About FotoCapito

Russell & Elena

The name Foto Capito is Italian. Capito means understood. However, foto for Italians is an abbreviation for photograph, or photographs, and possibly photography. Therefore, the phrase, foto capito could be translated a few different ways: photo understood, photos understood, or photography understood. Along these lines, some aspects of this site attempt to help readers to understand photography. Other parts of this site seek to help visitors to understand photographs, to understand their meaning. I try to help fairly new photographers to be able to analyze a photograph and its meaning — as a means of communication and artistic expression.

This web site offers tutorials and other resources related to photography. It’s primarily for newcomers to photography and for beginners who want to learn how to take good photographs. I provide easy to understand articles which explain various aspects of photography: camera settings, composition, lighting, etc. This site also includes recommendations of books on photography and photography equipment to help new photographers to learn more than this site can offer, and to help them to purchase good equipment that they will use as they progress in their understanding of photography.

About Russell

Russell’s Current Cameras & Lenses

The owner of this site is me, Russell Dyer. I’m an American writer living in Milan, Italy. This site contains my articles on photography, as well as my thoughts and notices on the same. Since these writings are extensive, they’re kept separate from my personal site.

For my primary work, I write about computer software and edit the writings of others on software — this is software unrelated to photography. I’ve also written a few novels. You can learn more about my technical books from O’Reilly Media, and about my novels from A Silent Killdeer Publishing . You can buy my books on Amazon.