"Mastering splash" masterclass e-videobook

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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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Leaf Aptus II 12 digital back: a video from the test shot.

Got a video from the Leaf Aptus II 12 test shot:

Full article:
Leaf Aptus-II 12 80 megapixel digital back review: it is not only pixels that count.

Enjoy:-)
P.S My best-I-ever-had camera, canon 1Ds mark III is on sale now. Price is $4000 so far… It might be a good deal, for like a new baby:-)

Exploring tilt and swing of a view camera with 35mm DSLR

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Recently I’ve re-tuned and upgraded bellows on my Cambo view camera to DSLR adapter and got this cool video of how tilt and swing movements work in real time. I’ve used Canon 5D MKII to get this video. You’ll see how perceptive and focus plane gets changed. also, in right top corner is a second

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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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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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Fruit splash photography: how much post-production it takes to get a perfect splash

We had this shot a while ago, the client wanted us to create several perfect-looking fruit splashes (at this time I can’t disclosure all the details about the product it will be used, will be updated ASAP), and in this post I’ll show you the full post-production process of one of the images. It took

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Thank you and Happy Holidays!

We have entered a holiday week here in US: Turkey day (4th Thursday in November, also known as Thanksgiving day) is approaching. Having the whole week  in our kids Montessori school free from admission left us no choice but to run out from a city…  We landed in the North Georgia mountains in a beautiful

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Airbus A-380 model airplane flight on-board video

Pilot and creator

This has nothing to do with my commercial photography, but I would like to show you this amazing video we took with good friend of mine, Sergey Dvinin. His passion is to build and operate airplanes, and he started form a small ones :-)
This is his largest aircraft for now:  Airbus A-380, 4 motor jet,

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Atlanta Photographer studio lighting workshop: a video

Eventually got a video from the latest workshop:

Hope it will be helpful and would like to hear your opinions.

What do we do next time? I’d like to show something from product photography, should be  much more interesting :-)

-Alex

Liquid Photography: Pouring beer shot video

This is a video for my recent post, where I shot a glass of beer:

Enjoy!