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 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 been following my blog for Continue reading: DIY lighting tent for glossy subject, top-down shots  I’ve already shared some of the insights of this shot on Google plus and now it’s time to post everything on here. Continue reading: Behind the scene: Godiva liqueur splash shot  This is what we came to with these mysterious water balls Next week I’ll post BTS and will be ready to discuss the process, stay tuned!  Now you know why we’ve been doing all of these chocolate and milk splashes recently. It’s been a lot of fun and we’ve learned even more about the different types of liquids, color fillers and ways of creating splashes. The result is below. As you might guess, this is a composite Continue reading: Godiva Liquor shot: Milk, Chocolate and lot of fun.  Do you remember my guest post for digital-photography-school.com? If not, here it is: How to Create an Eye-Catching Product Shot, I promised to get the same or similar photo without using any professional equipment. This weekend I spent less then hour getting it done. The result is below. Continue reading: Professional photography without professional equipment: myth and reality  This was a shoot for our long-term client of oursEndochoice, a fast growing medical supplier company. Usually I would be shooting all kinds of medical supplies for them with all of the shots being done on a pure white background (read more here). Continue reading: Shooting at medical lab: time to add color to sterile environment!  It’s been a long time since my last report from this assignment and I know you guys were missing these articles. Honestly, I’ve missed them too. It’s cool and exiting to run a camera tests, write books and do classes, but I know how interesting the information from the real assignments are. So here is Continue reading: Studio product assignment: Few tricks on how to shoot high-glossy subject  This is a second part of the article I’ve started last Friday. The shot was finished on the weekend, and today it is time to release the details about how this self-assignment was completed. PCB E640 Einstein monolight creative shot Continue reading: From idea to implementation: Einstein 640 creative shot. Implementation  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 technique was good. Obviously, bad realization can kill any idea, but I never had problem with technical side of the shot so far:-) Continue reading: From idea to implementation: Einstein 640 creative shot. The idea.  I continue to explore new techniques that I can utilize in my photography, and this is a second article about my experience of a shooting cone. I’ve got some interesting feedback from my first post (Mastering jewelry photography) where I’ve used DIY shooting cone for a jewelry shots. On one of the forums a fellow Continue reading: Trash can as a tool for a professional photographer: the end result all that matters?  I’ve got this pretty cool shot using light painting technique, posted on Pixiq.com: Update: There is a video of the painting process now available on our retoucher’s blog: Light brush painting. Post-production. You’ll also find there an explanation of how we did a post-production of the shot. Continue reading: Light painting (lighting brush) technique in product photography.  I’ve got my third article about shooting products on a white backgrounds, posted on pixiq.com: Article features a video from the shot. Enjoy:-) Alex  I was cleaning our photobank on Drobo FS (8TB total and only 20% left empty), and found few images of the studio lighting setups from 2 years old photo-sessions we did for Walmart. That time we shot a lot of kitchenware for the product packaging. It was interesting time, as we learned a lot, often Continue reading: Routine job of a product photographer: kitchenware packaging for Walmart.  Do you remember how I treat device called shooting tent or lightbox? Every time readers were asking about lightbox (light tent, shooting box, etc) I was saying that it is very limited and useless thing in our studio. Continue reading: Shooting glassware on white background: high-key in product photography  Quite often we shoot macro, and even more often we shoot it on a white background. In most cases this means that at the end client will receive images of the subject on a pure, (0xFFFFFF) background. Such requirement leaves photographer with only one way (to make it easier on the post-production): shoot on as Continue reading: Shooting macro on a white background: simple yet very useful tricks |  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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