iPhone Photowalk 2024 — Photographic Styles + SOOC / October 28, 2024 by Adrian Galli

Traditionally, I’ve had my new iPhone photography up within a few days of receiving my device. My photo walks usually take me around the city, and September and October are particularly great for photography in Chicago. With some new and exciting photographer-centric features like Photographic Style and Camera Control, I wanted to take a bit more time to explore them. Since I had a trip to Italy coming up, it seemed like an obvious choice to share more than just the Chicago photos I captured in a few days. Enjoy a bit of Italy and Chicago in this annual series of iPhonography.

All Shot on iPhone 16 Pro, all SOOC (straight out of camera) using Photographic Styles and/or minor cropping/straightening.

Traveling to Italy

Chicago

Shot on iPhone 16 Pro

People of Italy / October 25, 2024 by Adrian Galli

I’ve sent plenty of time in Lucca, where my father lives, and tend to take many beauty shots. After so many trips, I wanted [needed] something new—inspiration, subjects, etc. I usually take my 23mm (35mm in 35mm terms) lens and my FujiFilm camera; usually my X-T5. Italy works very will with wider lenses. Many streets are narrow compared to the broad spaces we have in the United States. However, taking the same gear would have put challenges in the backseat.

My lens of choice: 35mm ƒ1.4 lens. Just a change in lens but doesn’t do well for broad, sweeping landscapes, or whole-building architecture but for details—getting close to ones subject and maximizing the minimalism of photography. That focal length doesn’t distort much, it doesn’t exaggerate perspective or compress the seen. It is a boring lens… and one much focus on interesting content.

For this trip to Italy, people became a suprisingly common subject for me. Surprising because I tend not to do the typical street photography but I loved it. While New York City is considered a mecca for street photography, I would argue the people of Italy of been sold short on that premise.

These are some of the people of Italy; Lucca, Pisa, Orvieto, and Firenze.

Edited on iPad Pro using Capture One

Southern Utah in Black & White / April 19, 2024 by Adrian Galli

Away from the city and in between granite, sandstone, and lava rock, the sun casts its dramatic light on ancient sculptures that have lived under the sky for many aeons.

There is much I love about the desert but most of all is the imagery and the silence. A gust of wind can be hear before it arrives and the only sound made by a creature is a bird in the distant or the sifting of sand and rock under one’s feet.