Seascape 2nd place winner

There's a kind of magic when women do meet a rough sea in my romantic dreams.
Not sure what exactly happens in my mind - it must be something related to my DNA that invites me to add a contrast between the delicate and sweet look of a gentle woman against the brutal roughness of an angry sea in the hope the sea storm couldn't threaten any longer the coastline.

My name’s Paolo Lazzarotti, I’m 45 and I’m lucky enough to live in a small village very close to some of the finest italian places like Cinque Terre National Park, Gulf of the Poets, Tuscan countryside and a wild coast line where I took some of my finest and awarded sea shots.

I moved my very first steps in Photography when I was 19 with a compact film camera given by my father. I loved this gift a lot and I’ve started to look at the world around me in a different way.
I learned everything by myself without reading any book or attending at any course. I did spend most of my time in understanding my errors and trying not have more in the future. I was aware this was certainly the most time consuming way to improve my own skills, but right now I realized this was the best way to develop my own genuine style.
My favourite subjects were landscapes, sunsets and all the things strictly related to Nature. Well, I can fairly state I love Nature in all its forms even now, expecially when she reveals to me her majestic strenght making me feel a stupid