December 14, 2022
When invited to become a sponsor of junior DV Warrior Wrestling team, I wanted to treat them to a creative approach to traditional school sports portraits. Here are my techniques and tips on spicing them up.
March 10, 2022
Last night after the season’s farewell big snow, I grabbed my 5-year-old Android and ventured out for the night phone photography. Here’s how I scored this killer shot.
September 27, 2020
A nude maternity session turned a photo into statue for a sculptural storytelling of the Greco-Roman period.
March 10, 2020
For the first time, let me unveil a detailed “before and after” Photoshop tutorial from epic fail to epic shot using my favorite tools and voicing my creative thought process.
September 10, 2019
I took a day off on Saturday, spending an amazing time with my friends and family in sunflowers. They are still blooming but not for long, so let me tell you where and when it is best to go there, along with a professional photography […]
April 2, 2019
I am double-stoked to share this dreamlike engagement shoot at Raymondskill Falls: not only does it feature one of the EngagEd contest winners but also introduces first clients in my new habitat.
January 21, 2019
Here’s how ZORPHOTOUR kicked off, with the tour’s very first photoshoot at a historical mansion in Ohio featuring dark fashion of Horst Couture.
December 5, 2018
Lovely engaged couples, let this natural beauty engagement session ease certain stereotypes about Zorz Studios.
February 21, 2018
This Game of Thrones inspired birthday photoshoot could have been epic and I’ve learned my lesson… again.
February 13, 2018
Don’t miss this year’s boudoir specials! The results of our sold-out successful boudoir marathon two weeks ago can demonstrate what New York boudoir photography is meant to be—chic, bold, confident, conceptual, and metropolitan.
January 3, 2017
How do you keep your loved ones and friends abreast of your travels? Can you recollect all details of your 5-year-old trip to an exotic land? Is going back to Instagram or Facebook the best you can do? Here’s a traveling photographer’s comprehensive research and […]
December 19, 2014
I work with models a lot, mostly for my commercial and fashion clients. They all start somewhere, and it is important to give an aspiring one a proper head start. This is where a model portfolio shoot comes in.
November 6, 2014
This photograph, named “Esca(V/L)ation” and taken earlier this year in Hyderabad, India, is going under the hammer tonight at Josephine Herrick Project‘s benefit party and charity auction, “Modern Masters of Photography” at the Affirmation Arts gallery.
February 25, 2012
UPDATE: Regretfully, Klout seized to exist in 2018, six years after the writing. My score went up to 64 by that time. Here’s what happened to it. Refreshing my knowledge on social media earlier this week, I came across a service that although having run […]
June 18, 2009
Few months ago when I discussed an artistic nude session for one of the clients, an idea came to me to involve a body art painter who recently moved to the US and came across my way during a preparation for another elaborate session. The […]
March 31, 2009
Right upon returning from Jamaica and landing in the JFK airport, I rented a car and drove into the night, continuing my day that started with shooting my couple in sunrise on a sugar cane plantation. My destination was The Desmond Hotel in Albany, NY where I […]
March 17, 2009
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 […]
January 21, 2009
There has been a buzz in the wedding professional photography community about the Photographer DNA (pDNA) assessment tool, developed by Dane Sanders, Southern California-based wedding photographer and one of the founding members of the world-famous Open Source Photo (OSP) Forum. Dane’s book, Fast Track Photographer, […]
January 17, 2009
Returned this morning, a fuller report is coming. In the meantime, a scene from one of the mini-outing into a desert.
September 18, 2008
. 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 […]
August 22, 2008
Yours, truly. Photo by Olga Mironova
August 10, 2008
August 4-7, 2008. Attended a 4-day workshop offered by PPGNY’s Long Island Photo Workshop. From the six classes offered, chose Dave Black’s “Light is the Greatest Influence“. His extensive work for Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, National Geographic, Time, ESPN Magazine, and United States Olympic Committee involves […]
