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Photigy Live: Clear Glass shot

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Photographing with glass in studio: this what we had to this week assignment, and this is what I was talking about during Photigy Live event. Watch the recorded video below:   As usual, the lighting setups from each shot is on the forum: Clear glass shot: Deadline 1st Nov, 2012  The Winner: Curtis Hustace  Congratulations, Curtis! You won a private consultation with me, please let me know your preferable day/time and topics to talk about.   Clear glass shots we did for upcoming lecture for "Starting In Studio Photography With Speedlites Course. They are as-is form a camera, only slight adjustments in ACR were performed. So, forgive...

Studio Photography Insights: shooting sunglasses

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This week assignment was a sunglasses shot. We even had a little demonstration from my one light shot during the hangout. Studio Photography Insights Video: Lighting setups and behind the shot info is on the corresponded forum thread: The sunglasses shot The next week assignment is: A food shot. Lets learn how to prop and style the food, how to make it look juicy and tastier than real. Here is the Michael Ray portfolio for your education and inspiration: The Food photographer. Do not copy, but get inspired:-) Next week I'll be out for a G+ photographer's conference , and...

Studio Photography Insights: shooting liquid, glass and more!

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Thank you for everyone who joined us yesterday and who submitted cocktail assignment. Special thank you goes to +Bill Cahill who joined us and gave insights of his photography techniques as well as sharp critique:-) I like it this way: constructive and without too much of "softening". We also did a little shoot on a second half of the hangout, where I've showed some of basics of how to create nice reflection on the glass using minimum resources:-) This is one of the shots I did during a little demonstration on the hangout. The main reason for the shot was to explore technique...

Sexy Bottle as a Glassware Shot

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is what I did for our last assignment for Studio Photography Insights: We had many ideas, from sweating bottles leaning one against another, but we ended up with tears on them. Below is video of the entire process of how this shot was created. Behind the scene video [photigy_video video_url="https://vimeo.com/37739635" group_id="2" type="proclub" title="Please Login to Pro Club Account" subtitle="To watch this video, please login to your pro Club account."] The lighting setup is well explained, but for those who prefer to collect them, here it is:...

The beauty of glass and aluminum: working on location

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Last week I had this nice assignment: on-location  shoot for Vieler International LP (www.vieler.com). The company was established in 1913, now 3rd generation  100% family-owned business, specializing in architectural hardware out of stainless steel and aluminum: high quality door and window hardware, shop fitting systems and much more. When I've checked the company website (after a brief conversation with the Andre Vieler, the owner of the business), I was surprised by the beauty and style  of the products they manufacture. The challenge was to match the company colors and style of the images withing quoted 3 hours of work...

Splash Product Photography Behind The Scenes: Becherovka

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Step-by-Step Splash Product Photography Behind The Scenes   Hello Everyone, In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to achieve the photo shown below, which is probably considered in Splash Photography. We will go step by step to reach the final image and try to show you every details.     So this is a composite shot includes following shots Bottle Bottle while breaking Broken pieces Splash 1. Bottle Shot : Gear: Einstein with strip box Einstein with reflector Two pieces of Savage Plastic as a diffusor 2 x Hensel with reflector and Honeycomd grid Shooting table : A...

Hot Beer with Pepper: Behind the scene of a beverage photography assignment

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_text_separator title="About The Author" el_width="90"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text] I am Justin VanAlstyne, a 30-something creative living near Fort Collins, CO. I specialize in commercial product and outdoor photography as well as web/graphic design[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height="20"][vc_column_text] Out of the Ashes Craft Beer: Behind the scene of a beverage photography assignment This image was created both as a portfolio piece and as a tool for me to experiment with lighting and retouching techniques. As is typically the case with my perfectionist mentality, there are a few things I would have done differently in hindsight. But that was really the point of this shoot, to...

Holiday Liquor Shot: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Whiskey

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  Holiday season gets more and more eventful every year for me.  With family gatherings, travel, work, gift shopping and living in a prime holiday shopping area, the holiday season can start to look pretty crazy for me starting in the middle of October.  And as I'm writing this, I know that it's far from over.  Every once in a while, it's kind of nice to sit down, take a deep breath, relax, and shoot a glass of whiskey.  And by shoot, I mean take a picture. I was excited about writing this holiday liquor shot tutorial for a few...

Advertising Photography Tutorial: How to Photograph Product With Water Splash

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Advertising Photography Tutorial   Hello, my name is Andy McLaughlin and I'm a Graphic Artist, Illustrator, and Photographer. I have a small studio in the village where I live here in the UK, tcistudio.co.uk. I graduated from Blackpool and the Fylde College in 1993 studying Technical Illustration and have worked as a freelance Illustrator and Graphic Artist since. After a short spell working as a technical illustrator, I went freelance and have produced illustration and graphic artwork for many clients across a broad range of industries but usually with a slant to the technical and data-heavy subjects like computing...

Product Photography BTS: Moschino Perfume with heart splash

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is behind the scene of a product photography shot I want to share with you,  hope it will be useful for the community. The idea The idea was to create perfume shot with splash with heart shape around perfume. My target was to get:  cap with bright spot on the middle and dark edges  neck with black edges...

Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb: A product photography tutorial

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   Approaching the Spicebomb - Product Photography Tutorial Approaching this product photography tutorial, I knew that I wanted to create a perfectly clean white background. I knew how I wanted the highlights to appear on either side of the atomizer. I also knew that I wanted a billowing cloud of ink rising out of the bottle. I had a pretty clear vision of what I wanted before even getting the product in the mail. Planning is an essential part of my work flow that allows me to test my understanding of photo lighting, to sharpen my skills in reading...

Cosmetic Photography: Lancome Mascara and Liquid Drops

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Commercial Cosmetic Photography: Lancome Mascara and Liquid Drops This is a quick walk-through for the cosmetic photography Lancome shot you see right below: The Lancome Shot - Commercial cosmetic photography The cosmetic photography shot was staged in 3 different sets: The mascara alone, then the mascara in a water and drops of liquid gels in a water. All of them were necessary and none of them could be combined in one shot. Let's go through each stage and I'll you everything. The first part of the photograph, the mascara tube. The mascara tube itself...

How to photograph cosmetic with a DIY cone and two speedlites

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hi everyone! Today I'll provide you through the process of shooting cosmetic can.  [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In this article you'll know how to use DIY cone for shooting highly reflective surfaces. You can create similar cone by yourself or buy the floor lamp in IKEA. It's easy to use cone in many different scenarios, not only for shooting cosmetic stuff. Every product photographer should deliver clear result for viewers. Using appropriate techniques will help you not only deliver outstanding pictures, but do it with ease. And that's how you can achieve your goal.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="136638" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_separator][vc_column_text]The idea behind this shot is pretty simple. I got...

Amazing Dry Ice Effect, Workshop #59

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[vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" css=".vc_custom_1513886704247{margin-top: -140px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #111f27 !important;}"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" css=".vc_custom_1513835766500{background-color: #0c1319 !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1513915673224{margin-top: 30px !important;}"][vc_column width="7/12" css=".vc_custom_1513885259715{padding-right: 30px !important;}"][vc_column_text] Amazing Dry Ice Effect This is a product photography tutorial for Pro Club Interactive Education Program, workshop #59 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Alex is back with yet another Pro Club workshop. Workshop #59 involves shooting a liquor bottle and some special dry ice effect. The video is a rare insight into how you set up a shot like this, light it, use unusual props and then build the shot inch...

Beverage Photography Tutorial: Fast way to shoot a bottle of beer

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We took this short video after shooting a bottle of beer with a glass. An easy "everyday" lighting setup for beverages, will work for any bottle. Enjoy!   Subscribe to Photigy channel:[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDc2NyaXB0JTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZhcGlzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20lMkZqcyUyRnBsYXRmb3JtLmpzJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGc2NyaXB0JTNFJTBBJTBBJTNDZGl2JTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJnLXl0c3Vic2NyaWJlJTIyJTIwZGF0YS1jaGFubmVsJTNEJTIyUGhvdGlneSUyMiUyMGRhdGEtbGF5b3V0JTNEJTIyZnVsbCUyMiUyMGRhdGEtY291bnQlM0QlMjJkZWZhdWx0JTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGZGl2JTNF[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][photigy_video video_url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV58EcQJiu8&t=" group_id="1"   title="Please Login or Register" subtitle="To watch this video, please login or create a free account on Photigy."][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][wrapGear] Fuji GFX 50S Hasselblad HC Macro 120mm f/4 with adapter Broncolor Grafit A4 RFS Power Pack Broncolor G2 Pulso head [/wrapGear][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

BTS of Advertising Splash Shot

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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Hi, my name is Ihor Smishko, and I work and live in Ukraine. I am still life photographer of production team Lustre360. I like complicated projects, where I need to work with our retoucher. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="455419" img_size="160x160" alignment="center"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1517238908775{margin-top: -80px !important;margin-left: 55px !important;padding-top: 70px !important;}"]Ihor Smishko[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1473263126486{border-top-width: 0px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="455438" img_size="article-fullwidth" alignment="center" onclick="link_image" css=".vc_custom_1517238637722{padding-top: 30px !important;}"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title="The Idea"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_column_text]We shoot some products for our self-promotion. The idea of this project was “blowing up a taste of apple cider”. So we started from scetch. Then we needed to see how the bottle is blowing up. And we've made some test...

Breakdown of CGI Whiskey Composition

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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Hi everyone! I hope this short article will be interesting for photographers which want to make steps toward CGI. Here I'm going to explain some details about the image below, mostly I'll try to show lighting setup and some approaches I used to put everything together. It might look not pretty complicated image if you're relatively experienced studio photographer, but when things come to 3D everything turns out in very different ways.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="125547" img_size="medium" alignment="center"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1491774773509{margin-top: -80px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 70px !important;}"]Andrey Mikhaylov[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1473263126486{border-top-width: 0px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="442348" img_size="article-fullwidth" alignment="center" onclick="link_image" css=".vc_custom_1498826617240{padding-top: 30px !important;}"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_column_text]I won't explain in details modeling...

Interview with commercial photographer Yaroslav Danylchenko

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]For about ten years Yaroslav Danilchenko has been a commercial photographer performing the “delicious” orders for huge brands - McDonald’s, Samsung, KFC, Marlboro, L’Oréal, Kraft Foods, Petcube, WOG, Mironov’s breadstuff, MAY, Good Wine, and Shostka Ukraine. Also, his photo portfolio includes the works for such magazines as Esquire, Forbes, Men’s Health, Harper’s Bazaar, he has worked with various advertising agencies, namely, TBWA, BBDO, Leo Burnett, Aimulance, Tabasco and others.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="441754" img_size="256x320" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="441756" img_size="article-fullwidth" alignment="center" onclick="link_image"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][question]How did you get interested in, and why did you decide to dedicate yourself to photography?[/question][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][answer]I am a lawyer, and being...

How to Get Classical Look for Wine Bottle

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[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]When capturing wine photography, obtaining a beautifully selected path around our subject unleashes a lot of potential in the editing room. By combining our back-lit speedlight method with a clear piece of plexiglass, we save a lot of time in Photoshop. Let me show you my wine photography setup, to produce a dramatic moody look. When capturing wine photography, obtaining a beautifully selected path around our subject unleashes a lot of potential in the editing room. By combining our back-lit speedlight method with a clear piece of plexiglass, we save a lot of time in Photoshop. Let me show...

Secrets behind the post-production you didn’t know: the making of a Half of Cup

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]David Butler is a Commercial Product & Still Life Photographer and Digital Artist specializing in high-end luxury products and other forms of natural still life. He collaborates with professional brands and creative leaders to craft images that showcase their vision and their product in all forms of print and digital media. Clients include Bose, Converse, Timberland, Brickell, CenturyLink, Staples, Decada, Bissell Brothers and many more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="438611" img_size="small" alignment="right" css=".vc_custom_1491245401188{padding-left: 50px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1491511592937{padding-left: 170px !important;}"]David Butler[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_single_image image="438612" img_size="article-fullwidth" alignment="center" onclick="link_image"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text]David says, "The idea behind this shot was to create a high-key visual that shows the motion and...

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