Author: Matteo DallOmbra
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Behind the scenes of “On The Rocks”
My latest picture went live yesterday night, after a lot a preparation and a carefully studied setup. As you can see by the above picture, I had my Canon 500D on a tripod with my 50mm prime lens and a ring flash around to provide direct light to the glass. Placed on a tray there…
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Delusion
Spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen the movie, you don’t want to read further! Finally I went to see The Hobbit tonight. Ouch. I didn’t expect to come out which such a bad feeling about it. Before I start, I have to say that I read the book many years ago. This means that I…
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A Tea With The Queen
Finally the wait is over! My new photographic book is finally available on the iBookstore!! It’s free and iPad only (iPad 2 or newer and iPad mini). You can find it at the following link. If you don’t have an iPad compatible, you can download a PDF version here (it’s 187MB). Of course is…
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Gentlemen Of The Road
Tonight I went to the Mumford & Sons concert in London. To summarize it using just one word I would say: energy. There’s a lot of energy in the air, both from the stage and from the public. If you know M&S songs, you know that they are full of instrumental-only section where they…
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Circuit Of The Americas
Yesterdays has been the official coming back of F1 in the USA and I have to admit that it has been a good one. F1 always had a strange relationship with the US, where the racing sport is mainly focused around NASCAR. The result of this was that F1 never had a true circuit built…
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Bonfire Night
Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent To blow up King and Parliament. Three-score barrels of powder below To prove old England’s overthrow; By God’s providence he was catch’d With a dark…
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Windows 8
Today was the big day for Microsoft: Surface and Windows went live and were both released to the public. So During my lunch break I decided to go to the nearby Curry/PC World to see if I could test both. Unfortunately the Surface wasn’t available in store. In his place there were many other PCs…
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A quick note about iBook Autor
Among all the releases during yesterday’s special event, Apple updated its desktop app devoted to the creation of iBooks. Since the very first release in February, it has served well to me and I used to produce several different books. One thing that I didn’t like was related to the orientation of the books. The…
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It’s Mini After All
Well, it was really an iPad mini after all. All the leaks and speculations once again were real and removed the surprise at all. Even the initial price was accurate at $329. Nevertheless I’m still amazed by the device and I think it has all I really need from a tablet. The reduced screen size…