Jacopo Tarantino Photography and Design » photography http://blog.jacopotarantino.com The Blog Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:13:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Kitteh Lunch http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2011/12/14/kitteh-lunch/ http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2011/12/14/kitteh-lunch/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:13:09 +0000 Jacopo http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/?p=1035 More kitten spam just because I felt like whipping my camera out for a minute…
Bengal Cat

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You can also see in the last image where I live as viewed from Manhattan. My giant apartment complex looks so little from like 3 miles away.



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i was just out taking pictures for a client and decided to do a little something for me while we were at it. i wanted to have some fun with the poker room in our building so we went there and played with the lights. if you’re interested in lighting or how i balanced things, feel free to leave a comment.

]]> http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2011/03/15/fun-pictures/feed/ 0 because i had a lot of better things i could have been doing… http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2011/01/28/because-i-had-a-lot-of-better-things-i-could-have-been-doing/ http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2011/01/28/because-i-had-a-lot-of-better-things-i-could-have-been-doing/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:52:21 +0000 Jacopo http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/?p=623 i took a new picture of myself. it’s not very flattering or anything. i just wanted to fuck around with my softbox cuz i loves it. if you’re not a photographer, you should know that a softbox does some interesting things with the light and basically it’s like crack for a nerd like me. the bigger the better.

as a side comment: please comment on my posts if you read them. even if just to say they’re stupid and i need a better hobby. the more comments i get –> the more google loves me –> the more money i can make off this mess. thanks kids!

here’s the pic:

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]]> http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2010/11/20/thats-muh-boy/feed/ 0 dumbo dumbo… http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2010/10/29/dumbo-dumbo/ http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2010/10/29/dumbo-dumbo/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:29:58 +0000 Jacopo http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/?p=591 i just like saying that. anyway, here’s pictures from last night as promised. i didn’t really actually take any until somebody asked me to haha. i’ll get more next time i guess. these seem like really cool events and i’m looking forward to attending another one. if you’re in the new york area and interested, check out Digital Dumbo and maybe i’ll see you there!

]]> http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2010/10/29/dumbo-dumbo/feed/ 0 twas the night before wednesday… http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2010/10/22/twas-the-night-before-wednesday/ http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2010/10/22/twas-the-night-before-wednesday/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:11:38 +0000 Jacopo http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/?p=589 i’m trying to take my portfolio in a new direction and asked a friend of a friend to model for me. here’s a few pictures from that set:

]]> http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2010/10/22/twas-the-night-before-wednesday/feed/ 0 bryant park fiasco… http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2010/10/06/bryant-park-fiasco/ http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/2010/10/06/bryant-park-fiasco/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:45:49 +0000 Jacopo http://blog.jacopotarantino.com/?p=586 the other day i had the brilliant fortune to wind up in midtown at the same time an event was taking place. the people of Improv Everywhere were making a scene again and this time at Bryant Park. participants were all listening to their headphones which instructed them to do things like cuddle with a pair of sneakers, do silly walks, follow strangers around(i was one of the unfortunate strangers! about 40 people were following me in line!), sing happy birthday to a guy named steve, make toilet paper mummies and exchange gifts. all in all there were about 4,000 people participating. it was really wild to watch and i’m hoping that next time i can participate. here’s some pics i took while i was out:

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