Author: Marco
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Working from home for COVID-19…
Working from home for COVID-19 did not change a lot things for me. As a stock photographer I always been extremely free to choose the what, where and when of my photographs, and albeit many shots are normally taken outdoors, plenty are taken in studio. Furthermore, to work on my digital graffiti series, I can…
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Sleeping (beauty) bulldog
I confess that photographing a sleeping bulldog is not exactly the most difficult task that a photographer may face: a sleeping bulldog is… still, with the only exception of some mild shaking of eyelids or ears. Technically there might be the need of shooting in low light and/or bouncing the flash, but surely no autofocus…
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Una “nutella” migliore
Ecco una semplice ricetta a tre ingredienti per una crema spalmabile a base di cacao e nocciole.
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Sony Alpha 7 II settings
Usage scenario I only use my alpha camera in manual focus with vintage lenses so the absence of focusing mode setting reflects this. I only shoot RAW stills, yet… see notes below. Comments on my settings When the white balance is assigned to a custom button, I see the “set custom white balance” available. On…
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Playing with the Bulldog
If she asks to play… you have to do it. If she doesn’t… you have to ask, because she needs to get tired, or you won’t be able to sleep tonight. At the end of the day — quite literally — you must play with her. She can be devastatingly exuberant. I am sure it…
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When a Bulldog sits down
Can looking at somebody sitting be enough to cheer yourself up? If the answer is yes, then this somebody really must be special and worth every second of your attention.Dafne, my English Bulldog, rarely sits. She’s hyper-active and sitting is almost not an option — unless she wants to communicate something, such as “I am…
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My favourite Apple Watch face
My favourite Apple Watch face, with its complications, here it is. I like the shape, the colour, the functionality. It isn’t the only one I use—I don’t have to choose one so I don’t—but it is the one I most often come to.
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Lo scemo del villaggio
Esiste sempre lo scemo del paese. Non è scemo, è soltanto malato, si direbbe — meglio — oggi ma è comunque lo scemo del paese, che è sempre esistito e sempre esisterà. Lo incroci per strada e ti fa sentire subito meglio e subito peggio: un po’ più intelligente, ma anche un po’ più triste,…
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Fuji X and a higher level of JPG quality
Introduction The «purist» way to apply film simulations is doing so in camera, either by shooting JPEG, or by shooting RAW and then processing them using the in-camera convert feature. The second-best way is to use Fujifilm X RAW Studio on your computer. Unfortunately, short of the newest feature — only present on the X-Pro3…
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(An almost) Press Release
Marco Venturini Autieri, commercial photographer in Ghezzano (PI), is announcing a Master Course in Photography of Aliens and Extraterrestrial Life. Marco’s multidisciplinary inclusive experience and his vivid interest for those forms of life that are sometimes — wrongly — considered less attractive and more photographically challenging, put him in a unique vantage position. Marco’s background…
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Soft chiaroscuro light for portraits
I set the gridded softbox to the maximum power and the naked one to the minimum (respectively 5 and 1). With the scheme above, I used a Canon EOS 5D and a 70-200mm f/4L IS zoom lens to photograph Francesco.