Recent shoots, news, and developments

Jun

11

Underwater Maternity Session for Yelena (California)

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My trip overseas right after a 2-day photo tour to California in mid-May caused a delay in posting a sneak preview of this magnificent session. So here it is now. More details and samples will follow.
06/19/09 update: The session was conducted in a similar way with our iconic Heirdom of Atlantis project so I will [...]

Mar

17

“Cinemateur”: 1930s Retro Love Story (E-Session)

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This is a sneak preview of an elaborate retro photo session shot past Saturday. I am so ecstatic to be able to organize and pull it off! The session, based on our own script, develops a dramatic love story in 1930s’ Brooklyn. A great amount of effort, passion, skill, equipment, and investment was put into [...]

Mar

15

Boudoir Session for Julie

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Another public sample from one of my Married and Sexy campaign sessions, offering boudoir sessions primarily to married ladies. This is Julia, a wonderful person and mother of two. She was one of the most prepared clients, scoring an A for her homework. Her husband joined for several shots as well.
The only regret was [...]

Feb

17

Little Sasha - Family Portraiture Session

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Few days ago we visited our friends, Anya and Dima, who had a baby girl three months ago. Working in my niche market, I do not specialize in family portraiture nor advertise such service. With all the equipment and experience, however, it was impossible to refuse their kind and excited request for my service. This [...]

Feb

9

Anya Caliendo’s Collection Slideshow

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After delivering the images of Je Ne Regrette Rien collection to Mrs. Anya Caliendo, couture millinery atelier, at the end of the last year, I continued working on them for my version of the slideshow. The original, featured on Mrs. Caliendo’s website, only had color images whereas my copy embraces more of post-processing experimentation and [...]

Dec

7

Winning Fotki’s Blue Ribbon Contest

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This image from the series “Heirdom of Atlantis” won the first place in Fotki’s Blue Ribbon contest.
Fotki is a digital photo sharing, video sharing and media social network website and web service suite; it is one of the world’s largest social networking sites. Founded in 1998, Fotki helped me introduce myself to the world [...]

Sep

18

I’m Teaching! Retouching, Anyone?

Filed Under Post-Processing, Studio, Tutorial, Workshop/Seminars | 1 Comment

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See me in action! Learn how I get my beauty retouching done! On October 27, 2008, I will be teaching Adobe Photoshop Cover-Quality Retouching for Super Monday, an educational event sponsored by Professional Photographers of America in my studio. This class is part of Professional Photographers of America continuing education programs for professional photographers. Serious [...]

Aug

22

Underwater Photo Session, “Heirdom of Atlantis”

Filed Under Artistic, Awards and Prizes, Boudoir, Education, Equipment, Family, Portraiture, Post-Processing, Trash-the-Dress, Tutorial, Underwater | 28 Comments

After more than three months of preparation, my first underwater session culminated in a series of marvelous unique images. The image above is just the first edit… There is so much more to come. Curiosity is too high to keep the results for weeks while in processing.
We faced a whole set of unique challenges, absent [...]