surfaces appear to provide, inevitably.
I'm not sure bathroom colors are going to improve with the new Fujifilm GF...

Important document enclosed.

The idea of my project is to create an Archive of the best contemporary beauties for posterity (and for our current enjoyment as well!)
But some shootings are already part of our history, like t...

Regular camera.

About Klara, I showed you only photos shot with the Fujifilm X100VI, so far, the wild card during this shooting.
Because I needed to get acquainted with the Fujifilm files, and help me to take t...

Fragile.

Annalisa is a strong contemporary woman, but she can act like a delicate and small bird.
I love how expressive she can be with her entire body, not only with the face.
And this is exactly the...

Fly on the wall.

I like my models to look directly inside the lens, but sometimes it is a good idea to make them look elsewhere, because it appears as if we were not there looking at them, as if we were the proverb...

Speaking about next shootings...

The end of March is going to be pretty intense, with one shooting scheduled for the 26th in Bergamo, and another one for the 29th in Milano.
Both shootings are with new models, one from Ukraine ...

Touch wood.

Not sure why it is said to bring luck, but it is surely making us feel lucky when we see Anneth leaning on this wooden wall.
Today 2 more photos of Anneth leaning on this same wall, one on my re...

Uncomfortable look.

Fished out 3 photos of Ary from our first shooting in her Ferrara house, and I will post them all today, so keep an eye also elsewhere...
The one on Patreon is an intense portrait looking in cam...

Shooting season is starting.

May was a hot enough month to allow £lisandra to stay seated on the floor and with the window opened on the balcony in Merate.
And she looks sweet and cute in this position.
The season is st...

Experiments in the background.

Still making experiments with the GFX medium format camera and my collection of lenses.
This last Weekend I tried the Leica Summicron-M 50mm, which is heavily vignetting, so much so that I had t...

Long way away.

Brescia is not around the corner, but no travel is long enough when you have to meet with Martina!
This was way back in October 2018, our third shooting together, but I was already hooked!
An...

NOT set in stone.

My project is based upon creating an Archive of the best nude contemporary beauties for posterity.
And I was sure that, whenever captured, these beauties would remain in the project forever, set...

Another great location is gone.

This abandoned factory is no longer available, some work is going on inside and they cleaned up all the "forest" surrounding the buildings.
Fortunately I managed to use it twice before it was to...

All day in bed.

Today I'll post 3 photos of Rabbit, all 3 on the bed, variations on the same theme.
So check out also my regular social media feed and DA subscriptions.

If you want to learn more about the...

Don't hold back.

Useless to keep our treasures hidden, they must be shown to the world.

If you want to learn more about the Bramley Apple Project or Archives, or DA...

Living in 4 boxes.

BentBox is too expensive, for the percentage they ask on sales, but sometimes I upload my shootings also there.
But I uploaded this one, knowing well it is not hot enough for that audience, but ...

Pleasant distractions.

Life is made of positive things and negative things, but looking at Martina on a bed, at least for a moment, we forget about everything else, good or bad.
I hope my photos have the same effect o...

Fine tunings.

Finally managed to remove the first lens from the new Camera and have been experimenting on Sunday with the mighty Nikon 135mm f2 Defocus Control.
It is a difficult lens to use because of the lo...

Sophy's smile.

Sometimes I'm sorry I've not managed to make another shooting with Sophy, but then I think I have done 2 already!
This photo is from the first one, by the way.
I don't have to be too greedy, ...

What makes a good photo?

Is it the lens, or the camera?
Maybe the light, after all the word "photography" means painting with light.
Or the framing skills?
Or the subject, because when I see the photos shot by You...

The GFX is here!

Finally put my hands on the GFX 50S II, but I still remembered I had to make a post for my Patrons!
First impressions on the camera are positive, but I have to study every function before the ne...

Play it again, Sam.

This is the level of detail one would expect by one of the best wide angle available, the Nikon 20mm f/1.8G ED AF-S Nikkor.
You could look at this pictures for a long time and s...

Under the sun.

Harsh sunlight is never the best solution for portraits but, in this case, the hot light is making love with the skin of £lisandra.
No mercy is shown by this light, and yet, the model stands up...

Last touches.

I've been finalizing Paulinepastel shooting on Sunday, and now I'm going to save it in Archives.
It took much longer to work on this set, compared with Dottir's, but we're talking about 343 phot...

New possibilities.

This forgotten lens, the Nikon 200mm f4 AI, is one I want to try on the new Fujifilm GFX 50S II.
On the Panasonic Lumix S1 it worked very well and was very sharp indeed, but I had to stay in the...