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In occasion, of his forthcoming workshop, we have interviewed Dan Warsinger. Dan is a very nice person, whose photography is nice and very stimulating. His life can really be inspiring to all young aspiring photographers, who are looking for a path to follow.
So here is the intervew:
Manfrotto: How and when did you start taking [...]

Rome, Friday February 19, 2010.
Place: Centro Sperimentale di Fotografia “Ansel Adams”
Our Italian Team from Manfrotto Distribution visited the CSF Ansel Adams in Rome, bringing the experience and the story of one of our testimonials Emilio Casi, italian portrait and fashion photographer based in Milan.
The intimate atmosphere of the centre headquarter felt very nice, a lot [...]

Pierre Teyssot, sport photographer supported by Manfrotto, has selected for us some very nice shots from some his last assignments: Ski Jumping and Speed Skating.
Pierre publishes his works in many magazines and newspapers worldwide (L’Equipe, Fondo Ski-Alp, Mulatero, Ski Alper, Techno MTB, Edidoss, Sci Fondo, Equipe Magazine, Vélo Vert, Top Vélo, O2Bikers, Le Figaro, [...]

We would like to pay homage to our hero and testimonial Simone More, who with his great endeavours and achievements has brought Manfrotto to the top of the world. Thanks a lot from the deepest of our hearts. We are honored and happy to see that Simone has been awarded with this prestigious prize.
From the [...]

The subject was the famous Italian comedian Norberto Midani. As it often happens with people used to stay in front of the camera, my first thought was to make him feel free to act exactly as he wanted to.
For that reason I had to light the scene in a wider way so he could [...]

Pierre Teyssot, sport photographer supported by Manfrotto, has selected for us some very nice shots from some his last assignments: Ski Jumping and Speed Skating.
Pierre publishes his works in many magazines and newspapers worldwide (L’Equipe, Fondo Ski-Alp, Mulatero, Ski Alper, Techno MTB, Edidoss, Sci Fondo, Equipe Magazine, Vélo Vert, Top Vélo, O2Bikers, Le Figaro, [...]

And finally the last day arrives.
After such a long tour (Bill has been traveling with Nikon through Scandinavia fr 8 days now), we are all quite worn out. I shouldn’t say this since I was the last to join the crew, however… the day in Turku was quite a long one. We got back at [...]

If shooting for a multimedia piece has been quite and experience, this new activity of the Nikon Roadshow around Scandinvaia has been a blast… at least for me!
Bill Frakes and Nikon brought us to a Heavy Metal concert (yeah you read right!!! lound and heavy music)… in a club in a town some 160 Kms [...]

The big event…
Today, Bill is expected to talk to a 200 to 300 people audience.
For this event, Nikon has prepared an amazing reception: huge catering, products in display and great people giving all kind of information to the many people who heeded the call…
I arrive at 9 and help prepare ona pert of the [...]

And the year 2010 began in the best way possible.
Manfrotto is partner with NPS for a Scandinavian tour of Nikon and Manfrotto testimonial Bill Frakes.
We join the tour that had already started in Sweden and gone through Norway in the last few days. we reach the group here in Copenhagen, Denmark, under a slight but [...]

Rome, August 2009: 25 years after being awarded the World Press Photo medal for “Daily Life Stories”, Bill Frakes again photographed Missy Koch. In 1984 Missy was an athletic university student who lost her right leg to a terrible cancer. She now lives with her composer husband, Todd Billingsley and three children–Joey, Lukas [...]

With this lesson I suggest to change your point of view. It is worth it. Try to photograph from an elevated point of view even when an existing location from which to shoot is not available. In most cases the result will change drastically just by raising the camera a few meters. In the Manfrotto [...]

A sufficient overlap between images is an essential condition to get seamless panoramas out of the stitching software. The here introduced Panorama Calculator is able to calculate the specific parameters for the Manfrotto 303N/303SPH using a given camera (sensor size) and lens (focal length) with a few mouse clicks.

Roberto introduces in his work a new tool and Manfrotto is honored to be able to talk about it, as part of the experience of one of our master photographers.
ALCE is an easy-to-use and powerful Photoshop tool to effectively improve and finely tune the local contrast of an image. In his website Roberto gives plenty [...]

My only question about Manfrotto’s soon to be released “MYbackpack” is whether to call this a great photo backpack made to protect a great tripod or a great tripod included in an equally great photo backpack. Regardless of how that question is answered, this is one of the best kits one can find for the [...]

I was thrilled to be asked by the Manfrotto team to talk about Pinhole Photography. It’s been my favorite medium for a few years and I am often asked What is a pinhole camera?
A pinhole camera is any lightproof object with a hole on one side and some material inside that can record an [...]

Name: Jerry Hiller
Type of Photography: Fine Art
Favorite Camera and Lens: Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 80-200mm f/2/8 D, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 D, AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 3.5-5.6G ED [Singh-Ray filters]
Favorite Tripod set: Manfrotto – 7322CY-BB compact lightweight carbon fiber tripod with 484RC2 ball head, and Manfrotto – 055XDB aluminum tripod with mini-ball head.
Activity: Sales and Marketing [...]

Here in Porto Koufo life flows in a very relaxed way, traffic is just the one of fishermen leaving the bay early in the morning and coming back in the afternoon. Finally I have got some time to restore my body and relax my mind and to let the thoughts freely flying.
Reflections …
Iran is a [...]

18 august 550 km
Esfahan - Hamadam
19 august – 616 km
Hamadam - Orumiyeh
20 august – 660 km
Orumiyeh - Bingol
21 august - 650 km
Bingol – Goreme
22 august - 710km
Goreme – Istanbul
23 august – 666 km
Istanbul – Porto Koufo
After Esfahan we started our come back and decided to move quickly to a relaxing destination close to the ferry [...]

We decided to leave Shiraz very early to head to Esfahan. At 6 o’clock we are on the road, the temperature is good for traveling, till midday. After that it’s very difficult to resist and avoid to fall asleep…
Esfahan is a pearl of Islamic culture, the finest mosque s are here perfectly positioned on [...]

Finally we arrive in PERSEPOLIS, our final destination, exactly in the middle of our trip and the place more distant from Milan.
Persepolis is still a magnificent city, it was the city where the ancient Persian Shahs were celebrating the new year. Walking around it is still amazing, especially enjoying the detailed bas-relief and trying to [...]

We are in the desert, on the first part of our road the temperature is great, quite fresh, since we are high in the mountains.
The rest part of our road is so hot that we have to close jackets and helmets to keep the heat away from us, local newspaper report 41C as the max [...]

Everything’s ready,
The motorbike is loaded (even more than simply loaded, way beyond anyone’s imagination…) so let’s go. The adrenaline of the last days is still there, short nights and a great excitement within…
Today the first simple leg of our adveture, about 600 km.
After work, we will try to avoid the traditional mass departure of [...]

Pierre Teyssot shot ROMA09.
Take a look at some of the pictures he took featuring Federica Pellegrini and Michael Phelps.
www.pierreteyssot.com

Departure: Friday July 31, 2009 (Milan)
Arrival: Sunday August 30, 2009 (Milan)
Cities and countries: Postumia (SLO), Nis (SRB), Plovdiv (BG), Bolu (TR), Susehri (TR), Dogubayazit (TR), Tabriz (IR), Tabriz (IR), Tabriz (IR), Qazin (IR), Kashan (IR), Yazd (IR), Yazd (IR), Shiraz (IR), Shiraz (IR), Isfahan (IR), Isfahan (IR), Isfahan (IR), Hamadan (IR), Orumiyeh (IR), Van (TR) [...]

Name: Mària Dinoia
Type of Photography: Photoreportage
Favorite Camera and Lens: Canon 400D, Tokina 11-16 mm f/2.8, Canon 28-55 f/3.5, Canon EF 70-300mm f 4-5.6, Canon EF 50mm F1.4 USM
Favorite Tripod set: Manfrotto – Compact Lightweight Carbon fiber Tripod
Activity: Art Director and Professional Free Lance Photographer
Awards:

- Eyes On The Planet – International Photo Contest (Milan, [...]

GOOD MORNING VENICE from dokudoku on Vimeo.
www.dokudoku.it

Bryan Adams, one of the most important rockers of our times (www.bryanadams.com), is also a renown photographer based in London (visit his photography site here). We had the great honor and permission by him to publish this picture of one of his photo session using some of our lighting products.