A photographer's notes.

Last year I shot a red carpet in Rome in the afternoon and a Roman restaurant at 21:00 the same evening. Between the two I ate a sandwich in the car and changed my shirt in a parking lot. Both shoots went well. Not because I'm some kind of machine, but because after twenty years of never saying no to different subjects, I've stopped thinking in categories.

A face under the dramatic lights of an event and a plate of pasta under window light have the same problem: you have maybe thirty seconds before the moment vanishes or the food goes cold.

Red carpets taught me speed. Actors and public figures don't wait for you to find the right angle — you either see it or you lose it. Food taught me patience. A dish doesn't move, but everything around it does: the light changes, the steam disappears, the client changes their mind about the garnish.

Brand campaigns taught me to listen before I pick up the camera. A brand manager telling me what they want is usually also telling me what they're afraid of. My job is to hear both. Portraits taught me something different again: most people in front of the lens perform a version of themselves they think I want to see. My job is to wait, talk, or do something unexpected, until the real one shows up.

I didn't plan this variety. I followed the curiosity, and the range of clients found me because of it. If you're a model, an actor, a food brand or a company that needs images for a campaign, I've already worked on a set like yours. Just not yet on yours.

Rome is home, but I work across Europe. If you'd like to talk about a project, you know where to find me.