Photo by Michele Trecate - Marina Crialesi as Eva Kant

I had the opportunity to work as a photography consultant at the production of “King of Terror”: a video clip for a song of the italian metal band Mesmerize.

The plot of the video is inspired by the italian comics series published by Astorina since 1963: Diabolik.

Eva Kant is a fictional character and she is the girlfriend of criminal mastermind Diabolik, also known as King of Terror. Eva is portrayed as an attractive blonde young woman; she drives an E-Type Jaguar, and usually goes into action wearing a heavy sweater and pants, no mask and no revealing clothing. She usually wears her hair in an up-do.

In this video Eva is the main character and is played by Marina Crialesi. She is a beautiful italian model, 19 years old, from Rimini.
Behind the scenes: I had about 40 seconds to take her this picture. I told her to walk and I shot with available light. I was very busy that day because I had to held reflectors and to help the cameramen (Davide Celoria) to get the right light, so I couldn’t take many pictures.

Mesmerize is a metal band. In 1988, Andrea Garavaglia (drums), Piero Paravidino (guitar), Folco Orlandini (vocals) and Paolo Chiodini (guitar) create Mesmerize, united by their passion for the great metal bands from that period, such as Iron Maiden, Manowar and Helloween; the line-up will be ultimately settled in 1994 with the enrolment of Andrea Tito (bass), who replaces former bass players Luca Valisi and Paolo Fiori.
In 2003 Mesmerize face the first line-up change since almost ten years: the guitarist Paolo Chiodini left the band because of personal reasons and was replaced by Luca Belbruno.

The song King of Terror is dedicated to Diabolik of which Folco (the singer) is a great fan.

Link:

• www.mesmerize.it
• www.diabolik.it
• www.creativecomics.it (Alessia Di Giovanni and Daniele Statella: directors)

Notebook shot by Michele Trecate - Dallas Morning News website

A ring flash, a muslin background, a cheap tape on the medals… this is what you need to take a portrait!

Watch Dallas Morning News photographer Courtney Perry as she photographs Olympic gold medal winner Nastia Liukin.

(DMN - Video: Randy Eli Grothe and David Woo / Editing: Randy Eli Grothe)

- Watch the video!

- You can also visit Courtney’s website: www.courtneyperry.com, she has a blog, and she puts her photos on flickr too.

- And don’t forget to click on www.nastialiukin.com

Photo by Michele Trecate - Lisa Bettany's website

Her name is Lisa Bettany. She is a blogger, a model and also a photographer. You can read on her blog (MostlyLisa) some good basic advices about photography: “Read your camera manual!”, “Never use auto settings. Ever.”, “Always set your White Balance”.

Photo by Michele Trecate - notebook

Vanity Fair has published 25 Pinups: here is the list.

- Carla Gugino by Matthew Rolston
- Kelly Macdonald by Wayne Maser
- Amanda Seyfried by Mark Seliger
- Meagan Good by Patrick Demarchelier
- Kristen Bell by Mark Seliger
- Summer Glau by Mark Seliger
- Carice van Houten by Wayne Maser
- Malin Akerman by Matthew Rolston
- Jurnee Smollett by Matthew Rolston
- Giovanna Mezzogiorno by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele
- Lymari Nadal by Michael Elins
- Alice Eve by James White
- Alexa Davalos by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele
- Jess Weixler by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele
- Terry Pheto by Mark Seliger
- Leslie Mann by Michael Elins
- Rachael Taylor by Michael Elins
- Kristen Stewart by James White
- Emily Blunt by James White
- Hayden Panettiere by James White
- Alice Braga by Michael Elins
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead by Michael Elins
- Isla Fisher by Michael Elins
- Abbie Cornish by Carlo Pieroni
- Kate Mara by Michael Elins

Go to Vanity Fair!

I took this picture some months ago in Vercelli.

Giovanni Pellielo practicing - photo by Michele Trecate

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Domenico Marocchino former soccer player - photo by Michele Trecate

Now he works as a commentator for TeleLombardia, a local Italian TV.

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One year ago he decided to bring a period of rest from his job at the Sun. He wanted to spend more time with his family and blogging was turning into a second job.

On Friday, one hundred people left The Baltimore Sun. David Hobby was one of them. He talks about it in “Will Shoot For Food“. He has always been a photographer, and that is what he wants to continue to be, but this is the question: who he will be shooting for? What will he be shooting?

Here is an excerpt from his DVD: he teaches how to take a portrait with a nice background.

The secret is: “do not say cheese”. Watch the video!