by Stefano Crosio
Nature, Wildlife, Travel Photography From Around The World

About Us

1. Biography

Stefano was born in Genoa, Italy, and now lives in New York, NY, after periods spent in Milan and Rome, Italy. He graduated in law with honors at the University of Genoa.

He attended workshops with master photographers Galen Rowell, George Lepp, Moose Peterson and Charles Glatzer. Although always interested in photography, he started being deeply committed to nature and wildlife photography as of 2000.

The roots of this commitment lie in his passion for wild places and animals. Stefano has been travelling extensively to photograph different environments and animal species around the world. He is extremely fond of Africa where he travelled to the Okavango Delta (Botswana), Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Stefano’s work aims at depicting wild nature and creatures in their most beautiful and appealing forms. He strives to make people realize the importance of wildlife protection and to awaken people’s environmentalist conscience.

His work has been published in magazines like U.S. Nature Photographer Magazine, where he also won a cover, Backpacker Magazine and Italy’s Asferico as well as in Web sites like Photographic Vision, textbooks and corporate brochures. One of his photographs has won an award in the context of the 2003 Italian Grand Prize of Nature Photography.

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2. Credits

Below are a couple of samples of Stefano's publications:
 

U.S. Magazines:	Italian Magazines:

Stefano's work has been published in U.S. and Italian magazines, in textbooks in Canada and South Africa, in corporate brochures and in several Web sites. Two of his images have also been published in the 2006 NANPA Members' Showcase Journal and will be featured on the NANPA Web site throughout 2006.

Stefano's client list includes:

• Nature Photographer Magazine

• Backpacker Magazine

• Asferico Magazine

• ERM Group, Inc.

• Nelson Thomson Learning (Publisher)

• Nasou Via Afrika (Publisher)

In addition to his editorial activities, Stefano actively produces, exhibits and sells fine art prints of his images.

3. Photo Gear

All photographs shown in this Web Site and all those kept in our archives were taken with Nikon gear, which I endorse for its ruggedness, dependability (even in the worse environmental or weather conditions) and durability.   

As of March 1, 2005, with the advent of the revolutionary D2X, I totally converted to digital. I still cannot part from my beloved film camera bodies (a Nikon F100 and an FM3A) but all my work is now digital. My digital camera bodies are a Nikon D2X and a D100.

Of my collection of Nikkor lenses, the following are those that I use the most, depending on the requirements and peculiarities of any shoot.  
 

My speedlights are a Nikon SB-80 DX (for the digital bodies) and an SB-28 (for the film bodies), sometimes coupled with a flash extender or a flash diffuser.  

Virtually all of my static shots were taken from a tripod (a Gitzo G1325 with a Markins M-20L ballhead) and most of my action or wildlife shots were taken either using a Wimberley Sidekick or one/two bean bags. A few of my telephoto action shots were taken handheld with the Vibration Reduction function of my 80-400mm or 70-200mm tele-zooms activated. Sometimes I also use a Nikon 1.4x teleconverter.

When I used film I only shot slides. Depending on the subject, time of the day, light, contrast and other variables, my films of choice were Fuji Velvia (both in its traditional ISO 50 version and in the new 100F release) and Kodak E100VS. Sometimes I also resorted to Fuji Provia 400 when the light was really dim (such as in rainforests). Now that the days of film are over, I only use Lexar CF cards. 

Finally, I carry my gear in photo backpacks or sometimes hip-packs. My favorite ones (depending on how much gear I need to carry and on possible size or weight restrictions) are a LowePro PhotoTrekker AW and a LowePro MiniTrekker (they are both backpacks) or, if I really need to go light, a LowePro Off Road (hip-pack).