About
- April 25th, 2010

I’m Aurel Manea, a romanian hobby photographer/video maker now
and a professional 3d/gfx artist.
My professional link :
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/manea-aurel/1/542/777
Also you can find the friendly me on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Aurel-Manea/693669101
Some stuff about me:
I like… photography, obviously, traveling (dooh..), gfx, graphics, art in general, video games (with a very pronounced lean towards indie/art games) ,music, movies, drugs.
Favorite bands / singers : Noir Desir, Tarmac/Loise Attaque , Yann Tiersen, Devotchka, Gogol Bordello, Gotye, Placebo, Portishead, Radiohead, Neutral Milk Hotel, Clint Mansell, Dead can Dance, Nick Cave, Muse, R.E.M, Leonard Cohen, Franz Ferdinand etc. Alternative in general.
Favorite movies : In Bruges, No country for old men, Big Lebowski (all Cohen movies actually), Adaptation, Synecdoche, New York (again Kaufman movies in general), Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore ( Wes Anderson in general )
Favorite Games : Braid, Half Life 1, MDK, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. , Portal, Team Fortress 2, Dead Space…
Favorite drugs : (K, mephedrone)
Favorite places : Iceland, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague.
For photo/video I use now a Canon 5d Mark 2 wit 3 lenses : the Canon 24-105 F4 L IS, Canon 70-200 F4 L IS and canon 50mm f1.4 USM. Many photos on the blog were made with other cameras and lenses , the Canon 300d, 30D, 40D.
Software : I use 3d Studio Max, V-ray renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, Syntheyes.