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Atlanta Fox Theatre: The Beauty of Live Music and Popcorn

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Yesterday we went to the Atlanta Fox Theatre to enjoy the Nutcracker ballet. We got into the red parking lot near the theater, about one block away from it. Walking down the street we were surprised at how many people came to watch the ballet. It was crowded on both sides of the theater. It was my first time in the Atlanta Fox Theatre, and my first impressions were "WOW". The Fox Theatre is gorgeous inside, but not as classy as, lets say, the Opera Theater in Kiev. Still very impressive. I had our little test camera, the Canon EOS M with me, and it let me...

Canon EOS M Ongoing Review: First Impressions and Sample Photos

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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 have so far: Like -- Size, look and feel. -- Shallow DOF. -- Low-light ISO performance Dislike: -- Focus performance and focusing speed. -- HDR mode is close to what you can get with single RAW file in ACR -- Touchscreen activated by touching your shirt (when you wear a neck-strap)  ...

Photigy Live: white subject on a white background

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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 Croom, Inna G, Barry MacKenzie, Chan Ziyuan Kenneth, Aurelien Jacak, Martins Ribeiro, Edgaras Bendikas, Lynn Burtnett, Paul Whittingham, Bob Noble and Pawel Pie. Thank you guys, everyone did a great job!     Lets talk about it?   White on white, the best shots:[scrollGallery id=22 start=5 autoScroll=false thumbsdown=true] As usual, the lighting setups from every shot can be found on...

Photigy Live: Announcements, Critique and Reviews

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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. This decision was made based on feedback I've received since last Photigy Live. The next assignment is "Clear Glass shot". Deadline is next Thursday, 1st of November. Submit your work here. The prize for the best assignment shot will be a private, one-on-one video consultation with me, 30-60 minutes in duration.  The dollar's value...

The dSLR to large-medium format DIY build: Nikon D800e on Sinar P camera

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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 to let me to re-post his forum topic as an article here to let other curious photographers to see it. First, lets meet Darren:   Hi, I’m Darren, sometimes known as ‘colda’, no this isn’t me having a gangsta name or anything like that, it’s simply a concatenation of the...

Getting the most from iPhone camera: lenses for Macro iPhoneography

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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 as possible with each lens I got for this test. Lets continue with Schneider iPro lenses system. Like I mentioned in my previous part of this review, iPro offers the best mounting and storage solution, and still has one of the best image quality from what I have tested.  ...

iPhone Lenses Review: Best 7 lenses for iPhone, which one is the best?

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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 for less money. I've run in-studio test, having my iPhone 4s mounted on a tripod, as well as doing the same test outside. I also took many shots all around just to show more examples of what look you'll be getting using each lens.   Below is what I've got...

Online photo-coaching course: Tabletop Photography for Beginners

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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 the progress and hearing feedback was the most rewarding part from the Photigy Live hangouts for us. This is why we decided to create a series of interactive online courses, utilizing a similar approach as we had with our weekly assignments. Why do you need it? To get courage and knowledge to start your own...

Photigy Recommended Gear

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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 products are linked to merchants we know is good, reliable and always to deliver the best possible prices. We are affiliated with most of them as well, which means that if you buy it through our page you will silently support Photigy project and improve your karma:-) Items sorted from most to...

Photigy Live: Without Rodney, just a talk and few important announcements

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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 I have for all people affected by hurricane. I did not have plan "B" for the hangout, but did not want to cancel it either, and we talked with Noah Katz, Steve Savoie and James Davidson. I wish more people would join, but they did not (invitation was open for about 1000). Which means I do...

Jewelry photography learning on PHOTIGY Live: shooting the ring

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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 people would watch such 2 hours hangout where we talk about somebody else's photos (as you imagine, hangouts made not only for those who submitted the assignments). The video either could be long but highly entertaining, where we would laugh for a few hours, or short, but educational.  I was never...

Nikon D800E v.s Hasselblad H4D40: the end of medium format superiority? Round two

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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:  Round One   Third test, Overexposure and highlights recovery   Here I've got an opposite situation with RAW converters: Phocus and ViewNX couldn't get even closer to Adobe Camera RAW results of pulling overexposed areas. Especially Phocus from hasselblad.  For some reason when I tried to adjust exposure and recover highlights, it brought pink colors on areas with blown pixels (FIY: all the lens corrections were "On"). View NX was not good as well,...

How to create stunning HDR images with iPhone: iPhoneography examples

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cell phone and HDR? You must be kidding! Yes, this is our first tutorial on how to shoot with iPhone. While working with Hasselblad, 4x5 Cambo and Canon cameras in studio, I still enjoy the world outside the studio. And I do this without taking any cameras with me. Oh wait, I always have an iPhone! If someone would ask me this question few years ago, I would laugh: High Dynamic Range photography involves camera with ability to dial exposure compensation, a tripod and some expensive post-processing software and really good skills with it. While all of this are still...

Studio Photography 101: Lightbox setup “on the go”

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Finished image - perfume bottle image created with the "Easy Lightbox" setup Setting things up Every now and then, I get to shoot a translucent (or somewhat translucent) object that looks a lot better with the light shining through it - be it a fragrance bottle, slice of food or just some autumn leaves. Here I would like to share a quick and easy setup for this kind of shoots - I  learned it from David Turner and did some minor tweaking to it to make it more "portable". I like this setup because...

Awesome days at Google+ Photographer's conference

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Today we had a live product shot at Gplus conference, where I shot a perfume bottle (Versace Yellow Diamond), and yesterday we had a photowalk at Treasure Island, it was such a fun! Treasure Island is an abandoned Military base, with many empty building and great coastline view to beautiful San Francisco. But as usually there, it was windy as hell, and it was hard to shot anything for ore than 5 minutes:-) Google Photographer's conference photowalk group I meet in person many photographers I already know, and found new friends. Thank you guys for joining me! Few views of San Francisco we got...

Studio Photography Insights: An Audio speaker shot

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An Audio speakers shot assignment results., Curated by me and +Dave Nitsche on #studiophotographyinsights Thank you for all who participated on the assignment: +Timothy Kou +Steve Savoie +Paul Bartell +Mohammad Ali +Jeff Creech +Noah Katz +Nick Spirov +Chris Kryzanek +Sylvain Millier +Steven Scott +Jeremy Guinaugh +Keith Holdaway and +Terry Croom (I couldn't find few guys on G+)! Here are the submissions: Weekly Studio Assignment Results [scrollGallery id=14] (more…)

Studio Photography Insights: Shooting glossy reflective objects

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So, this is out weekly hangout. (the rest of them are here: Studio Photography Insights) This time we had Bill Cahill with us, and it was a pretty interesting talk. Dave Nitsche was late because I had troubles inviting him: am I getting that bad :-)? In general, dealing with the shiny subjects is the most challenging task for a product photographer. Learn how to shoot chrome, silver and other shiny stuff and the rest will become trivial task :-) So, have a seat and get ready  to watch and learn. One note though: watching alone won't be enough to learn this stuff, you'll...

Studio Photography Insights with special guest: Bill Cahill

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This is one of the most interesting hangouts, as we have Bill Cahill joined us. This guy is brilliant, and completely open on sharing his techniques and insights of the business. He is one of the best advertisement product and liquid photographers, working with Coca Cola, BP, V8 and many other recognizable brands.   To learn more about Bill's work, Check out his portfolio (www.bill-cahill.com) and his blog. Thank you Bill, I appreciate you joining us. Studio Photography Insights #9: (more…)

Studio Photography Insights hangout #7

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This is another Studio Photography Insights hangout with me, Dave Nitsche and many other great guys who joined us. This time we had an assignment to shoot sexy bottles form Dave Nitsche, and below I've selected few images from submissions I like the most. My personal opinion, nothing more:-) Couple announcements I want to made first:  Next assignment is a watch shot, (I am thinking about wrist watch shot, but please do not be limited by this), an AD-type of the image which will sell the product. Do not submit your work here, I'll have a forum for this. Yes,...

Studio Photography Insights on Google plus: your weekly show from our studio

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Every Wednesday at 10PM Eastern time( -5 GMT) me and Dave Nitsche are hosting a "Studio Photography Insights" Google plus hangout. The idea is to have dedicated to studio photography video podcast, where we'll be discussing all the aspects of studio photography: technical challenges, techniques, unveil behind the scene info of interesting shots, etc. Beside a talk, I'll be doing live demonstrations, right from a studio. Short, but interesting shots, with explanation of what I am doing:-) (more…)

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