Where do bright ideas come from? What keeps a smart man smart? Being smart is not just a passive attribute, but something that the really smart man constantly pushes further. If an idea breaks, he doesn’t back down, but tries to fix it and moves on. There are sooooo many kinds of photographers: wedding, commercial,…
Ever wondered how they do it? How it is possible to build a ship inside a glass bottle? Before I met Heiri, I though that first of all you have to be a person with very nimble fingers and long tools that fit into the bottle neck and construct the ship inside, plank by plank….
Color calibration workflow for Hasselblad cameras using X-Rite ColorChecker It took a while until I figured this one out. On the X-Rite site it even stated, that Hasselblad is not supported. I figured out a workaround though. Here we go: Shoot a reference photo of your Color Checker Passport From Hasselblad Phocus, export this image…
Cheap and easy-to-make! For years I’ve been wanting to do these for my photography studio. And since it’s winter time now and the business is kind of slow it seemed like the perfect time to do some research and build them in a do-it-yourself kind of way. I’ve seen a couple of different ways to…
Sunday Evening Drill – Tutorial for Photographers This photo is part of a series about the work and attention most of us give to their image, both personal and professional. The first photo of this series was called “Seamstress Of Her Own Destiny” and has won a couple of awards and publications. So I decided to…
Techniques for Inspiration and Creativity in Concept Photography Creativity and Inspiration is the lifeblood of concept photography The value and depth of a concept photographer’s work doesn’t rely on either his gear park or his technical (photographic) experience. I am not saying these two won’t affect how his photos look in the end, but they…
King Kajong sitting atop his tower I love my new studio. It’s so incredibly close to my home – 20 meters!! Finally I can just go and shoot whenever I want to. Sorry to unblow your mind, but this is of course a photo manipulation. I am not that much of a daredevil :). And…
Aurora, the Goddess Of Dawn. She ties the bonds between day and night, the sun and the moon, while at the same time being inextricably bound by the two. With serene beauty, she dances on their stage and enjoys her short moment of glory, each day anew. Story Concept Aurora is both a mythical figure and a natural spectacle…
Introduction to the effect of oversized objects for artistic photo manipulation You’ve probably all seen that specific effect used in many creative photo manipulations. Enormously oversized objects are placed in an otherwise natural environment and due to their size, they become carriers of meaning and symbolic connotation. Almost everyone believes, that this can only be…
Introduction and Theory of Underwater Photography This photo has been part of a recent series to experiment how close I can get to the look of a real underwater shoot using just studio lighting equipment and make-up. For this purpose I collected a couple hundred of photos from fashion, lifestyle and conceptual shoots – all…