Behind the scene: Godiva liqueur splash shot

Godiva liquid photography lighting setup

I’ve already shared some of the insights of this shot on Google plus and now it’s time to post everything on here.
So here is our hero shot:
Milk and chocolate splash Godiva liqueur

 
Part one: the Godiva bottle
As you have probably already guessed, this shot is a composite made from several separate images. First, we did the bottle.
The lighting

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Studio Product Photography shout-out report: did we get a masterclass instead? :-)

Alex koloskov meetup secrets of studio photography

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

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Update: Studio Product Photography shout-out in Alpharetta

We almost have made it!
Update (08/02/2011): We all set. Meetup is full.

It will be pretty interesting shoutout, as we’ll be working on completely different products…  not mentioning that we’ll have about 45 minutes to shot each. This is what I call hi-speed photography :-))
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"Mastering splash" masterclass e-videobook

mastering-water-splash

This e-videobook is based on Alex Koloskov “Mastering Splash” masterclass. It includes 4 hours of video from the class as well as  additional information about the the gear used and shot specification. The full version of e-book also includes a step-by-step post-production in Photoshop.
We call it a masterclass, not a workshop and there is a

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It was a blast: Splash photography masterclass in Atlanta

Alex Koloskov Atlanta Photographer masterclass

This Saturday we had our first in-studio masterclass! It was great fun and quite the experience for me:

Update: e-videobook is now available for ordering: Download it here!
Details below:We had a five-hour shoot and it was some of the most intense shooting and speaking work I have ever done:-). Here are the things we went

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Mastering splash: the magic behind our liquid photography

butterfly splash liquid photography alex koloskov

One more cool shot and article on my pixiq blog. As usual, announcing here:
The magic behind our liquid photography
Feedback is appreciated, as usual. have you tried something similar? Please share!

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

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Product photography behind the scene video: online masterclass recorded

product photography masterclass tutorial video

This is probably the most expected video (by my readers and by me): a recorded LIVE broadcast from the product photography masterclass we hosted over two month ago. That time we shot Marine Star Bulova Men’s watch, and below the result:

We had the same watch photographed a little differently for the announcement of this masterclass,

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Advise needed: Any good quality Lavalier/Headworn wireless microphone system for up to $200?

photography masterclass atlanta workshop akelstudio by alex koloskov

We just got finished our second LIVE masterclass, this time we shoot Bulova watch, exactly as it was announced. It went pretty well, we got even better result (IMO) then we did for the announcement.

Not everything was smooth though, the microphone I’ve used gave up working after short use, constantly loosing the signal from transmitter

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How to shoot watches like a pro: new AKELstudio LIVE Masterclass announced!

Akelstudio product photography watch lesson masterclass

I am glad to announce that we are ready for our next LIVE masterclass. It was a while since out last (and first) masterclass, and eventually we found time to run this event. This time I’ll be shooting MEN’S BULOVA MARINE STAR, working through most of  the steps to get the image below. Why not

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You made this!

Francisco Vega Jewelry shot

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!

Here we are:
Francisco Vega ( ekselentphotography.com), inspired by this post:

Peter Alessandria  (greatproductshots.com), and others, inspired by this post:

Jeremy Countryman (jaxexposure.com):

Christopher Izaskun (encuadre.net):

Jeff Dillon Photography ( jeffdillonphotography.com)

Philip (80eight.co.uk):

Feel free to send me

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First AKELstudio LIVE! masterclass: water, apple, flash duration test and one shot of scotch whiskey:-)

Live masterclass water photography

Thank for all who participated our first masterclass, I think it was good, especially considering that this is my first time when I was working and talking on public:-)
I can’t say that it was an easy task for me: being born introvert and quite shy guy, I do not feel comfortable talking to more then

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Masterclass (LIVE!) is scheduled for Saturday, 7th August at 5PM Eastern time.

splash photography red apple

I glad to announce a date for our first LIVE masterclass: Saturday, 7th August at 5PM Eastern time.
We’ll be doing our water photography third tutorial, creating photos similar you see below. The lesson will take about an hour, plus some additional time when I can answer your questions.

The registration is completely free and one click

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Water in product and advertisement photography: episode two released

fruit in water photography tutorila atlanta

This is a second episode (the first one is here) from the “Water in product and advertisement photography” series. This time we used the same tank and mix of distilled and sparkling water.
The idea was simple: pouring objects into a water and shooting through the water tank, positioning camera strictly horizontal. Because we have used

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Water in still life and advertisement photography: Episode one

water splash in advertising photography

As promised, here is the tutorial for what I call “underwater” product photography (not sure what the right name for this). We shoot several products, from fruits to a shampoo bottles, and now I am glad to show you the result.

This is the most enjoyable photo-shot I had for last few month: not only the

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Photography tutorial announcement: Sparkling water advertisement photoshoot in development

under water studio photography: fruit splash

Glad to announce that we eventually got time to work on the tutorial for underwater splash product photography shoot. We’ll be doing behind the scene video and a blog post,:with all setup explained, including every little tips and tricks we used to get job done.

Here is the one of the images we did yesterday during

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