Author: Marco
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Strobes in continuos-light mode for shallow-focus effect
Studio strobes can be used in continuos light mode with their modelling lamp, which obviously give a lower light output than the flashes. Besides videos, this mode can be used in combination of large lens apertures in order to have a shallow focus. Unfortunately, it usually happens (but it depends on the strobe model) that…
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Cup stuck inside a mug: how (not) to free it
I do not want to advocate it is the best solution – I don’t even go as far as saying it is a solution at all. But, when all else failed, this is what I did and it worked. It worked twice, even, because I was so dumb to let them get stuck twice, in…
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Making toys for your own pet
Satisfaction and economy are two reasons that come to my mind to justify why I tried and make toys for my Dafne, the English Bulldog. Dogs love ropes (shoe laces as well) and although several toys that you can buy, ready-made, already resemble or incorporate a cord in the design, a real cord gives you…
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Parmigiano come premietto per l’addestramento del mio bulldog
The crust of a parmesan cheese wedge can be successfully used to prepare treats for dogs
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Trousers’ pockets, or how bad design can propagate
Rear trousers pockets are just as wrong as QWERTY keyboards. How on earth such bad design propagated till today?
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Algebra applicata ai cani
Detto A l’insieme finito dei giocattoli per cani. Detto B l’insieme infinito delle cose non adatte ai cani con le quali tuttavia ai cani piace giocare. Allora l’insieme C definito come l’intersezione degli insiemi A e B è nullo.
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When a stock photographer becomes a stock videographer…
When a stock photographer becomes a stock videographer… some changes are in order. One relates to the way files are sent to agencies. Larger files usually command the use of ftp and this changes the workflow. A quick note to highlight a piece of software that becomes extremely useful in its simplicity: Yummy FTP Alias.…
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Attaching a smartphone to a bicycle
This is how I attached my iPhone to the handlebar of my bike, using equipment normally found in photographic studios (not specifically designed for bicycles). The… contraption is made of three elements: one Manfrotto Superclamp one Manfrotto spigot one smartphone clamp (Shoulderpod S1, without the handle), with a 1/4″ threaded attachment for tripods I managed…
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The “inverse square law” has nothing to do with photography
Why has the «inverse square law» has nothing to do with photography? Actually, it has everything to do indeed, but it is often (always?) misquoted. The inverse square law is a law of physics that tells, basically, that the intensity of light decreases in proportion of the distance, squared, between a point-like light source and…
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Studio light scheme for portraits with fog
Fog (“smoke”) is unreliable because dosing it is difficult. You may find your perfect f-stops and light power settings, but the variability introduced by a fog machine will force you to try and try again. Of course, fog must be lit, or it won’t show up in photography. I’m presenting here a lighting scheme that…
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Four light sources (and one reflector) for portraits that pop
I am taking advantage of the new large gridded softbbox and I have slightly complicated the light scheme that I have described here. The simple yet effective modifications are: Added a flashgun, placed on the floor, between the subject and the backdrop, pointing at the latter, aiming high. This was trigged by a simple photocell…