Photo sharing with Aminus3!

Are you looking for a place where to share your pictures?
I've tried Aminus3, after reading about it on the Internet, and I must say that I'm sooo satisfied with it!

It is a free Photoblog hosting service whose only limitation is that just one of your pictures will be posted per day.  That means that you won't upload loads of photos as you normally do on Facebook, for example, but you'll have to select your best shots instead.
Of course, you can upload as many photos as you want at the same time, but you'll have to assign each of them to a day of the year, by selecting it on the calendar. On that day, your photo will become available to the other members. Of course after that date, the picture will be shown permamently on your photoblog.

People will also be able to comment your photos, give them a star rating and choose to "follow" your photoblog, if they really like it (and of course you can do the same with all the other members).
The community of Aminus3 is amazing and full of stunning pictures that are renewed everyday.
Moreover, everyday they choose a "Spotlight" and a "Colour Spotlight", that are two pictures posted by two different members which are considered so good to deserve to be shown for some time at the top of the main page of the site. Isn't this challenging?! ;)

Have fun and let me know!  -->  Go to Aminus3 (If you want, you can have a look at the photos even if you're not a member!)

Leica 24 x 36 photo contest!

Hello everybody!
How are you doing in this end of summer?

Today I'll use my blog to have some "self advertisement", we can say.
In fact, I'm taking part in a photo contest by Leica Italy. Of course I'm just an amateur and I take pictures for fun in my (not much) free time. Moreover I use a Panasonic Lumix camera, which is not bad at all, but of course it's far from being a professional equipment.

Anyway, this contest could be a great opportunity to get known and learn a bit more about the amazing art of Photography, soooo.. what I ask you to do is: if you have a Facebook or Twitter account, please visit this page: My photos for Leica 24 x 36 and if you like my pictures just "Like" or "Tweet" them.

Of course, if you have a little spare time, it will be worth having a look to the pictures of the other participants. There are lots of great works! Just click on the word "GALLERIA".

Thank you so much! I'd really appreciate your support :)

A post about nothing

Hello everybody!

I'm writing these few lines just because I feel like it. I think that's one of the reasons why a person has got a own blog, am I right?
So what? Nothing new, except from my new... camera!!! I've finally bought it and I'm very satisfied. If you're wondering how it is (not sure, but anyway...!), it's a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ8. I tried it during the weekend and I had a lot of fun, even if there still are so many things to learn about it. By the way, if you have some general tips or more specific suggestions about this model, please don't hesitate to leave a comment. Thank you!  :)

I want to share with you a picture I took Saturday night while I got home under the snow, since I like it very much :)

Change of topic: I'm sooo worried about my Travelling Journal! I haven't got any news of it since I sent it almost 3 weeks ago! I cannot believe it got lost during its first travel! And I paid 9 euros to send it!!!! SO SAD!


But fortunately my Postcrossing activity is going great. I've received two postcards from the United States today, one of the Grand Canyon and the other one from Vermont, showing a beautiful landscape. I'll scan some of my favourite postcards one day, to share them with you.

And lots of kind people from all over the World are also going to help me with my sand collection! I'll let you know wheter I receive something in the following days. Actually, I hope that everything will work, since nobody knows wheter it's legal or not to send small amounts of sand through the mail system. Any ideas?

Bed time!!! Goodnight World   :)

Pics!

A whole day at the University is worth...

if once you get out, this is what you see!!!

PhotoTime!

Hello everybody!

Tonight, a short post to talk about one of my favourite hobbies... Photography!

Well, actually I must admit that I have never partecipated to a photography course and my digital camera is pretty old and simple too. Anyway, trust me, I'm going to buy a better one soon (by the way, have you got any suggestions? I'm thinking about something not too expensive and difficult to use, but with some manual settings I can have fun with).

Well, what I often think about is "why do I always feel the need to take pictures? Is this a mania?". Indeed, during a party or a walk or any other nice situation I really feel like taking pictures. But then I ask myself why it is so important to me, since I've got hundreds of pictures on my computer and I rarely look at them. Why is it so important to capture a movement, a colour, a situation? When I just have it printed and then I leave it in an album with loads of other old memories. That really sounds useless, but in any case I cannot help but taking pictures. Why is it so important? And on the other hand, why are there some people who really hate photos? I'm not talking about those who are scared because they think they will look bad or ugly... There are some people who really don't like taking pictures or they never feel like that; it's not important to them and sometimes it's almost... annoying! Are they maybe... freerer (is "freerer" correct? O.o ) than me? Or are they missing something?

Just doubts about that.