Linda Vojtova celebrating 10 years

 
A few weeks ago I've got a chance to document supermodel Linda Vojtova's celebration of 10 years of her career. We started at her apartment for a 'behind the scenes/getting ready video', and ended up later in a Gallery in Chelsea, where a photographic collection by some of the most influential photographers in the fashion industry was the main part. Steven Meisel, Peter Lindberg, Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Klein, and Tiziano Magni, are just some of the names she worked with..

The night ended in a club in the Meat Packing District for her 10 year career party, along with David Bryan, Bon Jovi's  historical piano player, celebrating his birthday.

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PARTY - DAVID BRYAN (FROM BONJOVI) BIRTHDAY


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Central Park again..

I spent a few hours in Central Park the other day.. Played a little with timelapse and tried out some other things(see 'Central Park timelapse'). I wanted to experiment with long exposures by using a neutral density filter.I have a variable neutral density filter I use mostly for video. It is good enough for video, but not so good for photography. The filter I'm talking about is the Genus ND Fader Filter, much cheaper than the Vari ND filter from Singh-Ray. Now I know why! These filters are supposed to darken, and lower the exposure, allowing you to use longer exposure times. The cheaper Genus Filter doesn't give you an even exposure throughout the frame at least when you go down to -8 stops or so. It almost works more like a graduated filter. Here is a pano I shot using the Fader Filter.

I am looking forward to photographing a beach using long exposures. Let 's see what happens!

Hope you like the image I created. Thanks!

Central Park timelapse

 
After I came back from Washington DC where I attended Canon Filmmakers Live seminar with Philip Bloom, I still had fresh in mind all that timelapse stuff he talked about. Cloudy day here in New York two days ago. So why not make a timelapse? Clouds will probably look cool! This is the result of 2-3 hours spent in Central Park..

Here is the timelapse.. Make sure you watch it FULL SCREEN and HD!

 
I would love to get some feedback from you guys! So feel free to leave a comment.
Hey, I'll be back soon with more timelapses!
 
Thanks!
 

Necklace/camera brace!

Last Thursday I happened to be in Washington DC for Canon Filmmakers Live where DP, Director, and filmmaker Philip Bloom conducted a day long seminar.I had a great time, and learned a lot of new stuff! After the workshop we had a fun meet-up in a Pub next door. We all were with our cameras having great conversations.

At some point Philip Bloom notices my camera brace I was using with my Nikon D3s to film him..

I love the high end gear! However, if you're broke, a student, or just can't afford right now spending the extra money on your video gear, here is an alternative.

It is the Sima SVP-3 Mini, it is only $20, and it works pretty well for hdslr cameras. If you have a viewfinder such as the Z-Finder from Zacuto, you have an additional point of contact. I got some pretty stable shots with the combination of the Sima SVP-3 and the Z-Finder.

ciao!

Harlem Pond

The other I was sitting at home, I had just recovered from a couple of days of being sick, and decided to grab my camera and head to Central Park North, just a few blocks away from where I live.

I saw the beautiful snowy landscape, the iced pond, a little duck family, and a couple of pigeons.. Let's make a little movie!

I spent some good three hours hanging out in the park and freezing my butt off.

It was filmed with a Nikon D3s, 50mm f/1.4 and 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses, Glidetrack HD slider. Edited and graded in Premiere CS5, and After Effects.
 
Music by Prokofiev ‘Carnival of the animals’: Aquarium and performed by Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchetra. You can buy it on iTunes!
 
Hope you enjoy!

Drifting - The movie

Hi everybody!

I'm thrilled to announce the first trailer of the movie Drifting, which will come out soon! Drifting is a collaboration between singer/songwriter and composer Simona D, Jason Verga [Brando from the neck down (2004), The mooch (2008), Consequence, Ed, White Embers (theater), The Refuseniks Trial (theater)], and myself. Ballet dancer Michele Moreno, whom I photographed in a couple of occasions (see Ballerina, and this image gallery) is also part of the great cast! Original music by Simona D and John Maida.

'Drifting' will take you into the creative life of four artists with different backgrounds and one common path that will bring them eventually together.

The sense of sadness and desperation caused by the struggle of expressing one's talent will be fulfilled by a surprise event that will change the characters' lives.

Fluttering in a world of imagination until the day inspiration will be transformed into reality.

Drifting is a story about life, art and dreams. Here is the trailer of Drifting (make sure you watch it in HD!). 

Check out www.drifting-movie.com, Drifting's official web page where you can find out more about the movie, the cast, and visit Drifting's blog which will be launched soon featuring behind the scenes, and other cool stuff!

Hope you enjoy the trailer!

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It's cold in New York!

Hi folks!

The other day I felt like going for a walk in Central Park. It was cold! Most of the snow has already melted. This year I didn't feel like getting up at 5 am to see the first snow. I remember last year though, got up at 5 am, and knew I was going to find all of Central Park covered in snow. Freezing but beautiful! I took that pano (about seven images stitched together in Photoshop) above that morning at around 6 am. It was worth getting up that early! If you'd like to see the panorama of the snow fountain in a larger size click here.

Above is another image from last year, It was snowing, and snowing and this corner of Central Park looked just so wonderful with the glow of the lights of the Plaza Hotel and the other lights. Winter wonderland in Manhattan..

The following image was taken two days ago when I entered Central Park from the West Side on 72nd Street. Every time I walk by there are people paying an homage to John Lennon.

I promise I'll try to blog more often!

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Juliana+Norbert ..Just married!

 
Juliana + Norbert from Giovanni Ferlito on Vimeo.
 
Back in August I photographed Juliana and Norbert to celebrate their engagement (see blog post 'Juliana & Norbert). They got married in September, and I had a chance to film their special day.. This is my first attempt making a wedding video. I used my Nikon D3s, a couple of lenses, a tripod, and a Glidecam; for some of the audio I also used a Zoom H4n.
 
What a wonderful day!
 
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Jessie + Matthew

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Beautiful day today for an engagement photo shoot!
Today I had a real blast photographing Jessie and Matthew around the streets of Soho, and Washington Square. It was the perfect autumn afternoon in New York.
This is the little Italian Restaurant where Jessie and Matthew got engaged, 'Il Buco'!

HDR Flatiron

Yesterday, I was around 23rd Street in Manhattan to get a bite at the new Eataly that just opened a few days ago. In my previous blog posting I briefly mentioned HDR photographer and artist Trey Ratcliff, and his blog, his has some really cool HDR photography. Check out his portfolio!Summer is ending and Fall is getting closer, and that cloudy sky that day just inspired me for some HDRphotos.

Thanks for reading, and please, feel free to leave a comment! ciao

Forever skies

I just tweeted this out.. I thought it was so unique - I wanted to share it with you here. I actually found this video on Trey Ratcliff's blog, he's an amazing photographer specialized in HDR photography. You can see his work here!

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/13002275 w=588&h=331] Lilac Wine from Matthew Landa on Vimeo.

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Juliana & Norbert

Juliana and Norbert are getting married next month.. Central Park is where Norbert asked Juliana to marry him.

I spent the whole afternoon and part of the evening with them, and I had a blast photographing them! These are some of the images from that day. I would be really happy to read your comments.

 
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Marine's creed

 

This is my first attempt making a short video with my new Nikon D3s. I just played around a little.. I would love to hear what you think!


 
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Manhattan skyline!

 

 
Last night I took the ferry, and went to Hoboken! Here are a couple of shots of Manhattan's skyline..
 
The wide pano of Manhattan's skyline was created merging 19 images that were shot vertically. The lens used is a Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII, with D3s body, and of course, a tripod.

 

The image above is a five exposure HDR, created in Photoshop CS5.
 
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Marine's creed

>Good morning everybody! This morning I would just like to quickly post this short video I shot a couple of days ago using my new Nikon D3s. I played a little with the new video feature..
In the end I edited everything in Premiere Pro CS5 and added some music.
Here is what I came up with.

You're very welcome to leave comments, I would love to hear from you what you think.

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TimesSquare_TimeLapse

>Spent a couple of hours yesterday in Times Square, and played a little doing some Time Lapse experiments. Nothing too special, but planning for something much cooler!

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First blog from an iPad!

>Hi guys!

Here at the Apple Store on 5th Avenue posting my first blog from an iPad.
I'm trying to figure out whether I could entirely create a blogpost from an iPad.
I like it so far! It's pretty easy to access my blogger setting page, type, link to other web pages, post videos, etc.

Here is a link to photographer/director Michael Grecco's footage of a photo shoot he did with legendary film director Martin Scorsese. Let's see how this works with this blog post.

I think it worked pretty well!

Looking forward to getting the iPad!

Thanks for reading,

Giovanni

Photo shoot Updates

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Been shooting more than usual lately, experimenting, trying new things. Had a great session with beautiful and talented ballet dancer Michele Moreno.
The images were made in a dance studio in the heart of the Theater District, right next to Times Square in New York City.
I mainly used window light, and a new light modifier, the Photek Softliter II 60", I was looking forward to use.
In the following days I started working on a couple of images, and posted some on my page on Facebook.
I happened to visit renowned photographer Joe McNally's page on Facebook. I then decided to post one of my images on his page asking for a comment from Joe McNally or just anyone else who visits his page.
Oh Lord, I had the great honor to get a comment on my photo right from Sir McNally.

 
This will for sure give me a lot of input for creating more and better.
I must say, he made my day!

The image above is a composite of seven images made into a sequence shot at the Skate Park at Chelsea Piers in New York City. The rollerblader in the photo is Tadd Labozzetta.
I had a blast spending the afternoon at this Skate Park, a creative and fun place to be.

I'm planning to go back to the Skate Park and make more images, get more contacts with skaters, and
rollerbladers.

Had also a chance to take a few shots of Parkour guy Milton. Really cool stuff!

Thanks for reading!