Author: Marco

  • Kids, Again! is my new royalty-free music track

    Kids, Again! is my new royalty-free music track

    My very first royalty-free music track is called “Kids, Again!” and is available on Pond5 for licensing. https://www.pond5.com/item/163417681 I tried to create a positive, bouncy, and vibrant music with plenty of synthesizer sounds.

  • “Space Bliss”, my first musical composition

    “Space Bliss”, my first musical composition

    “Space Bliss” is my first musical composition. I created it entirely with Logic Pro. I also created the image for the cover art with Blender.

  • Photography is too tiring…

    Photography is too tiring…

    I have never been a “hands on” person. Starting from my years in Engineering and Academia, I was never happy in the lab… I was never in the lab actually, or, at least, this was my supervisor’s opinion. I did prefer the theory behind the experiments and, if it could me avoid one day in…

  • Flash photography in Blender!

    Flash photography in Blender!

    I wanted to simulate in Blender that kind of flash photography where you leave the camera shutter open for a relatively slow time and then freeze the movement with a flash (either synch’d on the first or the second curtain, to use SLR terms and tech). For example, I am referring to this type of…

  • Crime scene with chalk

    Crime scene with chalk

    It looks like it is a recurring motif. I’ve made three of them, two modified photos and one 3d render :-)

  • Casa è…

    Casa è…

    Casa è dove ci sono Wi-Fi, macchina espresso, cuociriso. Home is where Wi-Fi, espresso machine, and rice cooker are.

  • Photographer or “Image maker”?

    Photographer or “Image maker”?

    Apple Motion as a 3D renderer for realistic scenes

  • Mascherine usa e getta e COVID-19

    Mascherine usa e getta e COVID-19

    Dopo quante ore d’uso decade in modo rilevante l’efficacia di una mascherina ffp2? e quella di una chirurgica ? Iniziamo col dire che una chirurgica non è mai efficace per proteggere te ma solo gli altri. Anche se il materiale filtrante può (a volte) essere lo stesso, la forma della mascherina non lo è, quindi l’aria inspirata…

  • Helios-44M-4 lens on Sony camera

    Helios-44M-4 lens on Sony camera

    My first SLR was a soviet Zenit 12XP, that came equipped with its “normal” Helios-44M-4 lens which, despite it weird naming, is a 58mm focal-length lens. I was about 14, when I got it and, after that — but this is another story — I moved on to a Contax 139Q. The Helios lens, and…

  • I fiori di Dogana Nuova (MO)

    I fiori di Dogana Nuova (MO)

    Non viaggio molto; conosco pochissimi posti; il monte Abetone mi piace moltissimo. L’ho visto solo una volta con un pochino di neve; il più delle volte, ci vado d’estate per cercare refrigerio. Forse, se non avessi la mia palla al piede personale (a.k.a. Dafne il bulldog) mi sposterei più facilmente e guarderei di più dei…

  • Sony’s Creative Style

    Sony’s Creative Style

    Seldom I shoot jpg. Normally I shoot RAW and I do at least a basic editing. When I shoot with Fujifilm, I extensively make use of their “film simulations;” I like all of them, either made in-camera or with a RAW developer. However I was wandering on Mt Abetone with my Sony alpha 7 II and two things occurred: I…

  • La stampa italiana

    La stampa italiana

    Ogni tanto consulto la stampa italiana (online, perché non voglio farvi arrivare soldi) lo faccio per informarmi su cosa è che non dicono e su quanto male dicono le cose. Anche questa è informazione e può aiutarmi a capire le persone intorno a me. Una volta, imparare l’inglese serviva per trovare lavoro e per viaggiare…