Melissa Mercier: Perfectly Private – 4

I feel lucky to be back in my hometown of Montmagny this year for mother’s day spending time with two wonderful women. My mother and my grand-mother are both very special and important people in my life. I have always considered them best friends as well as family. Montmagny is a very popular hunting town [...]

Melissa Mercier: Perfectly Private – 3

Here’s something that you maybe didn’t know about me – I design, print and trim my own business cards. I also make greeting cards that I like to send to special people. To compliment my series “Irrational Fear Of Confined Spaces” I also make a limited edition of small signed books. I believe in consistency [...]

Melissa Mercier: Perfectly Private – 2

I was reading a very interesting article analysing the ‘Instagram obsession’ and the nostalgia that comes with it. Some people are dubbing the application “the Auto-Tune of photography”. Others say that it is tapping into the sense “that a photograph is itself a precious object”. I find this statement quite intriguing as artist like myself [...]

Melissa Mercier: Perfectly Private – 1

I have always made it a point to protect my private life. Part of my upbringing instilled a strong sense of keeping certain things private and carefully choosing what to make public. This has become an interesting paradox as I’ve grown to become very active online via my facebook, twitter, pinterest and blog. It seems [...]

Experience the Manfrotto School of Xcellence at Focus On Imaging

Stand N10 -11 Manfrotto School of Xcellence (MSoX) – the online tutorial platform that allows users to log on and access the expertise and know-how of the world’s most famous photographers and videographers, will be available at the Focus On Imaging trade show (4th to 7th March). Focus is the most diverse and comprehensive imaging [...]

Mirko Sotgiu: A Gitzo tripod between ice and lava

This is Mirko Sotgiu telling us about his travel with his Gitzo tripod: “When I was preparing my journey to create a report about Iceland, I found myself in the classic dilemma of the photographer: the weight of equipment, if this equipment will be enough strong and what I will actually need during this king [...]

Manfrotto and Gitzo Flickr contests: we have the winners!

We have the winners! We inform you that following complaints about presumed false profiles created on Flickr to get more votes, we decided to assign the decision to the photographer Milko Marchetti (http://www.milkomarchetti.com/) who has chosen the best photo for him. The winning photo for the Manfrotto Flickr Contest is number “#1″. Congratulations to “mawa_73527 [...]

What is your preferred photo?

Stop posting! Let’s start to vote!   Manfrotto contest #8: Wedding – click here to vote! Gitzo contest #7: Autumn – click here to vote!   Voting: 28 November – 4 December 2011 Winner announcement: 5 December 2011   What is your preferred photo?    

New Manfrotto and Gitzo contests!

Manfrotto contest #8: Wedding – click here to post your photo! Gitzo contest #7: Autumn – click here to post your photo!   Participants should submit a photograph: 14-27 November 2011 Voting: 28 November – 4 December 2011 Winner announcement: 5 December 2011 Entry fee: Free Take a  chance to share your views with the world!

Manfrotto and Gitzo Flickr contests: we have the winners!

Gitzo Monthly contest #6: Black & White:   Manfrotto Monthly contest #7: Music concert:    

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