[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How to photograph silver jewelry on white background The source of the questions: Q&A Forum on Photigy. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][photigy_video video_url="https://vimeo.com/127296714" 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_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Below are "as-is" close to 100% crop images from the shots I've done during the...
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Hey guys, Camerapixo magazine has published this interview with Alex Koloskov, and I think it will be interesting for Photigy readers. Artur Heller, co-founder of Camerapixo, let us to re-post the interview here on Photigy, so here it is, enjoy ! Hello Alex, please tell our readers who you are...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Macro Lenses for iPhone 4/4S This is the second part of the iPhone lens adapters review (read the first one is here), and this time the test setup looked like this: The idea was to shoot a subject as close...
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Bi-Weekly Studio Assignment: The flower shot This is what we did for the assignment. Black Rose on Black. The lighting setup is below. Easy, simple and it took us more than an hour to tune it to get the result we needed. Rose was placed inside a little hole in the glitter...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I've got the set of lens adapters for iPhone (thanks to our sponsor, bhphotovideo.com) and run a series of tests. The main idea was to find out which lens provides the most benefits by extending zoom of built-in iPhone lens and less impacting the image quality. Plus, does this job...
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This time weather was not against us and we had a great talk with Rodney Pike (read his story on photigy and learn about him on his blog). I really glad I've met Rodney, the story of his life and his success are truly inspiring. What happened with Rodney after 40+ years of his life...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is the second part of my recent course, "How to Start in Studio Photography", posting it here for our Light Masters. This information is not covered much here on Photigy, and I am sure it will be useful for you guys. Second part: Support and Grip [photigy_video video_url="https://vimeo.com/49266573" group_id="2"...
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This is our second HDR post-processing contest is over (see the first one here and the rules for this one here), and now we got all 12 winners! Thanks to our contest sponsor, one of the best (saying this because I believe so) photography magazine on US market, our winners got cool prizes: One...
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Photographer's Field Guide to Copyright What this book is about? In short, it is about one of the most controversial and misunderstood (and often misinterpreted) concepts of the law, which has the most immediate effect on every person who earns their keep creating images - whether with camera or...
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Online Course: Tabletop Photography for Beginners Looking back to our PHOTIGY Live handouts, I was astonished by the progress made by photographers who joined us at the beginning, without any previous experience in tabletop studio photography. The results of each assignment and critique session, followed by a demonstation of the techniques, were improving with each time. Seeing...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is the full BTS of the Swarovski Crystal Ring. The post-production part is being prepared and will be uploaded soon. Swarovski Ring The Video, Part one (shooting) [photigy_video video_url="https://vimeo.com/48747970" 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]
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Cameras Lenses Light Modifiers Grip and Studio Stands The following is a list of the Photigy.com experts favourite photography gear. Stuff we use, have used or are planning to use simply because we know it is good. There are links to reviews on some of the products here, and most of the...
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Hurricane was never a good thing, especially if it goes through the area you live. Yesterday Rodney Pike was not able to join us on the announced Photigy Live Google plus hangout: Isaac hit Louisiana and I can only hope that Rodney and his significant ones are doing well. The same hope...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Jewelry Photography with iPhone? Are you guys serious? I found this strange device while picking up lenses for my iPhone lenses test at BHPhotovideo.com. It was nothing strange in the actual device: this is a cone (or dome) to shoot jewelry. What was unusual is that it was made for shooting jewelry photography...
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My name is Rodney Pike and I'm a humorous Illustrator from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I was asked to write a little something and share some of my expertise and knowledge about what I do for a living. Well, I'm not sure how much of an expert I am but I...
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New format, new ideas and new challenges for PHOTIGY Live We'll have a different hangout from now on. It will be more shooting, less talking and shorter in duration. I do not believe that we can do a good educational talk for 2 hours, and I am not sure how many...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Shooting RAW with iPhone? Not exactly, but very close! How good iPhone photos can be? We already know they are pretty good for a smartphone, but is there a way to get even better results form your iPhone? We can't do anything to improve optical quality of iPhone lens:...
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The Winners I am glad to announce winners of the "It's a Feeling" contest. We suppose to have only one winner, and Dave Nitsche has selected the one, the best one. However, I decided to add second place prize: our "Tabletop Photography in Examples" e-book. There were several really good...
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Tabletop Photography tutorial: DeLonghi Espresso Coffeemaker BTS I love when functionality comes in a stylish package. This is one of the main reasons why Apple products become so popular , isn't it? This beautiful espresso machine is one of such products: it makes a great coffe and it looks very stylish. It was a true...
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Tabletop studio photography hangout, the video This week assignment was a "the lamp (self-illuminated subject)" shot, and below are the best from the submissions. [easyrotator]erc_57_1344486946[/easyrotator] We had a serious challenge finding the one winner, and we failed:-) The good thing is that more participants won: instead of...
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