I was doing a blu-ray backup for our HDD arrays and found several interesting photos, dated between 6 and 9 years ago. I would like to share few of them here. Quite often I read comments like “what camera should I have to get photos like this, what lighting, etc”. My answer is always the Continue reading: Digging through photography archives: where I was 8 years ago. 
This was our latest assignment, a catalog shoot for Refrigiwear. While doing it I’ve decided to show how proper lighting can make a big difference by using one of the boots from the catalog as an example. The object I’ve selected is a simple to photograph. Really simple. Why? Because it has well visible Continue reading: Product photography lighting: It is simple when you know how. 
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 Continue reading: The beauty of glass and aluminum: working on location 
I continue to use my tilt-shift adapter for DSLR, and now I explore the limits of the system. Below is the watch, at a very narrow angle, shoot by using Rodenstock Rodagon APO 80mm F4 lens at aperture set to F16. Watch photography using tilt-shift DSLR
The lighting schema Continue reading: Watch photo shoot: advantages of using tilt-shift camera adapter 
When one of our client’s ask me to shoot several bracelets, it looked like an easy task, at first. But when we started to talk about technical requirements, the photo session become more challenging than I was thinking… First, he wants a spot-like gradient background, from deep purple to a complete black. Second, bracelets must Continue reading: Photographing jewelry: the lighting setup, tips and tricks plus bonus video 
Everyone knows how tricky may be a shooting reflective object, especially if the object is spherical shaped or cylinder, like a kettle. Recently we had a photo session for a new Walmart kitchenware, and I want to share some tips and trick I was using to get it done. First, a kettle: Product kitchen Continue reading: Kitchenware Photosession: Lighting setup for highly reflective objects Several people have asked me how I protect my important files, so I decided to share my answers in this article, summarizing everything on one place. In my opinion, storing your files in a back-up is a must not only for a professional photographer, but for a serious amateur. Who wants to lose photos or Continue reading: How to protect your images: RAID, DVD, Online Storage or something else? 
This Sunday we were lucky with nice and warm weather, so I’ve took some photos outside a studio, picturing our twin toddlers playing on a backyard. I was playing with my newly built tilt-shift adapter for Canon EOS to tilt Rodenstock enlarging lens (80 f4). The photos were taken with wide open (f4) aperture, no Continue reading: Tilt-Shift adapter for 35mm Digital cameras: on the field test 
Few weeks ago I was working on a tilt-shift adapter for Canon EOS cameras, (see my previous post). Now I have first in studio test – review of this system. Lens: Rodenstock APO Rodagon N 80 F4. Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds mark III. Lights: White Lightning 1800, various light modifiers. Camera/lens setting: 1/250 sec, F8. Continue reading: Tilt-Shift adapter in studio test review: EOS 1Ds mounted on a large format system camera 
Inspired by a tilt-shift adapters like Cambo X2 -PRO and Cambo Ultima 35 Kit with desire to have ability to use virtually any medium/large format lens but not willing to spend almost $2000 for a ready to use system, I decided to build my own version of such device. At the end I was hoping Continue reading: How to: Developing a tilt/shift system for 35mm digital camera based on 4×5 view camera |
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