Marco Secchi 📷
@marcosecchi.com
📸 Photojournalist @GettyImages | Educator
Venice | Budapest | Transylvania
Street & B&W Photography | Leica enthusiast
Learn, shoot & explore ↓
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Venice | Budapest | Transylvania
Street & B&W Photography | Leica enthusiast
Learn, shoot & explore ↓
bio.link/msecchi
Oh yes, you can catch it 😄
A red gondola slicing through blue water, seagulls causing chaos, and snow-covered mountains quietly stealing the background.
Not the postcard angle.
Still 100% Venice.
Shot with Leica, subtle drama deserves good glass 📷
.
#venice #leica #photographyworkshop
A red gondola slicing through blue water, seagulls causing chaos, and snow-covered mountains quietly stealing the background.
Not the postcard angle.
Still 100% Venice.
Shot with Leica, subtle drama deserves good glass 📷
.
#venice #leica #photographyworkshop
January 9, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Oh yes, you can catch it 😄
A red gondola slicing through blue water, seagulls causing chaos, and snow-covered mountains quietly stealing the background.
Not the postcard angle.
Still 100% Venice.
Shot with Leica, subtle drama deserves good glass 📷
.
#venice #leica #photographyworkshop
A red gondola slicing through blue water, seagulls causing chaos, and snow-covered mountains quietly stealing the background.
Not the postcard angle.
Still 100% Venice.
Shot with Leica, subtle drama deserves good glass 📷
.
#venice #leica #photographyworkshop
Since January 1st, I switched off the news.
Less noise, more truth.
My mind breathes better.
Less noise, more truth.
My mind breathes better.
January 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Since January 1st, I switched off the news.
Less noise, more truth.
My mind breathes better.
Less noise, more truth.
My mind breathes better.
Blue hour lessons
We waited, talked less, watched the light change, then clicked once.
A Leica, a quiet archway, chairs still asleep, gondolas breathing slowly.
Workshops are not about chasing spots.
They are about recognising when the city is ready for you.
Venice always whispers first. 📷✨
We waited, talked less, watched the light change, then clicked once.
A Leica, a quiet archway, chairs still asleep, gondolas breathing slowly.
Workshops are not about chasing spots.
They are about recognising when the city is ready for you.
Venice always whispers first. 📷✨
January 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Blue hour lessons
We waited, talked less, watched the light change, then clicked once.
A Leica, a quiet archway, chairs still asleep, gondolas breathing slowly.
Workshops are not about chasing spots.
They are about recognising when the city is ready for you.
Venice always whispers first. 📷✨
We waited, talked less, watched the light change, then clicked once.
A Leica, a quiet archway, chairs still asleep, gondolas breathing slowly.
Workshops are not about chasing spots.
They are about recognising when the city is ready for you.
Venice always whispers first. 📷✨
In this episode of the Through the Lens podcast, I bring together the first two lessons of Starting Photography, Properly, and explain why photography doesn’t begin with the exposure triangle, but with attention.
Less than 10 minutes. Calm and practical.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/through-th...
Less than 10 minutes. Calm and practical.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/through-th...
Through the Lens: Where Photography Actually Begins
Lessons 1 and 2
marcosecchi.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:16 PM
In this episode of the Through the Lens podcast, I bring together the first two lessons of Starting Photography, Properly, and explain why photography doesn’t begin with the exposure triangle, but with attention.
Less than 10 minutes. Calm and practical.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/through-th...
Less than 10 minutes. Calm and practical.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/through-th...
Lesson 2 is live.
The exposure triangle is not your problem.
It comes last, not first.
Starting Photography Properly.
👉 Link to the article
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/exposure-t...
The exposure triangle is not your problem.
It comes last, not first.
Starting Photography Properly.
👉 Link to the article
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/exposure-t...
The Exposure Triangle Is Not Your Problem
Learning What to Decide Before You Touch the Camera
marcosecchi.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Lesson 2 is live.
The exposure triangle is not your problem.
It comes last, not first.
Starting Photography Properly.
👉 Link to the article
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/exposure-t...
The exposure triangle is not your problem.
It comes last, not first.
Starting Photography Properly.
👉 Link to the article
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/exposure-t...
A pause between footsteps.Venice,little fog doing its quiet work.
Some scenes don’t ask to be taken, they ask to be waited for.
Some scenes don’t ask to be taken, they ask to be waited for.
January 5, 2026 at 7:56 AM
A pause between footsteps.Venice,little fog doing its quiet work.
Some scenes don’t ask to be taken, they ask to be waited for.
Some scenes don’t ask to be taken, they ask to be waited for.
Most people think photography improves by adding things.
More gear. More presets. More inspiration.
In reality, it improves when you remove.
Remove haste.
Remove comparison.
Remove the need to impress.
What remains is seeing.
And that’s the part no algorithm can teach.
Take it slow today.
More gear. More presets. More inspiration.
In reality, it improves when you remove.
Remove haste.
Remove comparison.
Remove the need to impress.
What remains is seeing.
And that’s the part no algorithm can teach.
Take it slow today.
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Most people think photography improves by adding things.
More gear. More presets. More inspiration.
In reality, it improves when you remove.
Remove haste.
Remove comparison.
Remove the need to impress.
What remains is seeing.
And that’s the part no algorithm can teach.
Take it slow today.
More gear. More presets. More inspiration.
In reality, it improves when you remove.
Remove haste.
Remove comparison.
Remove the need to impress.
What remains is seeing.
And that’s the part no algorithm can teach.
Take it slow today.
I’ve started a new series on Substack today.
Starting Photography, Properly
It’s for those at the beginning, or those who feel they never really had one.
No rush. No noise. Just the right order.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/starting-p...
Starting Photography, Properly
It’s for those at the beginning, or those who feel they never really had one.
No rush. No noise. Just the right order.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/starting-p...
Starting Photography, Properly
Why most people quit photography
marcosecchi.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I’ve started a new series on Substack today.
Starting Photography, Properly
It’s for those at the beginning, or those who feel they never really had one.
No rush. No noise. Just the right order.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/starting-p...
Starting Photography, Properly
It’s for those at the beginning, or those who feel they never really had one.
No rush. No noise. Just the right order.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/starting-p...
Normal people make resolutions.
The Ibernisti jump into winter.
Lido of Venice, yesterday. 🌊🔥
#lido #Venice #ibernisti #leica
The Ibernisti jump into winter.
Lido of Venice, yesterday. 🌊🔥
#lido #Venice #ibernisti #leica
January 2, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Normal people make resolutions.
The Ibernisti jump into winter.
Lido of Venice, yesterday. 🌊🔥
#lido #Venice #ibernisti #leica
The Ibernisti jump into winter.
Lido of Venice, yesterday. 🌊🔥
#lido #Venice #ibernisti #leica
Over the years, I’ve met many people starting photography.
Most don’t struggle with talent.
They struggle with where to begin.
Today I’m starting a new series on Substack:
Starting Photography Properly.
Most don’t struggle with talent.
They struggle with where to begin.
Today I’m starting a new series on Substack:
Starting Photography Properly.
January 2, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Over the years, I’ve met many people starting photography.
Most don’t struggle with talent.
They struggle with where to begin.
Today I’m starting a new series on Substack:
Starting Photography Properly.
Most don’t struggle with talent.
They struggle with where to begin.
Today I’m starting a new series on Substack:
Starting Photography Properly.
A new year doesn’t add more time.
It just hands you another frame.
Same light.
Same limits.
Different choices.
It just hands you another frame.
Same light.
Same limits.
Different choices.
January 1, 2026 at 7:56 AM
A new year doesn’t add more time.
It just hands you another frame.
Same light.
Same limits.
Different choices.
It just hands you another frame.
Same light.
Same limits.
Different choices.
Reposted by Marco Secchi 📷
Has anyone noticed that GPS on apple phones and iPads seems to be a lot more inaccurate recently? Wondering if this is an OS, device or network thing. For example
December 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Has anyone noticed that GPS on apple phones and iPads seems to be a lot more inaccurate recently? Wondering if this is an OS, device or network thing. For example
Adobe is not the problem.
Habit is.
I wrote a practical guide for photographers looking at Lightroom and Photoshop alternatives without subscriptions, hype, or affiliate noise.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/adobe-alte...
Habit is.
I wrote a practical guide for photographers looking at Lightroom and Photoshop alternatives without subscriptions, hype, or affiliate noise.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/adobe-alte...
Adobe Alternatives for Photographers
A calm, practical look beyond subscriptions
marcosecchi.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Adobe is not the problem.
Habit is.
I wrote a practical guide for photographers looking at Lightroom and Photoshop alternatives without subscriptions, hype, or affiliate noise.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/adobe-alte...
Habit is.
I wrote a practical guide for photographers looking at Lightroom and Photoshop alternatives without subscriptions, hype, or affiliate noise.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/adobe-alte...
Some days, the horizon disappears.
That’s not emptiness.
It’s space.
That’s not emptiness.
It’s space.
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Some days, the horizon disappears.
That’s not emptiness.
It’s space.
That’s not emptiness.
It’s space.
For years, I thought technical growth meant adding tools and solutions.
It turns out the most significant shift came from learning which decisions to remove, and when to walk away.
I’ve written a short essay on how technique slowly becomes judgment.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/technical-...
It turns out the most significant shift came from learning which decisions to remove, and when to walk away.
I’ve written a short essay on how technique slowly becomes judgment.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/technical-...
The Technical Decisions I Make Today That Took Me 20 Years to Understand
These have nothing to do with settings, and everything to do with seeing.
marcosecchi.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
For years, I thought technical growth meant adding tools and solutions.
It turns out the most significant shift came from learning which decisions to remove, and when to walk away.
I’ve written a short essay on how technique slowly becomes judgment.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/technical-...
It turns out the most significant shift came from learning which decisions to remove, and when to walk away.
I’ve written a short essay on how technique slowly becomes judgment.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/technical-...
San Marco, a few years back, on a snowy Santo Stefano.
Days like this are not about images.
They are about paying attention.
Days like this are not about images.
They are about paying attention.
December 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
San Marco, a few years back, on a snowy Santo Stefano.
Days like this are not about images.
They are about paying attention.
Days like this are not about images.
They are about paying attention.
Christmas Run over the Rialto Bridge, Venice, a few years ago.
No AI, no burst mode, just film, timing, and a Leica M6.
Christmas chaos, the good kind.
#venice #leica #m6 #christmas #filmisnotdead
No AI, no burst mode, just film, timing, and a Leica M6.
Christmas chaos, the good kind.
#venice #leica #m6 #christmas #filmisnotdead
December 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Christmas Run over the Rialto Bridge, Venice, a few years ago.
No AI, no burst mode, just film, timing, and a Leica M6.
Christmas chaos, the good kind.
#venice #leica #m6 #christmas #filmisnotdead
No AI, no burst mode, just film, timing, and a Leica M6.
Christmas chaos, the good kind.
#venice #leica #m6 #christmas #filmisnotdead
The best photographs I’ve made were never planned.
There’s something about Christmas Eve afternoons.
There’s something about Christmas Eve afternoons.
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The best photographs I’ve made were never planned.
There’s something about Christmas Eve afternoons.
There’s something about Christmas Eve afternoons.
Many people think rain and photography don’t belong together.
That bad weather means bad photos.
In reality, rain does the opposite.
It slows the city down.
Softens the light.
Deepens shadows.
Turns reflections into stories.
Rain doesn’t ruin photography.
That bad weather means bad photos.
In reality, rain does the opposite.
It slows the city down.
Softens the light.
Deepens shadows.
Turns reflections into stories.
Rain doesn’t ruin photography.
December 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Many people think rain and photography don’t belong together.
That bad weather means bad photos.
In reality, rain does the opposite.
It slows the city down.
Softens the light.
Deepens shadows.
Turns reflections into stories.
Rain doesn’t ruin photography.
That bad weather means bad photos.
In reality, rain does the opposite.
It slows the city down.
Softens the light.
Deepens shadows.
Turns reflections into stories.
Rain doesn’t ruin photography.
Looking for a thoughtful Christmas gift for photographers? A year of essays, insights, and subscriber perks might just be the present that keeps on giving all year.
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A Christmas Gift That Lasts Longer Than Christmas
Why a year of photography can be a better gift than another object
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December 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Looking for a thoughtful Christmas gift for photographers? A year of essays, insights, and subscriber perks might just be the present that keeps on giving all year.
🔗 marcosecchi.substack.com/p/christmas-...
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Winter solstice today.
Shortest day, longest night.
Not an ending, a turning point.
From here, the light comes back quietly, almost invisibly.
A good reminder that change often starts long before we notice it.
Shortest day, longest night.
Not an ending, a turning point.
From here, the light comes back quietly, almost invisibly.
A good reminder that change often starts long before we notice it.
December 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Winter solstice today.
Shortest day, longest night.
Not an ending, a turning point.
From here, the light comes back quietly, almost invisibly.
A good reminder that change often starts long before we notice it.
Shortest day, longest night.
Not an ending, a turning point.
From here, the light comes back quietly, almost invisibly.
A good reminder that change often starts long before we notice it.
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Good light doesn’t save boring photographs. It just makes them more obvious.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/good-light...
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Good light doesn’t save boring photographs
Beautiful light cannot rescue empty images. A practical look at why intent, timing, and decision-making matter more than golden hour in photography.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good light doesn’t save boring photographs. It just makes them more obvious.
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/good-light...
marcosecchi.substack.com/p/good-light...