Author: Marco
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Inspired by “Munich”
“Munich” is a wonderfully complex picture. Any scene that I might be inspired to re-create in my small studio can only be simple indoor ones. I admired Avner on his hotel room bed. I improvised a bed on a table. The final result with me acting as the lead character!
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Light scheme for “Back from Hell”
Camera: Sony NEX-5 Lens: Sigma 30mm f/2.8 Elinchrom 90x110cm gridded softbox Elinchrom 44cm gridded beauty dish Silver reflector Grey muslin background
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Light scheme for “pain”
Both the 90×110 Elinchrom softbox and the snoot were gridded. The background was a light grey muslin.
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Light scheme for “Fumo negli occhi”
For this photo I wanted a gridded softbox to combine with my gridded beauty dish. I did not own one then. I replaced that with a white diffuser disc and some black cloth to avoid the light blind the lens.
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iPhone 5 vs Olympus XA and Kodak Ektar
While in Venice (Italy) I shot the same scene with my iPhone 5 (HDR and filters) and Olympus XA loaded with Ektar. I propose here the comparison, while noting that I have adjusted in Photoshop the Ektar file only.
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My first photos with an iPhone 5: Monterosso (Cinque Terre)
What a disaster can a splash of sea water be for a camera! And so it was, that I headed for Monterosso only equipped with my Nikon FM2n, only to realise, and only there, that a recent splash of sea water had made it unusable. A whole day in a beautiful place without a camera?, I…
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Vicopisano by day (or evening?)
I thought this scene could look better in an evening scene: I wanted to give highlight to the streetlamps. Photoshop then! In Both cases: Canon EOS 1n, EF 70-200 f/4L IS, Acros 100
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Tree trunks washed onshore
I was watching this photo on flickr of a tree trunk washed onshore, when I realised that I photographed several of them already, perhaps more than I wish to remember. Here are mine.