From iPad to iPhone Apps, from Software to Web Applications, Sorted Pixels will gather and filter all the best out there to give you the greatest tech assisted productivity experience ever.

Pixelated Productivity at it’s best.

See the full series of my last photo set from the “She…” project on : http://www.behance.net/gallery/She-Dreamt/681592

With styling by Fashion Designer Elga Jazz and MUA Valentina dell’Omo, I spent the whole day shooting in Milan. First in an old Tram deposit in Milan and then in the Area of Palestro, near “Villa Reale”.

Thanks also to the work of my assistant Valeria Murru, the day was very  positive and very satisfactory. Best Team Work ever I might say.

Here are some photos from the backstage.

]]> http://www.tommasonervegna.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=777 0 http://www.tommasonervegna.com/blog/?p=761 http://www.tommasonervegna.com/blog/?p=761#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:17:00 +0000 Nervo http://www.tommasonervegna.com/blog/?p=761 The first thing I noticed when I started doing photography is after the first experiments I started taking less and lesser pictures because I would felt like wasting the power of my DSLR for a random shot.

I gradually forgot the main reason I started photography, for the sake of taking pictures, stopping moments, capturing feelings and share them with others.

All my photos became gradually  the result of  calculations, precision, shot only if I thought the pictures would come out ok, with correct exposure, or exactly how I wanted it to come out, getting frustrated if the result wasn’t satisfactory…

When I realized this I immediately looked for a good point and shoot camera( Canon S90 ) to bring always with me and with which I wouldn’t feel like wasting the snaps.

But most important, as photographer Chase Jarvis says:

“The best Camera is the one that’s with you”

And what is the camera that I have always with me?

My iPhone! It’s always with me, and it’s loFi camera can give you great satisfactions if used wisely, plus let’s don’t forget all the apps with it!

Egyptian Desert

With It I never loose the opportunity to capture a moment or a wonderful place.

Trees in Surrey - England

Shoot everything and everyone, shoot colors, textures, light… expertise and keep practicing your photographer’s eye, look for details, analyze your surroundings, you never know what you could miss…

Lips

Don’t think, shoot! Try to stop thinking a moment of Golden Ratio’s or of the Rule of Thirds… Improvise! Even a picture of your keyboard my result interesting.

Milan Skyline

And if it’s not? Why not try to tweak the picture in Photoshop or with an App? The App Store is full of wonderful photography Apps to enhance everyday pictures and giving them a unique look with no knowledge of photo retouching.

I suggest you to visit iPhoneography.com to keep updated with the most recent and best iPhone photography Apps out there.

So remember:

• Keep shooting, no matter what camera is with you
• Analyze your sorroundings
• Shoot everything and everyone
• Don’t think, Shoot!
• Enhance your pictures digitally because it DOES make a difference, some photographers might say it doesn’t.
• Share, Share, Share. Dont’ care about criticism, it’s never easy to take, but is learning from our mistakes that we grow as photographers. (this rule applies with all aspects of life actually)

If you are interested in my iPhone photography I can invite you to have a look at my iPhone Photo Blog: My Way Out.

Photo taken with Canon S90

s90 on Flickr – Photo Sharing!.

While here I tested my new Canon S90, you judge the quality of the pictures, some of them have been edited in Lightroom.

I really needed a compact camera with full manual settings and ofter lot’s of research I decided to go with this model ( my alternative would have been the Panasonic Lumix LX3)

Specs:
Lens:  6.0 – 22.5mm f/2.0 – 4.9. (equivalent to 28-105mm.)

This is the main reason of my choise!

Diaphragm: Genuine 6-bladed diaphragm.

Shutter: 15 seconds – 1/1,600.

Sensor: 1/1.7.” - 10MP

Real CCD, not just CMOS.

Image Sizes: 3,648 x 2,736 pixels native.

Also 2,816 x 2,112 (M1), 2,272 x 1,704 (M2), 1,600 x 1,200 (M3), 640 x 480 (S), 3,648 x 2,048 cropped (W).

Movies: 640 x 480 or 320 x 240 @ 30 fps. (No HD.)

ISO: AUTO, 80 – 3,200.

Flash: Built-in, pop-up flash.

No hot shoe — until now I never used even the pop up flash…

LCD: 3″ Correct full-height 3:4 aspect ratio. 461k pixels.

Body Covers: Metal

Power: NB-6L Battery - CB-2LY flip-plug charger (USA).

(CB-2LYE is the corded charger.)

Rated 220 shots per charge.

1 hr 55 min maximum charge time.

Size: 3.94 x 2.30 x 1.22 inches (100.0 x 58.4 x 30.9mm).

Weight: 6.942 oz. (196.8g) with battery and card, but no strap.

Canon specifies 6.17 oz. (175g), with no batteries or card.

I had the opportunity to try it in New York. So stay tuned for some test shoots in the next post.

And might I just say: “Whoah, USA!”  each time I visit I always fall in love with America, and Washington D.C. is an amazing city.

This time I even had the opportunity of living the american lifestyle in the suburbs, in Ashburn, a great place where to raise kids and have a family. Next stop NY.

On Kismet Magazine you can read my recent Interview.

via Kismet Magazine 6th Issue

Vimeo, Last.fm, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook all in one page.

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A Flickr Set of a few of the pictures can be viewed HERE.

And for a limited period of time the complete 600++ photos can be seen at this link:

http://www.tommasonervegna.com/portfolio/egypt/

A collection of minimal iPhone wallpapers free to DOWNLOAD clicking Here.

To all those people here is a list of my most used apps on Mac.

Screenshot of my Desktop right now. I have only two folders on my desktop: Work and University Projects. The only time my Desktop is cluttered is when I have an active project that then gets beamed in to a folder and archived.

Let’s start from the left discarding all the default applications:

Things: Task managment for Mac. This is the first App I usually open in the morning, it helps keeping my work focused on only the “things” I have to do during the day so that I won’t be distracted by other errands and projects. This is a must for Mac users, plus it syncs with your Iphone!

Billings:  Invoicing and Time Billing App. It’s my latest discovery. It helps you organize your invoices and estimates sending them to your clients with neat and well designed templates(plus you can create one by your own as I did).

Evernote: I use this program to save ideas and instant inspirations, it syncs with Iphone and Windows, I don’t use it very often, but when I use it it’s very handy.

FocusBooster: Since I tend to work all day on projects until they are finished, I need a little help by this little app which alerts me using the Pomodoro technique when to have a break, have a walk around the desk, drink a coffea and get back to work. Yes, I’m a workaholic…

Ommwriter: I don’t write a lot, but when I do I need to be as focused as possible. Ommwriter is the Zen Garden of writing. Distractionless and appealing.

Adobe Creative Suite: Do I really need to write something about it? If yes I think you are reading the wrong blog…

FinalCut Pro: My video editing software. It’s always been love and hate beetween us two, but we have learnt to cope with each other to go on.

Camera Control Pro 2: It gives me complete control of my Camera Remotly, very useful in studio when I need bigger LiveView screen.

Modul8: I use this program to do Live vj sets, very quick and easy to learn.

Ableton Live: What I use to create loops and random minimal music, plus It is great for Dj sets.

Eclipse: my Java Development tool

TextMate, Coda & CssEdit: I use mainly TextMate to write code and Coda to edit Css along with CssEdit, my highly reccomandation for web developers.

Adium: my Istant message software. Msn, facebook, Gtalk all in one.

Transmit and Speed Download: ftp and download manager, still choosing between the two also if Speed Download is taking the lead.

1Password: Helps me store and organize all my passwords in a secure way. Integrates with safari for quick registrations process and quick logins. It even synchronizes with the Iphone.

Socialite: probably my most used app of them all after Photoshop and After Effects. It gathers in one neat and organized app all my Rss feeds, Twitter and Facebook messages & Flickr Stream with easy acces, editing, and reading. A must have!

Just  a random test of the Nikon D300s D-movie mode in low light enviroment.

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Photos taken only by Iphone with selected Apps.

Recently it has been featured on Iphonography.com .

She Waited on the Behance Network featuring Camilla Brison.

New Chapter of the “She..” Project:

She Asked on the Behance Network Featuring Antonella Missoni.