Category: Photography
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Shooting wide open: fad vs technical necessity
Sometimes, I believe it is just a fad: wide-open lens to shoot creamy blurred background. I like it but I am not too much into it. As it has been said, often a blurred background compensates for the lack of composition skills: what to do with what is behind the subject? However, a blurred background…
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Quick lighting set-up
You have a model in your studio: he wants a quick portrait. Quick, here, does not only mean rapid to set-up, but also tolerant enough to his not-so-perfect positioning. A coloured background, moreover, does not necessarily require a separate light. So this is what I did: a beauty-dish (with central reflector) in front of him…
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How to light a scientist…
How to light a scientist… or at least someone who pretends so ;-) I used: a white wall one green-gelled Elinchrom reflector with flags, camera left, angled, set at minimum (1) one red-gelled Elinchrom reflector with flags, camera left, pointing at the subject, set at minimum (1) one gridded beauty dish, Elinchrom, set at minimum,…
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A short walk in Newcastle with my Bronica SQ-A
It was August 2012 and all I had was my Bronica SQ-A with the Zenzanon 80/2.8 PS and Portra 400. These are just four photos from that day, but I think they capture some of the local mood.
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Parked vans that tell the story of a life
These photos of parked land vehicles (camper vans, motor homes) tell (or, rather, let the viewer imagine) a whole life story, that of the owner. The photos are, technically, extremely simple, and just frame a detail, unconventional and unexpected, and present the things as they are and were in front of me, the photographer.
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Fujifilm X-Trans sensors hate red
Red hot chili peppers and black and white photography with a red filter for high contrast of scenes with blue sky have one thing in common: are not well rendered by Fujifilm current cameras employing an X-Trans sensor.
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Una delle mie foto di Francesco S. sul Corriere Salute
Fonte: I 9 sintomi che un uomo non dovrebbe mai ignorare – Corriere.it La foto è disponibile per l’acquisto su iStock: Canon EOS 5D, 70-200mm f/4L IS @ f/5.6 e 100mm, ISO 100
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A white wall, not just a plain white background
My white walls are roughly textured, so I decided to play along with that. Instead of lighting it to make the wall disappear into a uniform white, I tried to get a beautiful shadow. I illuminated Francesco S. with a large rectangular softbox, vertically oriented, placed in front of him at about 1.5 m. Also,…
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Shooting from the top – How to photograph from above
How I photograph still life with an overhead view
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Cocuzza, parente sconosciuta della zucchina
Difusa in Sicilia e in Calabria, la “zucca clava” si gusta d’estate. Nella minestra fredda Source: Cocuzza, parente sconosciuta della zucchina On iStock the image is here.
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Salon.com used my “farfalla” pasta image
…to illustrate the concept of pests in food! Original image on: iStock Source: http://www.salon.com/2011/01/27/fda_food_defect_action_levels/