Caecilia Metella Photography

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What kind of equipment (camera body, lens, filters, flash, tripod, cleaning equipment other) do you use?

Ensign selfix (analogue), Lomo (analogue), Box brownie (analogue), Canon eos 60d (digital), tall tripod, small tripod, speedlite 430 ex II flash, Sigma polarising filters, Tamron 1:1 macro lens, Canon ef-s 17-85mm lens, Tamron sp af 70-200mm, Canon ef 17-40 mm l series lens.

 

What do you like and dislike about your equipment, specially your camera, and how would you improve it?

I am happy with everything, except that I would like it if Canon or Tamron did a L-series equivalent of the 17-85mm lens, as this is the range that I work in most.

 

What is your favourite lens, and why?

The tamron 1:1 macro lens. The optical quality is superb and it is a real precision instrument!

 

When you travel, what is in your essential kit bag?

Eos60d, small tripod, sigma filters, 17-85mm lens, 17-40mm lens.

 

What kind of software/tools do you use for post-processing, if any?

Photoshop.

 

How long have you been taking photographs? How do you find inspiration?

For about 10 years, first as an archaeological photographer and then as a fine art photographer. I find inspiration by simply looking for ordinary things in strange places and looking for strange things in ordinary places! The wealth of beautiful but unnoticed detail in the urban and industrial environment is a constant source of wonder to me.

 

Which style of photography do you like the most, and why?

Abstract. I like the loss of scale and lack of reference that comes with abstract work

 

What goal are you working towards within your photography and when will you know you have reached it?

I am striving to convey sense and emotion in my most recent work, using natural elements; I don’t know if I will reach this, but people are starting to respond to this work in the way that I had hoped! Whether I get there can only be decided by the viewer.

 

Looking at your own work, which piece is your favourite? Why?

My image of the monument to Mussolini at the foro italico. It is everything I like in an urban abstract – strong and simple in form and line, scale-less and reference-less, and striking to the eye.

 

Are there any photography websites that you visit regularly?

I visit so many! I visit this blog at least twice a week to see what’s new, and I also visit Zealous Co quite regularly. Flickr is a great source of inspiration to me also; some of my favourite photographers post a lot of work on there.

 

What is the one most important lesson that you have learned since you started taking photographs?

Don’t think that what looks like it could make a good photograph will automatically make a good photograph – and don’t dismiss the unlikely shots because they often turn out to be the best work!

 

And finally, what other interesting photographers would you like to see in this blog?

Tom McLaughlan (daruma* on flickr)
Andrea Vismara (andrea vismara on flickr)
Studio Murano (studiomurano on flickr)