WET IN ROME - black and white and soggy

in the rain, with a camera, shooting perfect strangers on a very wet spring day in rome.

 

 

 

 

 

piazza navona, rome

 

 

 

 

 

via del biscione, rome

 

 

 

 

 

vicolo dei bovari, rome

 

 

 

 

 

via dei baullari, rome

 

 

 

 

 

via dei baullari, rome

 

 

 

 

 

piazza navona, rome

 

 

 

 

 

corsia agonale, rome

 

 

 

 

 

corsia agonale, rome

 

 

 

 

 

via giustiniani, rome

 

 

 

 

 

via della rotonda, rome

 

 

 

 

 

piazza della rotonda (aka “del pantheon”), rome

 

 

 

 

 

friday the thirteenth of april was one of the wettest days on record here in rome. it rained all day long. this means white “blah” skies, flat lighting, a blue cast over everything and treacherously slippery cobblestones.

but white skies provide great soft illumination. flat lighting is put right by upping the contrast by a couple of notches. shooting in black and white takes care of the blue cast. and, finally, about those roman cobblestones. yes, rain (and years of use) makes them slippery. but it also makes them clean and shiny and photogenic.

someone once said: there is no such thing as bad weather in photography, just weather better suited to different subjects.

thank you for stopping by

alessandro ciapanna

About these ads