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I'm Francesco from Rome, Italy, i'm born in 1983 and i have been in love with photos since almost 10 years

I have been always a free photographer since the beginning. I like the idea to not contaminate my passion with money, and to participate to the big free community of the web, in consideration of how much material on the web i have used, like the articles of wikipedia and all the freewares available on the web. And that's the reason why from the beginning of my experience, i have choosen also to sustain charity associations thanks to those who still really want to pay for my pictures, despite the fact that i don't want their money (i ask them to donate to an international association like save the children instead of paying me, and on my website you can find the entire the donators list)

What pushed me to my knowledge level was my curiosity, i think the same thing which pushed Steve Jobs to become what he was til some time ago.....I didn't follow any manual, i didn't follow any trend nor any particular technique.....i just liked to discover, to try something new and to acquire a personal technique by experimenting and writing down day after day all my mistakes to avoid to do them again

As you will see, my personal technique is something which reflect my state of mind, colors, colors and colors......and lovely landscapes...you will say my photos are hdr or photoretouched, or too much vibrant.....i'm sorry for that but it's my mind that loves the colors of life, and expresses itself with this strange fictional technique (which to say the truth is not HDR).........i don't pretend you to consider my pictures "real"....for me my pictures are abstract, being my personal vision of reality....is like considering a glass half empty or half full...how can say what's right and what's wrong?...it's just your mind that can takes its decision

I always try to not follow a precise art style, because following the others is not my right way......everytime someone tries to follow a style, he risks to finish to copy something already done and become just a shadow of someone else..........before following a style, before following someone else style, i want to follow the sensations of my mind...and i would like everyone to understand that....too many times i have found photographers who followed advanced training photography schools, just to realize that in the end they became stereotypized.....they forgot their mind path in favour of the techniques acquired in a cold room.....

Basically i love landscapes and every little thing which makes sense to my eyes, especially related to nature......i'm searching my religion among every nature element.....and the sun,the sky, the sea, and their colors and sounds are my guide......

printing every sensation in my mind and in the time, the act of do it it's just the infinity for me......that sweet and unique desire, foolish ambition of fake prayers.....because for me the life is like an undeletable book........god can punish you for your sins, but he can't delete what you did, and that's just a nice way of infinity for me.....



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ACTUAL AND PAST EQUIPMENT :
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FUJIFILM F31fd
PANASONIC LX3
NIKON D7000
NIKON D90
Nikon 35mm f1.8 prime lens
Nikon 16-85 VR f3.5-5.6
Nikon 55-200 VR f4-5.6



MY YOUTUBE SLIDESHOW CHANNEL
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If you like my pictures and want to see them as slideshow with music visit my free channel!




THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR HELP
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Every month i am personally sending 20 dollars to a little boy in Africa......with my photo gallery i'm trying to involve people in donating money to the third world....it's my main objective



DONATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Here is the list of people who donated to third world in change of my free photos usage, and i strongly thanks them so much for what they did, for me it's a great satisfaction.

These people filled my heart and that of poor people with joy:

Reanna Bakke
Redakcja portalu
Zachary Blackburn
Oriol Gual
Gunther Segers
Stephanie Cruz
Nick Collett
Greg Anderson
Codegram Technologies SL
Sarah Youssi
Ilan Kirschenbaum
ADS - SG inc.
John/jack McCabe
Daria Kutuzova
Frank Wagner
John Hooper (journalist of "The Guardian" newspaper)
Markus Mayer
Bruce Kurnow
Madeline Ebelini
John Ridout
Margie West
Fabio Salvini
Association Agora' of Albano
Eric Williams (Inkable.com.au)
Doris Treptow
Antonia Rusinov
Jennifer Cheng
Line Eintveit (www.Kolon.no)
Beth Barany
Cristian Rodo & Michela Savio
Inigo Media Ltd
Elliot & Amanda Wilson (journalist)
Kelly (Maline Magazine)
Margie Schramke



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PICTURES USAGE RULES AND GUIDELINES
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The legal license of my pictures is called CC ATTRIBUTION AND NO DERIVATIONS

These are rules to follow to be compliant with this license.

At any time i can demonstrate that I AM the only owner because i own the RAW files.

should you not comply with my rules you will be legally guilty of abuse toward my person



1) OWNERSHIP OF THE PICTURES
Do what you want with my pictures in respect of my license WITHOUT ceasing them like you were the author. I am the only author and the only person authorized to declare the license, which is the following CC license Attr.No. Deriv
Specifically, if someone asks about my pictures please redirect him to my gallery so that HE CAN PERSONALLY VIEW AND AGREE with my license type before using them

2) REPORT MY NAME
As per license CC Attrib.No.Deriv. you must report my name as per these condition:

NOTE : if you can't do the following, please write me

**Rules for electronic use (websites or blogs)**
Please do the following points, or at least the point number 2:

1- make the photo clickable to redirect the user to my original picture page

2- put my name near the photo and, only in case of blog or website, put it in a clickable way so that a user will be redirected to my blog earthincolors.wordpress.com if he clicks on the name
Here is an example:
Copyright by Moyan Brenn

**Rules for print as canvas**
In case you want to print my pictures, as per license CC Attrib.No.Deriv. they must contain my name in the bottom right corner.
So, if you want to do it,write me, and i will send you a bigger and better resolution version of the picture with a middle transparent and little signature in the bottom right corner

**Rules for print as newsp. or magazine, flyers or postcards**
Please always report my credits near the picture or in case you can't, at least in a credit section by motivating me the reason by email, or specifically in the case of postcards, at least in the back side

**Rules for any other type of usage**
Please ask me specifically by email before use them

3) DO NOT UPLOAD THEM ON THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES
A user, before usage, must see the license type, agree with it and respect it, which is CC Attrib.No.Deriv. So to download and use my pictures he has to use my gallery and not any other website like the following where these informations are not available:
-- desktop wallpapers websites
-- gallery websites like, Flickr, -- Panoramio, Picasa etc...
-- stock photo selling websites like IStock, Fotolia etc...
-- file storage websites like, --Rapidshare, megaupload etc..

4) LIST OF MODIFICATION I ALLOW
As per CC license Attr.No. Deriv, no modification are allowed except the following:
-- remove the flickr white frame already containing my name as long as you report my signature in a different way as per rule 2 and rule 3
-- resize/crop the pictures to fit your website format and size requirements, as long as you report my signature beneath them as per rule 2 and rule 3
- put text on them like you want
-crop them to use as banner as long as you report my signature beneath them as per rule 2 and rule 3
If you need other type of modification please write me to let me know

5) SEND ME A MESSAGE IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT
If you have ANY doubt about my rules write me a message to ask for more informations
Send it to flickr or to berkut83@hotmail.it

6) REDISTRIBUTION
DO NOT redistribute my picture with an explicit download function or explicit download instructions to save the picture on computer, which don't include the link to my gallery, my name, and my license type (CC license Attr.No.Deriv) as per rule 2 and rule 3

7) PAINTING MY PICTURES
You are free to paint my pictures but the final result must differ enough from my original picture (so the "realism" technique is not allowed) otherwise you are deriving something from my photos and this will be in conflict with my license CC license Attr.No. Deriv.
To be sure, please ask me by providing me some example works

8) DO NOT USE MY PICS IN COMPETITIONS
Do not use in anyway my pictures as entries for challenges, competitions and so on by impersonating me and figuring like you were the author of the picture which is in coflict with my license CC license Attr.No. Deriv

9) CHARITY DONATION (optional)
Please, in change of my free photo usage i would invite you to make a charity donation for poor kids of third world...(you are free to decide the amount. Don't be shy, if you have problems, I prefer that you donate 1 penny instead of nothing. More than the amount it's the action itself to be important)
You can even donate them to a poor man on a street and tell me, it's ok. You don't need to donate them necessarily to a particular association
ATTENTION:
if you make the donation, in change you or your company will be inserted in the acknowledgement list reported on top of this page

If you don't know to which organization donate, here is the direct link for "Save the Children **"
secure.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6239401...

** I DO NOT represent in anyway "Save the Children". I am only suggesting it as a possible association for just an example purpose





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WHY MY PHOTOS ARE FREE
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Have you ever taken advantage of free online communities? have you ever taken advantage of free websites like wikipedia, or free softwares? yes you have....and me too.....and behind those websites there are people working for free......ceasing my photos for free is a way for me to contribute to the big free community......


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