This type of shots is not what I usually do, but when my friends asked if I can do their seniors promo shoot (never heard of such type before:-) my answer was: yes! I always glad to host any of my good friends in the studio: I can always test...
This week I've got 2 additions to my studio gear I was waiting for a long time: heavy, solid and huge Fatif studio stand and amazingly fast workstation laptop, Lenovo W700ds. Both of them are really monstrous creatures: Fatif studio stand: Old, by still strong as my red pepper Ukrainian...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week I had a great opportunity to work on a very interesting project: a food photoshoot for Jante Glen and his Wing City2City Take-Out Restaurant. Jante has this great idea of very simple and inexpensive Take-Out restaurant with more money spent on the quality of the food instead of...
Some time ago we met online Alla Koval, an amazing knitwear and crochet designer. My wife was thrilled by the models she has seen on Alla's blog and quickly become a big fan of her work (check out her blog: www.mylittlecitygirl.com). After they found each other, very soon we got...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I rarely shoot on locations, always feel more comfortable working in the studio. In most cases there is a power outlets on location, I had only a few where it was too far from the lights (warehouse freezer, for example). With no external power I've used 4 Canon speedlites, but...
This is a half a year old photo-shoot, but I would like to share the outcome here, the post is following this ONE. I was not able to release the details of the shot due to a restriction from a client, and now they seems to be OK with it...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Recently I have a very interesting experience working for Janis Wilson Hughes, shooting her sculptures for an exhibition. It was interesting because I did not shoot art pieces before, most of my photography was commercial products. There is the same requirements in both art and product photography : to show...
After we have successfully done a boots catalog photography for Refrigiwear, they decided to go with us on the rest of their 2010 catalog. This time we had a uniform 7+ hours photo-shoot with 4 models, about 30-40 outfits and four people (not counting photographer helping in a studio. It...
The object I've selected is a simple to photograph. Really simple. Why? Because it has a well visible texture and doesn't have highly reflective or transparent surfaces. However, having an easy to shoot object doesn't mean you should not worry about the lighting. It is so easy to do a...
It was unusual from the beginning: Guard at the entrance asked my first and last name, grass lawn with "please do not walk" sign, mostly Indian people around and amazing, unbelievable beauty of the place. It was like a tele-portation from dirty and boring streets of Lilburn to opposite side...
I do not understand modern black and white photography, did you know this? It is like cutting off one dimension from the photography world, and I always wanted to have more... more dynamic range, more sensitivity, more colors! That day we tried to expand our usual color palette 5 times...
Do you know what surgical forcep is? According to Wikipedia: "Forceps are used when fingers are too large to grasp small objects or when many objects need to be held at one time while the hands are used to perform a task." In case if the object is a tiny...
I was asked many times what camera and/or lens I would recommend to buy in given price range, so I've decided to answer this question on my blog, next time I can direct people to this article. For today this is a longest epic in my life I wrote in...
It was a late sunny afternoon in North Atlanta, when we had a nice walk and talk with Irina, a good friend of us. I had my camera and 2 Canon 580EX flashes attached like this, sun was one hour away from a horizon, and full set of kids jumping...
[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...
This Sunday I was left at home with my lovely two daughters (we have twins), wife went to therapeutic shopping, and I had a great opportunity to do nothing but to watch our kids. Well, that "nothing" lasted for about 5 minutes, after I've jumped to what I really like...
Pentax? I almost forgot that they are exists, was never looking at their 35mm DSLR cameras, knowing that there was nothing for me as a professional shooter. On other hand, my older friends in photography were talking about medium format...
As promised, I prepared lighting setup and a video from our last workshop (more about this here). I am not going to post simple setup we started from, it should be self explainable, if you look at the photo. Below is what we have done by the end of workshop,...
Our first workshop just happened last Sunday! Hurray! Many thanks to all participants, I am sure it was very enjoyable and interesting for all of us:-) Workshop lasted for 4 hours, during this time we have covered a basic's of studio gear,shooting...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]About 30% of studio work I do is for packaging, and I would like to share what I have learned. Simple tips and rules on how to make product look best on a package. Shooting product for a package sometimes is very similar to a catalog photography, or for a...