Alex Koloskov

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2 weeks ago

Google+ Photographer's Conference

Scott Kelby is bringing Google+ photographers together for a history making conference!   On May 22-23, fifteen of the biggest photographers, instructors, and social media magnates on Google+ are gathering in San Francisco for the first-ever Google+ Photographer's Conference at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Limited seating is available now. Register at http://gpluspc.com and [...]

3 months ago

Studio Photography Insights: weekly talk show

I was thinking to do something like this for a long time, even bought some broadcast equipment and software, but now, with Google Plus it become so easy to have your own show without investing a dime! I came to the idea to run dedicated to a studio photography video podcast, where we’ll be discussing technical challenges, techniques, unveil behind the scene info of interesting shots, etc. [...]

4 months ago

Our 26 best photo projects of 2011

AKELstudio photography digest: what we did in 2011, the best projects. 2011 was a real breakthrough for us. Below is the best from what we have done. Most of the projects has a corresponded article where I explained how the image was created, in many cases it have behind the scene video posted as well. 1. Liquid Photography These are the most exiting shots with liquid motion.  1. [...]

5 months ago

Studio equipment buying guide for beginners

"I’m trying to set up my home studio for product photography, what to start from" - such questions I receive almost every day, and in most cases I am not able to answer all of them  individually. However, I do not feel OK letting people go with "sorry, can't help you with this" answer, so I've decided to create shopping list from one of my favorite online retailers: bhphotovideo.com. [...]

6 months ago

We call us Splash Masters!

If you like to play with hi-speed action photography, and especially with liquid splashes, I’ve got a pretty cool news for you: we have launched an educational project dedicated to liquid and splash photography! And I believe there is nothing like this existed on the web before. We call us Splash Masters, and here is our place:  www.MasteringSplash.com The site is open for everyone, [...]

7 months ago

Secret techniques behind our HDR photography

Yes, we did it! Our recent e-book, "Realistic HDR"  for Landscape and Architectural Photographers has been released: This e-book was hightly anticipated and expected by many photographers.We have created this book based on our own experience. All of our research has been done on the Internet using free sources such as photography forums and blogs. The rest has been learned by our [...]

8 months ago

Creating realistic HDRs

Let’s talk about HDR.  This is a very popular technique in today's photography world. I see many crazy looking images called HDR, even the ones created from a single exposure, which makes no sense to me. Obviously, everyone free to call HDR whatever they want, and I going to explain how I understand this. I call "HDR" high dynamic range images, images with dynamic range wider than [...]

8 months ago

Insights of creative studio photography: Watch TWiT Photo show!

I am on TWiT TV! It should be a pretty cool show and I’m exited about it. I’ll join the show from the studio and we’ll be talking about our photography, gear, lighting, tips and tricks, and other interesting stuff. I am sure Catherine Hall and Leo Laporte will have pretty interesting questions for me too. The coolest thing will be that we'll have some real-time photography [...]

9 months ago

Using light painting (lighting brush) technique in product photography.

Painting with light. You probably have seen the images composed with the light from a pocket flashlight before, and here I'll be talking of how we utilized this technique in product and advertisement photography. The idea behind the technique is simple: steady camera, long exposure (10-30 seconds or longer), flashlight in your hand and imagination in the head:-) My first experience with light [...]

9 months ago

My G+ experience: How I've gotten over 2500 followers in two weeks.

Google+ has entered social media like a hurricane, adding 10.000.000 users every single week, and now, after they opened doors for everyone (no invite needed to join G+ anymore!!!) Google+ will grow even faster. If you recently joined G+ and do not want to sink in that huge stream, here is my story to help you to become visible. I do not want to go through the G+ acount setup process, it is [...]

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