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When Passion Meets Profession: Sergey Pryanechnikov, a Jewelry Photographer
When Passion Meets Profession: Sergey Pryanechnikov, a Jewelry Photographer Sergey Pryanechnikov was born in a family of a factory worker in Russia in the city of Vladimir February 25, 1959. He first became interested in photography in high school. After his service...
How to Photograph Silverware in a Studio for photographers
How to Photograph Silverware in a Studio: Demonstration, Questions and Answers One of photographers of Photigy community asked question on how to photograph silverware, and below is a screenshot of the forum post. To read it full, follow this link: Silverware Shot...
Jewelry Photography vs Jewelry 3D Rendering: What is More Realistic?
Jewelry Photography vs Jewelry 3D Rendering: What is More Realistic? Will Jewelry 3D Rendering Replace Jewelry Photography? A good friend of mine, Ivan Logvinov, sent me these shots of cool examples of jewelry photography, and asked my opinion....
The Beauty and Sadness of Jewelry Photography Retouching: Before and After
The Beauty and Sadness of Jewelry Photography Retouching: Before and After The Beauty and Sadness of Jewelry Photography Retouching. by Genia Larionova: This is the before and after post-production and 100% crop from one of our commercial jewelry photography...
Jewelry photography learning on PHOTIGY Live: shooting the ring
Jewelry photography learning on PHOTIGY Live: shooting the ring 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...
Silverware Photography: Behind the scene video
Silverware Photography: Behind the scene video This was our shot for a PHOTIGY Live assignment called "Funny Silverware". The result and BTS are below. I've decided to switch from boring tutorial-like BTS videos to a more interesting and funny hi-speed compilations....
The Making of Google: Happy birthday, Google Plus!
The Making of Google: Happy birthday, Google Plus! This is our (mine and +Genia Larionova's) gift for Google Plus 1st Year Anniversary. We truly love G+, this is the only social network where we feel home. Here we found so many friends, meet like-minded people, and...
How the image was created: a Dremel Tool shot
How the image was created: a Dremel Tool shot Image Build Up: "Spiral of Sparks" By Jeff Creech (www.jeffcreech.com) When I heard the topic for this month's Studio Photography Insights was "Hand Tools," I knew that it was going to be challenging. Although tools are...
Studio Photography Insights hangout: creating splash on a black background.
Studio Photography Insights hangout: creating splash on a black background. Hope you know that every Wednesday, at 10PM Eastern time I and Dave Nitsche do Google Plus hangout, called "Studio Photography Insights". More about this event can be found on my studio blog:...
Project in development: Inexpensive way to shoot jewelry. LED lighting.
Project in development: Inexpensive way to shoot jewelry LED lighting. All inclusive week in Cancun resort in Mexico is over, and now it is time to put all gained calories back to work:-) So, next day after arrival I went to a studio and continue to work on our...
Behind The Scene: “The Magic of Water” beauty shot
Behind The Scene: “The Magic of Water” beauty shot This is a video we got recorded from this beauty shot: Want to explain what was going on: First we thought to shoot a completely separate shots of the model and a splash and combine them into one composition in...
High-Speed Photography with Splashes, Flashes, and a Fish Tank by PhotoExtremist
High-Speed Photography with Splashes, Flashes, and a Fish Tank by PhotoExtremist This is a very well done tutorial on how to get started on your own journey in splash and liquid photography. Created by Evan Sharboneau, owner of PhotoExtremist.com. This...
Shooting at medical lab: time to add color to sterile environment!
Shooting at medical lab: time to add color to sterile environment! This was a shoot for our long-term client of ours Endochoice, a fast growing medical supplier company. Usually I would be shooting all kinds of medical supplies for them with all of the shots being...
Food photographer in Atlanta: chicken wings, photographer, stylist and a sauce:-)
Food photographer in Atlanta: chicken wings, photographer, stylist and a sauce:-) 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...
Art Reproduction Photography: lighting the masterpiece
Art Reproduction Photography: lighting the masterpiece 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...
The beauty of glass and aluminum: working on location
The beauty of glass and aluminum: working on location 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...
Photography for packaging: simple steps on how to have it done right
Photography for packaging: simple steps on how to have it done right 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...
Photographing jewelry: the lighting setup, tips and tricks plus bonus video
Photographing jewelry: the lighting setup, tips and tricks plus bonus video When one of our client's asked me to shoot several bracelets, at first it looked like an easy task, but when we started to talk about the technical requirements, the photo session became more...