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 Halloween 2011, AKELstudio & friends Setup was pretty simple: fog machine, 2 light on a back with gels, one large stripbox on front. I was thinking to use PLM umbrella, but it would spill to much to background, Continue reading: AKELstudio Halloween party -2011  Some time ago I started not liking my profile picture, the one where I hold a DSLR and smile. Does a photographer self portrait always have to be with photographer holding the camera? Now i have few choices of cameras, so it will be hard to choose which one I want to be photographed with. Continue reading: Alex Koloskov re-branding: new look for the old guy:-)  Do you remember G+ hangout we had few weeks ago? Here it is: Today’s beauty shot online: thanks everyone who joined us! Continue reading: The magic of water: the beauty shot  It was fun, even though not everything was as smooth (in terms of communications) as I would have liked. We managed to switch from a Google plus hangout to a justin.tv broadcast in just 30 minutes before the shot was scheduled to begin. I was surprised to find out that G+ only lets 10 participants Continue reading: Today’s beauty shot online: thanks everyone who joined us!  CAS, the leading provider of customer management and mobility solutions, helps Consumer Products companies sell more products more profitably.  Please look at the portrait below: do you really think it was shot in front of that lake and mountains, or it was a studio shot and digitally applied background? When I saw this image first time, background looked completely unnatural, like it digitally applied on a studio portrait. However, this is one shot image… Continue reading: The magic of PLM (parabolic) umbrella  Eventually we got all the images sorted out and finals selected. I am talking about our second part of our fashion shoot for kids we had a week ago. (First part is here) This time we got both our daughter working for us: vanilla ice cream was waiting for them just around the corner, this Continue reading: Fashion photography of our little ones: Whimsical Forest  Last week we did our second photo-shot for All Koval, talented children fashion designer we have such nice collaboration with. I had a hard time to think Continue reading: Kids fashion photoshot: Arctic dusk in the studio. Part1  This type of shots is not what I usually do, but when my friends asked if I can do their seniors promo shoot (never heard of such type before:-) my answer was: yes! I always glad to host any of my good friends in the studio: I can always test new gear or learn some new Continue reading: DIY Vagabond II test drive: dark studio under the sun, by Atlanta photographer.  Some time ago we met online Alla Koval, an amazing knitwear and crochet designer. My wife was thrilled by the models she has seen on Alla’s blog and quickly become a big fan of her work (check out her blog: www.mylittlecitygirl.com). After they found each other, very soon we got this idea to do a Continue reading: Our little cute models: a fashion shoot for Alla Koval  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 Continue reading: Food photography with Shirley O. Corriher.  After we have successfully done a boots catalog photography for Refrigiwear, they decided to go with us on the rest of their 2010 catalog. This time we had a uniform 7+ hours photo-shoot with 4 models, about 30-40 outfits and four people (not counting photographer helping in a studio. It was fun: Four ladies from Refrigiwear Continue reading: Studio lighting setup for a uniform catalog: Refrigiwear photo-shoot  It was unusual from the beginning: Guard at the entrance asked my first and last name, grass lawn with “please do not walk” sign, mostly Indian people around and amazing, unbelievable beauty of the place. It was like a tele-portation from dirty and boring streets of Lilburn to opposite side of the globe. This is Continue reading: Visit to Maharaj: small piece of India in Atlanta, GA  I do not understand modern black and white photography, did you know this? It is like cutting off one dimension from the photography world, and I always wanted to have more… more dynamic range, more sensitivity, more colors! That day we tried to expand our usual color palette 5 times more: 5 different colored lights Continue reading: Portrait photography lighting: when ONE color is not enough  It was a late sunny afternoon in North Atlanta, when we had a nice walk and talk with Irina, a good friend of us. I had my camera and 2 Canon 580EX flashes attached like this, sun was one hour away from a horizon, and full set of kids jumping around :-) Irina showed us this Continue reading: Spring in Atlanta: blooming trees, beautiful girls and a photographer:-) |  I share everything I know here. Lighting setups, gear reviews, tutorials, tips and behind the scenes videos from our photo sessions. Make sure to subscribe for weekly updates below so you don't miss anything.    Questions and Answers. Quite often I receive interesting questions about the particular lighting setup or issue with the particular shot that other photographers are dealing with and such questions is not directly related to any post I have here in the blog. Read More->>  (C)Philip (www.80eight.co.uk)Get inspired, post your results here! This post inspired by the readers who used materials published on this blog to do their own shots. Similar technique, different results. Thank you, guys!  Loading ... | ||
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