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Hi all… I’m Dave…

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I won’t bore you all with my history (actually I will but that will come later) so I’m just gonna get right into it…  From the time I started shooting, about 10 years ago, all I’ve ever heard is that you need studio lights to make great pics happen. Until about 8 months ago I never owned one. I shot with all sortsa lights… household lights, flashlights, matches, quarts garage lights. You name it, I shot with it. 8 months ago I bought a bunch of Einsteins (Paul C. Buff stuff) and they’re an amazing product and offer so much...

Leica X1 vs Fuji X100: the final round. In-studio performance

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Leica X1 vs Fuji X100: in studio test This is a second part (read first part here) of my review of Leica X1 and Fujifilm X100 P&S cameras. I still call them this way, as having a viewfinder does not change a nature of the camera, IMO :-) Now we’ll see how both cameras perform in a “sterile” studio environment. It will beeasy to find any imperfection when we have a perfect lighting and both camera andsubject are steady. Focusing was not manual, I was relying on a camera ability to focuson a newspaper at straight angle. Meaning if you...

Leica X1 vs Fuji X100: Two hi-end point and shoot cameras compared.

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Fuji X100 vs Leica X1   I’ve always been looking for something small like a point and shoot, but powerful and fast like DSLR to carry around with me. The first time I saw the Fuji x100, I already new that this would be a good candidate for the camera I was looking for. I have never been interested in Leica; I knew they produced good P&S cameras, but they’re asking too much for their little red logo :-) However, the Leica is the closest competitor...

From Idea to Implementation: Einstein 640 Creative Shot.

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What is the most important behind any decent studio shot? The idea, right? Without idea (concept) there is no way we can create anything really good and remarkable , regardless of how good the technique was. Obviously, bad realization can kill any idea. This is why I like to create the image from concept development  to its implementation. It doesn't happen when we get completed, “ready to work on” assignment request form the client, where they specify what exactly they want to see on the final image. The idea I’ve got for this shot: A creative image of PCB E640 strobe (my...

Jewelry photography: 3 lighting setups for your inspiration.

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A while ago we had a very extensive jewelry photoshoot for new hi-end jeweler in Atlanta,  Elizabeth Dupree Lynch. Descendant of one of the oldest  and best known families in America, she recently launched jewelry business.  Her Fine Jewelry collection, hand crafted  by Italian master jewelers, represents love, specifically - "all the love in a world one can have for another " as she say. (To know more about Elizabeth's jewelry please visit website: edlcollection.com). Our studio was selected to photograph the full collection, and I'll show you some of the photographs we got along with the lighting setups. We worked on...

Trash Can as a Tool for a Professional Photographer: The End Result is all that Matters?

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In this lesson, you will see another DIY solution for a shooting cone. On one of the forums, a fellow photographer suggested that they have used a white trash can as a substitute for the cone... I got a smile at first when I read the comment, but then I realized that this is such a great and simple ( I love simple things:-) idea, and it's a shame I did not get it myself. Trash cans are usually cone-shaped, and can be used as a shooting cone with minor modifications.. same as a $500 shooting cone can be used as...

Mastering jewelry photography: Hands on a shooting cone

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this tutorial I will show you how to use a shooting cone in jewelry photography. In general, the idea of this light modifier is very similar to a shooting box (lighting tent) but have few very major advantages, especially if used to shoot jewelry.  I personally do not like shooting tent (despite the fact I've used it recently) , but the cone I've made  worked very well for a few test shots I've made for this article: Jewelry photography using a shooting cone: Example 1 Jewelry photography using white cone:...

Industrial tabletop photography: We gotta be creative!

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While working on a product photography field quite often we shoot a plain and not fancy products, and in many cases this is not an advertisement or magazine cover shots. Subject on a white (plain:-) background, this is what most clients want. Which is fine, this is a part of a job I love:-) However, every time I am trying to convince my clients to go as creative as possible: I know that catalog or website dictates the simplicity of product's representation, but making something a little different may be beneficial, IMO. So, this time I was shooting insulation materials...

Einstein 640 V2 in-studio flash duration test: hi-speed strobe was never affordable like this.

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I was waiting for this monolight for a long time, and eventually got it few days ago. Talking about latest Paul C. Buff invention (intervention to hi-speed strobes market? :-), all digital Einstein 640 monolight. I've ordered few of these units back in spring 2010 "to try", ordered separately (meaning soon I've receive another one:-). That was a longest back-order line I remember, but the good thing that I've received Einstein V2 unit: it suppose to be improved from the original one I've ordered. The main reason I was so anxious to try the unit is that currently I desperately...

Hasselblad H4D-50 against Canon 1Ds MarkIII: what do we get for the money?

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I had a great opportunity to test-drive a new Hasselbald H4d camera with its huge 50 Megapixel digital back, thank to John Williams from Hotwire-digital.com. Knowing specification of the Hasselblad, I did not want to simply compare those 2 cameras: they are very different animals, with different purpose... besides the fact they both capture images :-) Ease of use, camera controls, weight, focus speed and other "external" parameters is not interesting for me, as all of this parameters is highly subjective, both cameras has a big list of fans among professional photographers. ...

Food photographer in Atlanta: chicken wings, photographer, stylist and a sauce:-)

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[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 workers, the building and silverware. Therefore the photography should be the same: simple, but showing the best of the product for each menu item. We were lucky to find a great food stylist, Nan McCulloch (www.nanmcculloch.com), she helped us a lot with the whole concept of the shoot, along with...

Food photography with Shirley O. Corriher.

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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 :-) Shirley Corriher the one of our most enjoyable customers. This time she showed us how to cook. The previous 4 days photoshot was only about the food, and now we did few portraits in the kitchen as well. (more…)

Pentax 40MP 645D medium format DSLR announced

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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 film Pentax cameras with every respect possible. (more…)

Watch photo shoot: advantages of using tilt-shift camera adapter

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I continue to use my tilt-shift adapter for DSLR, and now I explore the limits of the system.  Below is the watch, at a very narrow angle, shoot by using  Rodenstock Rodagon APO 80mm F4 lens at aperture setto F16. The lighting schema is simple: two narrow soft boxes on top, each highlighted top and the bottom part of the watch.  There should not be direct reflection form  a watch's glass, as it immediately become dull and low contrast. (more…)

Product Photography: shooting hi-end pens with lighting setup and how-to do tricks

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Recently we've finished shooting  a line of hand made pens for PenzByDesign.com and I would like to share the lighting setup and few tips on how we did this project. So, the pen:  Relatively simple object to photograph, right?  I've used narrow softbox on top to make that line-like reflection on a pen. However, one light source placed on top did not highlight a shines of a pen's acrylic or wood trim.  This is why I've added two spot lights on each side of the pen. Lighting...

Photographing jewelry: the lighting setup, tips and tricks plus bonus video

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 challenging than I was thinking... First, he wanted a spot-like gradient background, from deep purple to complete black. Second, the bracelets must be shoot from a frontal position with with sharp viewing angle, not a simple top-down shot. Obviously, the whole bracelet must be sharp (in focus) . So, how do we get the first task done? Hang the bracelet on tiny fishing lines and project a...

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