I’ve been asked so many times about what strobe, camera shutter speed, etc can be used to freeze a liquid splash action and I’ve decided to put this little post together for you guys. What the minimum needed to start shooting liquid in motion? Liquid photography water ball by Alex Koloskov Alex Koloskov The lighting Continue reading: What equipment you need to start shooting liquid splash It was fun to be on the show and I can tell you now, it wasn’t scary at all:-) I even managed to shoot something relatively good, considering that it was only a 10 minute shoot. Many thanks to show hosts: +Catherine Hall and +Leo Laporte, they created such a warm and friendly atmosphere, as Continue reading: TWiT Photo, Episode 24: Alex Koloskov (me:-) and liquid photography 
Do you remember my guest post for digital-photography-school.com? If not, here it is: How to Create an Eye-Catching Product Shot, I promised to get the same or similar photo without using any professional equipment. This weekend I spent less then hour getting it done. The result is below. Continue reading: Professional photography without professional equipment: myth and reality 
It’s been a long time since my last report from this assignment and I know you guys were missing these articles. Honestly, I’ve missed them too. It’s cool and exiting to run a camera tests, write books and do classes, but I know how interesting the information from the real assignments are. So here is Continue reading: Studio product assignment: Few tricks on how to shoot high-glossy subject 
This is a second part of the article I’ve started last Friday. The shot was finished on the weekend, and today it is time to release the details about how this self-assignment was completed. Lets see what we got, the final shot: Pretty cool, isn’t it? Truly speaking, this is very Continue reading: From idea to implementation: Einstein 640 creative shot. Implementation 
Recently we had a very extensive jewelry photoshoot for new hi-end jeweler in Atlanta, Elizabeth Dupree Lynch. Descendant of one of the oldest and best known families in America, she recently launched jewelry business. Her Fine Jewelry collection, hand crafted by Italian master jewelers, represents love, specifically – “all the love in a world one Continue reading: Jewelry photography: 3 lighting setups for your inspiration. 
I continue to explore new techniques that I can utilize in my photography, and this is a second article about my experience of a shooting cone. I’ve got some interesting feedback from my first post (Mastering jewelry photography) where I’ve used DIY shooting cone for a jewelry shots. On one of the forums a Continue reading: Trash can as a tool for a professional photographer: the end result all that matters? 
Recently I played with the new (to me) thing: a lighting cone. In general, the idea of this light modifier is very similar to a shooting box (lighting tent) but have few very major advantages, especially if used to shoot jewelry. I personally do not like shooting tent (despite the fact I’ve used it Continue reading: Mastering jewelry photography: my experience with a shooting cone 
Do you remember how I treat device called shooting tent or lightbox? Every time readers were asking about lightbox (light tent, shooting box, etc) I was saying that it is very limited and useless thing in our studio. But now you can see yourself what unprincipled person I am: I just finished a shoot Continue reading: Shooting glassware on white background: high-key in product photography 
Today is a big day for us, really. Last few weeks we were working on our web portfolio, as the current site was not touched for 5 years. I was looking to get a new, large and vivid flash portfolio: with fullscreen functionality, some (but not much) animation and huge images which can be viewed Continue reading: Building professional flash portfolio for photographer: our experience. |
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