Comments on: Behind the Cover of National Geographic

By: Profoto and Hasselblad on Tour in Italy | Profoto Blog

Profoto and Hasselblad on Tour in Italy | Profoto Blog — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:28:50 +0000

[...] the challenges that occur along the way. For instance, Gianluca Colla, whose inspiring work was featured on our blog recently, will host the seminar in [...]

By: Gianluca Colla

Gianluca Colla — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:15:11 +0000

Hi Barbara,
you are right, the backstage photo is taken a few steps earlier the final picture was made.
As you can see the painting is still way too dark compared to the gloves, and when this photo was taken I still had to come up with a solution..
And by the time I did, the beautiful Principessa had to go back to “sleep” (you do not want to leave around more than needed a painting possibly worth millions of dollars) I just shot a few final frames (including the one that made the covers) and I had no time to take another shot that could better show how it was taken.

Alexia, thank you very much for your kind words, I can assure you that in real life it it such an emotion to stare at it!

Gianluca

By: Fredrik Franzén

Fredrik Franzén — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:37:36 +0000

Hi Alexia,

Thanks for the kind words. I’ll pass them on to Gianluca.

And when will we get to see what you have been up to lately?

/Fredrik Franzén, Profoto

By: Fredrik Franzén

Fredrik Franzén — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:33:34 +0000

Hi Barbara,

Unfortunately, we don’t have an image of that.

/Fredrik Franzén, Profoto

By: Alexia Sinclair

Alexia Sinclair — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:30:43 +0000

Fredrik, this is a fantastic article. Loved it, graceful as ever.
Gianluca, I equally love the cover! Da Vinci is amazing but in contrast against the archival gloves, La Bella Principessa is magnificent. Certainly worth the effort of your bounce.
Thanks for the post, Alexia

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:13:12 +0000

Thanks for the explanation of the setup, but the photo doesn’t show the setup as it was explained. It would be helpful to see the man holding the disks, the white dress.