Living and photographing nature: interview with Roberto Moiola, Clickalps

The importance of planning.

Planning is an essential factor when you are a landscape photographer. Even more so if you frequent a hostile and unpredictable environment like the mountains, the ones you can only reach on foot.
For years I have been frequenting the Alps, Italian, Swiss and French, always looking for new and suggestive panoramas to immortalize. For this reason I carefully plan each of my outings. It is important to try to predict in advance if a weather situation can become interesting: factors such as the direction of the sunlight, the presence or absence of the moon and consequently of the stars and the Milky Way are essential.

Pack your backpack.

But beyond the technicalities and photographic tricks that I have collected over the years, I know well that the choice of equipment is also fundamental. When you take a shot, it becomes strategic to get comfortable and not think about anything other than the shot. Concentration is needed and for this we must not be disturbed by external factors such as cold, wind, rain.

For this reason, when I prepare my backpack for a multi-day excursion, I cannot afford to forget anything, but at the same time I know that saving weight is appreciable. In addition to the photographic equipment (camera, lenses, filters, tripod and various accessories), I must plan to have with me sufficient clothing, various accessories (headlamp, thermal heaters), water and food (with stove and dishes), and my trusty tent (with attached sleeping bag, inflatable mattress and pillow).

Over the years I have chosen and perfected all the equipment with the utmost consideration, choosing technical and lightweight material but at the same time ergonomic and warm.

The tent: shelter and photographic subject.

Regarding the tent, this is perhaps one of the components that risks unbalancing the weight factor significantly. Its main use is commonly that of shelter, yet, personally I must say that I use it more as a subject to include in my photos, day and night. Being able to tell the human presence in a landscape becomes essential when you do a reportage in the mountains, for this reason both the shape and the color of the tent are important, as well as obviously the position where I am going to place it. Ultimately every little detail adds up to the success of a photograph.

Tent Set, the beauty of versatility.

Ferrino tents have been accompanying my excursions for years and I must say that year after year I find myself facilitated both with assembly and with weight, not to mention the aesthetic factor. But the thing that most surprised me and supported me in my choice was the possibility of building a tent myself according to my needs. It all started in 2020 with Tent Set, the new Ferrino logic of creating your own personalized tent directly online. After choosing the size and shape of the tent, we move on to customizing the interior. We then move on to the choice of poles and pegs, based on the situations that you expect to encounter on the various outings. It ends with the external sheet and the various accessories, ready to go and test the performance of the new Ferrino tent. Really cool, if you'll pardon the term!!

Summer 2020: An Undisturbed Mountain

In concrete terms, I want to share with you some images of the summer that just ended. The lockdown had made me change my mind about the possibilities we would have had with the arrival of the beautiful season, instead fortunately we were able to continue to walk paths, climb canals, lie down to admire the celestial vault, even less disturbed than usual (thanks to the few planes around Europe). A summer that has therefore turned out to be rather fascinating, I leave it to you to judge from the photographs that I present to you in this photo gallery whether it was worth all this hard work!