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 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  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. Continue reading: “Mastering splash” masterclass e-videobook  We almost got it ready. Continue reading: Announcement: new masterclass is coming soon.  March 23rd, 2011 |  Comments are closed 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  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  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, Continue reading: Product photography behind the scene video: online masterclass recorded  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 Continue reading: How to shoot watches like a pro: new AKELstudio LIVE Masterclass announced!  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. Continue reading: Learning the light: ask right questions.  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:-) Continue reading: First AKELstudio LIVE! masterclass: water, apple, flash duration test and one shot of scotch whiskey:-)  I was using various softboxes for most of our product photography, but about a half a year ago I discovered a perfect use of translucent diffuser panels in product photography. I am talking about usually small product with glossy reflective surface with inevitable reflection form the lights on it. The main difference between softbox and diffuser Continue reading: Softbox v.s diffuser panels in small product photography: Cosmetic brushes shoot for Anisa International.  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. Continue reading: Water in product and advertisement photography: episode two released!  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 Continue reading: Water in still life and advertisement photography: Episode one  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 Continue reading: Photography tutorial announcement: Sparkling water advertisement photoshoot in development |  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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