Initially, my goal was just to "record" the subject, but with time I begun to be more and more interested in the artistic side of photography, and I tried to learn how to improve the composition and the aesthetics to create pleasing images. The greatest contribute in the learning process has surely been joining NPN, one of the largest international communities of nature photographers: sharing my photos and receiving the advices of world best photographers has helped me a lot to improve my photos. Nowadays, I partecipate actively to NPN, NSN and, of course, to JuzaForum, both the large Italian version and the recent English version. If you want to improve your photography, joyining a forum is for sure one of the best things to do!

Since 2005, I photograph exclusively with Canon digital SLR cameras, and now I am a full time professional photographer and CPS member (CPS is Canon Professional Service). I post-process carefully each photo, sometimes even with advanced Photoshop techniques (described in the Articles section): my goal - as nature lover and photographer - is to create photos that are both artistically pleasing and valid natural history images.

Equipment

Even the best equipment does not guarantee good photos; nevertheless, having the right tools helps a lot, in particular for the technical aspects of the photo. A camera with great AF helps to get more sharp photos; a long, high-quality lens helps to capture shy subjects, ect. For this reason, I use the best equipment that I can afford: I have some top-of-the-line Canon lenses, and other professional Sigma lenses (click here for the complete list of my equipment). In the past I've used a lot consumer bodies, because they have a much better price/performances ratio than pro cameras, but recently I upgraded to the professional Canon 1Ds Mark III to get the best image quality.
I often try cameras and lenses of friends so in my galleries you can see photos taken with many lenses and even Nikon and Olympus cameras.