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 This is my new lighting set… Did I go crazy? He-he… Almost:-) Here’s the deal: Continue reading: Don’t have the money for good studio lighting? You don’t have an excuse anymore!  We almost got it ready. Continue reading: Announcement: new masterclass is coming soon.  March 23rd, 2011 |  Comments are closed 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.  Just want to give a little insight for one of the projects we have running as some sort of background process during the week before a vacation. Talking about jewelry photography, small jewelry to be specific. Continue reading: Lighting for jewelry photography: the development process  I like to tell you how we deal with reflection when shooting glossy objects. Usually we can fix “external” reflections by placing diffuser panels, softboxes and cardboard panels around our shiny object. It works fine (not always easy though) when we shoot a single product. Continue reading: Shooting cosmetic brushes: simple tips to help dealing with chrome finish  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.  Recently I have a very interesting experience working for Janis Wilson Hughes, shooting her sculptures for an exhibition. It was interesting because I did not shoot art pieces before, most of my photography was commercial products. There is the same requirements in both art and product photography : to show the best of the subject, Continue reading: Art Reproduction Photography: lighting the masterpiece  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  This was our latest assignment, a catalog shoot for Refrigiwear. While doing it I’ve decided to show how proper lighting can make a big difference by using one of the boots from the catalog as an example. Continue reading: Product photography lighting: It is simple when you know how.  Do you know what surgical forcep is? According to Wikipedia: “Forceps are used when fingers are too large to grasp small objects or when many objects need to be held at one time while the hands are used to perform a task.” In case if the object is a tiny piece of human body needed Continue reading: Lens and lights for super macro photography: surgery on a shooting table  This Sunday I was left at home with my lovely two daughters (we have twins), wife went to therapeutic shopping, and had great opportunity to do nothing and just watch our kids. Well, it lasted for about 5 minutes, after we have played for a while, and.. I’ve jumped to what I really like to Continue reading: Atlanta Photographer Sunday: Twin toddlers on my neck:-)  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 Continue reading: Atlanta photography workshop update: Lighting setup  Recently we’ve finished shooting a line of hand made pens for PenzByDesign.com and I would like to share the lighting setup and few tips on how we did this project. Continue reading: Product Photography: shooting hi-end pens with lighting setup and how-to do tricks |  I share everything I know here. Lighting setups, gear reviews, tutorials, tips and behind the scenes videos from our photo sessions. 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