[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is my experience with polarized light in jewelry photography. First impressions, first results. Hope the video will explain everything: [photigy_video video_url="https://vimeo.com/55946859" group_id="2" type="proclub" title="Please Login to Pro Club Account" subtitle="To watch this video, please login to your pro Club account."] Before and After examples. Before - is where polarizer was not blocking...
This is a little story using pictures I snapped during our ocean retreats using a fisheye lens. I had several lenses with me on both locations, and I used my latest purchase, the Canon 8-15mm F4.0L Fisheye lens most of the time. Especially when shooting my kids in action (well they...
I've spent a few days with my B&H loaner, Canon EOS M mirrorless camera (see "what I've got" video). I spent them not in a studio, but going around with family and for holiday shopping. This article is my first impressions "in pictures" from the camera. The most strong likes/dislikes I...
See what I've got! Yep, this is the first Canon mirrorless camera, Canon EOS M. I'll be testing it along with the Canon 7D to find out what will be our daily carry-on camera. Believe it or not, but these two are considered for this role. Both have a 18Mpx crop-size sensor,...
My name is Iaroslav Danylchenko, I am a still-life studio photographer. I live and work in the beautiful city of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Tabletop photography slowly become my main specialization more than 4 years ago. I went from amateur to a professional commercial photographer in five years, before I fell in love with studio tabletop photography. Now I completely...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]So I got to use this technique now, and this is the first test of it. Nothing extraordinary to it, but it opens amazing possibilities in many areas of studio tabletop photography: product, jewelry, silverware, food... you name it! Video Explains Everything [photigy_video video_url="https://vimeo.com/54769212" group_id="2" type="proclub" title="Please Login to Pro Club Account" subtitle="To watch...
[vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" css=".vc_custom_1532683891319{margin-top: -140px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #230000 !important;}"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" css=".vc_custom_1532683902438{background-color: #230000 !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] Beer Photography Workshop: How to Shoot a Glass of Beer This is a product photography tutorial...
How to shoot silverware, a studio photography bi-weekly assignment. Thank you Nikolas-Adam Manaios,Curtis Hustace, Mikael Magnusson, Pawel Pie, Barry MacKenzie and Ina G for contributing your image for this assignment. As usual, you did a very creative and inspiring job. I enjoyed reviewing your shots. Here is the video with photo critique and fee demo shots...
My name is Markus Reugels, I´m 34 years old and I live in a little Village near Schweinfurt/Germany. I bought my first camera 4 years ago. Basically I wanted to take good Family pictures, but when i understood the Camera settings, i then wanted to explore one Genre, Macro and...
I started my liquid photography with no money. I am talking zero dollars. And I had no photography and business experience. I also had no photography-related education. The only thing I did have back then was a burning desire to have my own business. And I had one other thing -...
Shooting white subject on a white background could be a quite challenging task of studio tabletop photography, and I was pleased to see how good you guys are:-) Talking about those photographers who submitted their work on our weekly assignment. Meet our team of this week: Curtis Hustace, Tim Kou, Terry...
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:...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last weekend we had a big Halloween costume party in our studio, with around 50 ladies, gentlemen and various age kids gathered together to talk, drink and spend crazy time posing in studio:-) It was a great time: I was shooting for four or five hours, occasionally participating in posing with our ladies (while...
...I want what I see, and I see what does not exist... ~Elena Vizerskaya Her name Elena Vizerskaya, and many people know her by nickname KaSSandrA. She lives in Kiev (BTW, my hometown:), but sometimes I feel like she lives somewhere else, in some other "metaphysical space" (this is how she names it). Her...
So, here is our first "no-assignment based" critique and review session, where I provided my feedback on the shots submitted here. Also, I've made an announcement about future of Photigy Live: We will have bi-weekly assignments, just to continue this great way to learn studio photography for those who want....
One of Photigy forum members, photographer Darren Coleman, has posted a great walkthrough of his DIY project, dSLR to large-medium format build. He modified Sinar P large format camera to make it work with Nikon D800e like with a "digital back". This is a really nice build, and Darren was so nice...
This is what we got submitted for our last assignment, Halloween style shot Scary Photography at Photigy: [easyrotator]erc_91_1350863533[/easyrotator] The review/critique, announce and the winner selection video: As usual, the discussion is going on on the assignment's submission forum post. And the assignment winner is... Antal Claudia Congratulations, Antal!...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How to shoot a rounded ring This is an almost as-is RAW file shot, at the very beginning stage of post-production. Process of shooting jewelry: the video [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][photigy_video video_url="https://vimeo.com/51710941" group_id="2" type="proclub" title="Please Login to Pro Club Account" subtitle="To watch this video, please login to your pro Club account."][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
An amazing work from Fine art bodypainter Trina Merry and her ART ALIVE Gallery team. This is not 100% about photography, but after looking at Trina's work, I've got some pretty interesting ideas for series of portraits I wanted to shoot for a long time. Hope you'll be inspired as well. Enjoy: ...
We went to a new format for our Photigy Live weekly assignment critique/review session, and I personally like it better. Beside my personal feeling (BTW, my new co-host and assistant, Joshua Geiger feels the same:-), now we have a better video quality (which is quite important) and more control over the...