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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 Continue reading: Studio Photography Insights on Google plus: your weekly show from our studio  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:-) Read the full article: Lancome Mascara and Continue reading: Lancome Mascara shot behind the scene  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  Look what I found! Continue reading: High-Speed Photography with Splashes, Flashes, and a Fish Tank by PhotoExtremist  I’ve been asked so many times about what strobe, camera shutter speed, etc can be used to freeze a liquid splash action and I’ve decided to put this little post together for you guys. Complete gear list for action tabletop photography Continue reading: What equipment you need to start shooting liquid splash  It was fun to be on the show and I can tell you now, it wasn’t scary at all:-) I even managed to shoot something relatively good, considering that it was only a 10 minute shoot. Continue reading: TWiT Photo, Episode 24: Alex Koloskov (me:-) and liquid photography  This past weekend, I played with these little gel-like clear balls that we’ve had for a few weeks now sitting and waiting to be photographed. That gel has exactly the same refraction that water has, meaning they become completely invisible in the water. Continue reading: Performing Liquid photography research: The mysterious water balls  Last Saturday we had a product Photography meetup at Photoplex Studios. We photographed seven different products from Ukrainian vodka to jewelry, all in five hours. Thank you to everyone who attended, I am sure it was pretty interesting experience. We did a lot more then I expected to get done in just five hours. I must Continue reading: Studio Product Photography shout-out report: did we get a masterclass instead? :-)  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 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  Recently 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 Continue reading: Jewelry photography: 3 lighting setups for your inspiration.  One more cool shot and article on my pixiq blog. As usual, announcing here: If you’d like to learn more about the liquid photography, I have an e-book for you, which is based on my 5 hour “Mastering Splash” masterclass: This Continue reading: Mastering splash: the magic behind our liquid photography  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.  Recently I played with the new (to me) thing: a lighting cone. 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) Continue reading: Mastering jewelry photography: my experience with a shooting cone |  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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