How to Start in Studio Photography online course: The Equipment.

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An Interactive online course to learn studio photography equipment with alex Koloskov.

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Law and Order 101: Image theft examined and explained (Part two)

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In the second part of the review, we continue the conversation about image theft and what you, photographer, can do about it

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Studio Photography 101: Lightbox setup “on the go”

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Easy and foolproof “lightbox” setup under 10 minutes

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Law and Order 101: Image theft examined and explained (Part one)

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In this review we take a look at who steals your images and what you can do about it

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Of smoke: a field guide to photographing smoke

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In this how-to guide we show you how to take beautiful images of smoke – without much effort!

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Dealing with Reflective Glossy Objects in Product Photography

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BTS video of glossy rabbits shot

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Studio Photography Insights hangout: creating splash on a black background.

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Hope you know that every Wednesday, at 10PM Eastern time I and Dave Nitsche do Google Plus hangout, called “Studio Photography Insights”. More about this event can be found on my studio blog: Weekly Show.

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Project in development: Inexpensive way to shoot jewelry. LED lighting.

Swarovsky Chrystal example of jewelry photography with LED

All inclusive week in Cancun resort in Mexico is over, and now it is time to put all gained calories back to work:-) So, next day after arrival I went to a studio and continue to work on our DIY-lighting for jewelry project (e-book).

And to get you in the loop, here what has happened

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Photographing Liquids: Tutorial #1

Blue splash : tutorial by Alex Koloskov

This video is a detailed walk-through of creating the image you see below. The image is quite simple, just drop a perfume bottle into the water. However, I tried to show you the whole process of creating such a shot with my thoughts and troubleshooting of the issues.

The Blue Splash

Blue splash :

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Hi all… I’m Dave…

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I won’t bore you all with my history (actually I will but that will come later) so I’m just gonna get right into it…

From the time I started shooting, about 10 years ago, all I’ve ever heard is that you need studio lights to make great pics happen. Until about 8 months ago

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