"The difference between difficult and impossible is that impossible takes longer. Miracles just require faith."

 

My passion for photography was born during my 6 months stay in New Zealand in 2005. When I got back to Italy I thought I wanted to learn photography so I could show everyone the beautiful places and people I met in my trips. I began reading some basic books on photography and I am continuously self-learning.

 

In April 2007 I was diagnosed with acute promyelocitic leukemia. I have been in hospital until December 2007. When I got home my father bought me a Nikon D80 with which I could finally practice on what I had read during my long stay in hospital. I chose Nikon as my father was a passionate photographer when he was younger and he owns many lenses that I can use. We used to have a darkroom in our house when I was a kid.

In June 2008 my disease relapsed and I had to enter hospital again. As of July 30 the current therapies seem to have worked so I will be able to go home soon. In September I will go back in the hospital to undergo a bone marrow transplant, necessary at this stage.

MAY 2009 - I have completed my bone marrow transplant successfully, read more at www.beat-leukemia.org

I am working on photos that I took while I was outside and trying to upload as often as I can. Since I am learning I would be grateful to receive comments on how to improve my photography, whether as comments to the photos or flickr mail.

 

 

MY EQUIPMENT:

-Nikon D700 body

-Nikon D80 body

-Nikon FM2 analog body (I got from my dad's collection)

-Nikkor DX 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6

-Nikkor 70-300mm

-Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

-Nikkor 85mm f/1.8

-Micro Nikkor 55mm

-Nikon Speedlight SB600

-Ray's ringflash adapter

-UV filters and Circular Polarizers

-Nikon wireless remote control for self portraits (D80)

On July 30 we got great news from the doctors concerning my disease as it seems that the therapies are working! So my dad wanted to celebrate and bought me a D700 body, which is obviously too much for my skills at the moment but it really made my day (and week and month:) and I hope I'll be good enough for it asap!

April 14 2009 - I spent my 26 birthday in the hospital, and my parents came with stunning presents:

-Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8

-Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8

-Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8

Hope I will soon feel good enough to go out and take some shots with these new lenses!

 

SOFTWARE I USE:

-Mainly Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2

-Photoshop CS3

-Photomatix Pro

  

It would be nice of you to ask for permission to make use of my images via flickrmail, even for use within the boundaries of each photo's licence type.

 

CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS IN ITALIAN, ENGLISH OR SPANISH ARE MOST WELCOME! :))

 

If you are a member of aSmallWorld or Facebook you are welcome to connect me there as well. Please check out the group BEAT LEUKEMIA (www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6974161502) that I created on Facebook, and join if you want :)

 

VISIT www.beat-leukemia.org

 

  

 

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