Where my knees got hurt long time ago
That's the pitch where I used to play football with my friends in the suburbs of Catania, Sicily. Life is not easy there and chasing a ball dreaming to be ...
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That's the pitch where I used to play football with my friends in the suburbs of Catania, Sicily. Life is not easy there and chasing a ball dreaming to be the next roberto baggio is what we normally did.
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Behind The Lens
Location
The photo was taken in Catania, in the small pitch beside the church of the suburb area where I grew up.Time
It was in the afternoon, the pitch is opened for kid for a couple of hours few days a week by a group of volunteers trying to keep them away from the streets. I decided to come back in that place because was shooting for my photography project "Sense of place"Lighting
There's no particular light used in shooting the picture just natural, I waited until the sun went down and wished for some clouds, As clouds pass by, my time there when I was just a kid passed by.Equipment
It was a canon 600D with a 17-70sigma lens, no other equipment involved.Inspiration
I wanted to show the places where I grew up trying to tell how difficult was live there for a kid, stay away from the street playing football and dreming about to be the next Roberto Baggio but also the importance of frindships and good family.Editing
I wanted to enphasize the rust, creeps and all signs of the passed time so I used the HDR technique from the 3 shots, so I shooted at best speed possibile standing still as much as I can. A sepia tone was added to even more add a sense of past times.In my camera bag
In the last periods I love to carry my canon 6d with the standard 50 f1.8 and go chasing streetphotos.Feedback
Let the feelings drive you taking pictures.
