Announcement: new masterclass is coming soon.

alex koloskov liquid splash advertisement photography masterclass

We almost got it ready.
A full length walk-through the shot, with the video, sample images and post-production. The masterclass won’t be free and can be purchased through the paypal. I am calling it masterclass, because it is not a classical tutorial: I’ll be showing how we did the shot, not how you should do

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DIY shooting table for complete white background in product and jewelry photography

complete white background in one shot product advertisement photography lesson

I’ve got my third article about shooting products on a white backgrounds, posted on pixiq.com:
How to get complete white background out from a camera: studio product photography tutorial
Article explains how to get this image directly from a camera:

Article features a video from the shot.  Enjoy:-)

Alex

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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Learning the light: ask right questions.

Lighting setup, using color gels in product photography

What is the best and fastest way to learn photography (and not only photography)?

The first way is to watch how the task gets done by a pro and then to try to reproduce something similar yourself.
The second (by efficiency and speed) way is to invent your own way to do the shoot, trying

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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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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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Atlanta photography workshop update: Lighting setup

atlanta photographer workshop ligting setup

As promised, I prepared lighting setup and a video from our last workshop (more about this here).  I am not going to post simple setup we started from, it should be self explainable, if you look at the photo. Below is what we have done by the end of workshop, after playing with ratios and

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Our first photography workshop: Studio lighting for fashion photography

Our first workshop just happened last Sunday! Hurray!

Many thanks to all participants, I am sure it was very enjoyable and interesting for all of us:-)
Workshop  lasted for 4 hours, during this time we have covered a  basic’s of studio gear,shooting techniques, had a master class and  an actual photoshoot session for each participant.
At the end

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