Studio Product Photography shout-out in Alpharetta

Watch by Alex Koloskov: Studio Product Photography shout-out results

August, 13 at 12PM we’ll have a meetup at Photoplex Studios, called “Studio Product Photography shout-out in Alpharetta”

We’ve got this idea for a workshop-like Meetup dedicated to product photography.
We’re going to rent a large studio in Alpharetta, where we can have up to 4-5 hour long Meetup full of shooting. This time it will be

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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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Liquid Splash photography masterclass by Alex Koloskov in Atlanta

Alex Koloskov photography masterclass

We call it masterclass, not a workshop and there is a good reason for this. To me, a ‘masterclass’ is a short but powerful insider look at everything it takes to create a masterful photo.
This ‘masterclass’ is different and unique- I’ll show you how to create a true portfolio worthy masterpiece. Not an average “nice

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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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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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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 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

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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