I’m very happy that I learned how to take long-exposure pictures.

I’ve known about this technique from a friend, and I started to experiment it a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been suddenly thrilled from something that I didn’t even imagine before watching this friend in action: the possibility to take pictures at night, in the dark, and obtain very good results. Not dark images where you can barely understand what is the subject, but very nice, warm colored images.

I took this one this evening in piazza del popolo in Rome, with my modest Canon PowerShoot A3350 (paid 90 euro), with a simple 1 second exposition.

For the little bunch of people that pass here from time to time, this is a gift for you. Absolutely, the most beautiful nativity representation I’ve seen in my entire life.

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I’m always surprised at the way romans seem to forget about this glorious place sometimes. I went yesterday for a walk, around dinner time, and it was almost empty, almost completely mine. I love this place so much, one of my dreams is to buy a penthouse close to the Vatican some day!

I feel an immense gratidude and appreciacion for you, Harry. You made me freer, you gave me hope, and you are one of the most positive, funny and extraordinary people I’ve ever met in my life. I cry every single time I see this video. Thank you, you are great man.

A new debate on the topic is born after the last massacre in the school. Plenty of controversial discussions in internet. And these are my two cents.

I am not necessarily adverse to the law that allows the US citizens to own guns and rifles: after all, if anyone wants to kill himself or someone else he will find a way, with hand weapons or not.

But there is one thing that I don’t understand about the Americans, and it’s about the desire to own arms. Why should anyone want to keep a gun in his house? To do what? I understand that when you’re at home, with kids, with your property, you really want to feel safe, and know that nobody can enter and hurt your family, or steal your things. And I also understand that there are several violent attacks from the police in America, so actually is from the government that sometimes you feel you want to protect.

But my point is that safety does not exist. Not at home, not outside. If you keep a gun in your house because you are scared, then you have to bring it with you even when you walk in the street, when you go with the kids at the mall, when you go to the postal office.

In any moment, not only when you’re home, a complete crazy can come and attack you. Life is like this: completely unsafe. And unless you have some very special reason to keep a gun (for example a psychopat neighbor) or you want to keep a rifle in your purse when you go for grocery shopping or when you simply walk in the street in every moment, I don’t see why you may want to have it specifically when you’re home.

We all like to think that there are some special oasis, where everything is perfect and the bad guys don’t exist anymore, but unfortunately it is an illusion. Of course you should do everything you can to minimize risks, but I don’t think that guns are an effective method.