Studio Photography Insights on Google plus #3

Ok, this is our third  ”Studio Photography Insights” Google plus hangout (previous one is here).


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Our latest studio project, Dior creme in a splash flower

Dior Creme flower splash by Alex Koloskov

So, this is what we’ve been working lately.

The whole process was captured and I am working on putting the video together. In a few weeks we’ll have it released as a video tutorial.

A little bit information about how the image was done:
Every paddle splash was shot individually, and then

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

Studio Photography insights

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

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Project in development: Inexpensive way to shoot expensive jewelry

DIY Jewelry photography examples

I am working on a series of tutorials (not sure what to name it yet :-), but the idea is to develop a very non-expensive DIY lighting and shooting technique to produce stunning results, so jewelry designers and hobbyists can build and use it.

The idea came from +Genia Larionova‘s hobby.  She and few her friends create hand-made

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Lancome Mascara shot behind the scene

Alex Koloskov Liquid photography shot Lancome

I promised to post it long time ago, and now have done so. It is posted on MasteringSplash.com: it is half a liquid shot, and it won’t be wise not post it on the new website I am working so hard to bring people’s attention in:-)

Lancome Mascara and liquid drops

Alex Koloskov Liquid

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Behind The Scene: “The Magic of Water” beauty shot

The beauty shot with liquid splash

Behind The Scene: “The Magic of Water” beauty shot

Post-production assembly piece is posted on MasteringSplash.com.

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays!

Wish you guys to live with no fear, live like it is last day in your life.  Believe in yourself, fight for life, and you’ll get what you want! If you think you can’t, watch the story of this happy man:

All the best to you and those who you

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Liquid Snail from splash garden

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One more creature from our splash garden:-)

Liquid Snail

 

As usual now, the complete post is on MasteringSplash.com.

Enjoy:-)

 

DIY lighting tent for glossy subject top-down shots

Chrome brush tabletop studio photography by alex kolskov

Chrome brush tabletop studio photography

Recently we had a shoot for our long term client of ours, Anisa International. You already know what its for, right? Yep,  chrome cosmetic brushes.  This time the client wanted the brushes to be photographed directly from the top (top-down shot), which brought up an interesting challenge to me. If you’ve

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Triggertrap universal off-camera trigger

trigertrap

I do not want my readers here to miss this little article I posted on MasteringSplash.com: Triggertrap device: universal off-camera trigger

TriggerTrap : a little helper

I’ve contacted Haje Kamps, device developer and it looks like soon I’ll get one in my studio! It will be an interesting test, as I have never worked with such helper before.

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Hasselblad H4x camera hands-on review: back to open architecture!

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This past weekend I had a great opportunity to play with newest Hasselblad model, H4x (x for extended) medium format camera. As you know (if not, check here) I own an old PhaseOne P25+ digital back for H mount, and I use it with a H1 Hasselblad.  It works great and I love the system, but I was locked

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Elinchrom RX series strobe review: pros, cons and comparison with PCB Einsteins lights

Elinchrome Digital 1200Rx

I had an opportunity to test the Elinchrom RX series strobe lighting in a studio environment.  I’ve got one of the most interesting Elinchrom’s  to work with, the top of the line Style RX 600 Pro monolight and Digital RX 1200 Pro Power Pack with A3000N speed flash head.

Below are my personal thoughts and conclusions

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Sticky trip

California trip

We call it Mastering Splash

Mastering Splash by Alex Koloskov and Genia Larionova

Mastering Splash to create a beauty

Mastering Splash by Alex Koloskov and Genia Larionova

 

While preparing the Godiva liqueur shot we tried shooting with many different liquids, including water colored by fabric dye. During that particular photoshoot I was developing different techniques for splash shapes and learning how to consistenly throw them.  We’ve got hundreds of different colored

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Few Announcements: Mastering Splash project and Californai trip

Mastering Splash website

This has been the longest time that I hadn’t posted on my blog for in almost two years;-) The last one was more than 2 weeks ago! Some things definitely got changed and I did not post what promised (Elinchrom test-review), nor did I finish the e-book I was hoping to finish.

So, this is what happened:

First

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