Photography Tips Blog

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

Mirrorless vs DSLR: Small and Smart or Big and Serious? The Canon M and Canon 7D compared
Mirrorless vs DSLR: Small and Smart or Big and Serious? The Canon M and Canon 7D compared Mirrorless vs DSLR: Canon 7D VS Canon M in Studio Test This is my final review on the two cameras I had for one month to play with (many thanks to BHphotovideo.com

Sony Nex 7, First Impressions
Sony Nex 7, First Impressions After almost a month playing with the Canon M (in-dept review is coming soon), I betrayed the Canon brand and bought a Sony Nex 7 a few days before the New Year: The next day it arrived and I made a sexy studio portrait

Canon EOS M Ongoing Review: First Impressions and Sample Photos
Canon EOS M Ongoing Review: First Impressions and Sample Photos 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.

Canon EOS M review announcement: see what I’ve got to play with!
Canon EOS M review announcement: see what I’ve got to play with! 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.

Liquid Art from Markus Reugels: How to capture unseen
Liquid Art from Markus Reugels: How to capture unseen How did you get interested in, and why did you decide to dedicate yourself to photography? I am a lawyer, and being an undergraduate at university I used to work as a designer at the polygraphy.

The dSLR to large-medium format DIY build: Nikon D800e on Sinar P
The dSLR to large-medium format DIY build: Nikon D800e on Sinar P camera. One of Photigy forum members, photographer Darren Coleman, has posted a great walkthrough of his DIY project, dSLR to large-medium format build.

Jewelry Photography with iPhone: Nimbus Cloud Dome review
Jewelry Photography with iPhone: Nimbus Cloud Dome review 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.

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.

Nikon D800E v.s Hasselblad H4D40: the end of medium format superiority? Round two
Nikon D800E v.s Hasselblad H4D40: the end of medium format superiority? Round two Nikon D800E v.s Hasselblad H4D40 This is a second part of the test-review of Nikon D800E and hasselblad H4D40 cameras. Read the first part here: Nikon D800E v.s Hasselblad H4D40:

Nikon D800E review v.s Hasselblad H4D40 review: the end of medium format superiority?
Nikon D800E review v.s Hasselblad H4D40 review: the end of medium format superiority? Nikon D800E review v.s Hasselblad H4D40 review: the end of medium format superiority? Round One Why to compare 35mm and medium format DSLRs?

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