Il Fortino di Vada

This was my first long exposure photography.

It was 2005 and I was very attracted by the artistic possibilities that long photographic exposures could give.

Abstract and minimalism have always been two genres that I have always loved in the art world. Not only in photography but also in painting and architecture.

I managed to find on the internet (in those days they weren't easily found) a German 10 stop screw-in filter the size of my lens.

The first day I received the filter, I couldn't wait to try it.

So I thought about which subject to shoot to enhance the capabilities of the ND filter and I thought of that ruin of a wartime fort located between Vada and the white beaches of Rosignano.

I said to myself: "Maybe something interesting comes out with a balanced composition".

I took backpack, tripod and ... this is the result of my FIRST long exposure photography.