Our Last weekend was awesome! There were lake, forest, live music, camp fire, and great company. Thank you Sasha and Rasa for inviting us. Below are some photos of my family. Post production have took only a couple minutes to drag sliders in Adobe camera RAW converter. This is a such creative and easy process:-) At the bottom of the photos you can find screen shots from RAW converter which show how to achieve this film look effect (split toning and vignetting) with Adobe Camera Raw, part of Photoshop CS5. Mouse Over to see Before and After  Photoshop film look effect Continue reading How to make film look photos in 1 minute: Our weekend camping
I love retouching! I can spend hours and days working on a single photo. Retouching for me is relaxation, inspiration, meditation, excitement, satisfaction and more:-) I can only wish I could have done it earlier in my life.
I still have to learn a lot and learn fast and deep. If you love Photoshop like I do, join me on this blog and I will share everything I learn here. A couple days ago, I decided to practice in Hi-End portrait retouching. Our studio does not shoot people these days , so I found our friend’s Anna portrait from the last Halloween celebration:-)
Below, at the end of this post, you will find the links with tutorials and tips I used for this retouching session. Mouse Over to see Before and After  Glamour portrait high end retouching in Photoshop Continue reading Glamour portrait retouching. Before and after. Useful links.
It was such a pleasure to jump in the middle of the summer, especially when outside is a cold, freezing and going to snow. I love summer, I love sun and palms:-) I really hope we move to live in a such “always summer” place. I am talking about our week vacation on Key West, Florida. It was a true joy to spend a week there, with our friends. And now, in a cold Atlanta I enjoy to work with these warm pictures we brought from Key West  . As always, I experiment with the post production: now trying to do a most work in RAW converter and then a little touch-up in Photoshop. Working with RAW in converter gives me the most from the image (speaking of the quality), as I want to make sure I can use my experience in a commercial work as well. Below the set, use your mouse to see before and after. Mouse Over to see Before and After 
Continue reading Key West photos. Before and after Photoshop.
Another collaboration wish talented fashion designer Alla Koval. Now it’s Christmas outfit designed for mom and daughters matches pieces. 
Continue reading Fashion photo-session for Alla Koval Design and preparing for Christmas.
We are back from our small vacation. There was fabulous 3 days of relax in Georgia mountains. We lived in a beautiful house in Hiawassee, Lake Chatuge, Northeast Mountains, Georgia, USA (100 Miles North of Atlanta, GA). Thank you, Doug and Beckie I don’t remember when I had a such relaxed rest last time:-) Alex made some pictures of us and “Eye Candy” breathtaking mountain and lake views from the deck. All technical details you can read on Alex’s blog. Enjoy the photos: 
Continue reading Great vacation and awesome pictures.
BUSY, BUSY BUSY time! Lots of work, plans, ideas and holidays:-) Just finished couple very interesting exclusive projects but unfortunately we can’t release it now because of disclose agreement.
Also we are preparing new lessons and master classes. We have bought some new props for it:-) I think you know that many photographers use artificial food, drinks, ice, snow for the hi-end food and product photography, but there not so many places where you can find it. One of the most professional props, I think, sells by Trengove Studios in New York. Be ready to pay $40 for one ice cube In addition we are planing to show more how we do a post production and retouching on our video tutorials, in addition to behind the shoot videos. Stay tuned! And in the end here are couple family photos from this Halloween, we had a party with our friends in our studio:-)
Continue reading Plans, updates and artificial ice.
Just finished a next FUN photo-session with our little models:-) It was awesome collaboration with brilliant fashion designers Alla Koval and Francoise Lama-Solet How it was in reality see our behind-the-scene video below. As always, all technical aspects and full length video from this photo-session you can find on Alex Koloskov blog 
Continue reading Kids fashion photo-shoot. Whimsical Forest.
Big kids of our friends asked us to shoot their Senior Pictures for Walton High School Yearbook. During the shoot Alex had a chance to test his DIY Vagabond II and I experiment with several post-production and retouching techniques.
For some of the images I used this tutorial: The Double RAW Conversion Tutorial from Calvin Hollywood. I really like the double RAW conversion method and use it often. Here is the result: Studio portraits Mouse Over to see Before and After  Studio portrait photography, Atlanta, GA  Studio portrait photographer, Atlanta, GA Continue reading Senior portraits post-production and retouching. Before and After.
These pictures are our first collaboration with my favorite children fashion designer Alla Koval. If you are searching for a truly special for your little one, visit her web site www.mylittlecitygirl.com. Her designs look fabulous and unique! Once you see it you’ll never forget:-) The images was shot for Alla’s pattern book. Lighting setup and technical details, as always, you can find on Alex Koloskov’s Atlanta photographer blog. Big thank you to our little models – twin daughters Sonia and Lilia. This was their debut in a professional modeling:-)  Kids fashion photography Continue reading Children fashion photography in studio and on location.
It is not to easy to find lessons or tutorials how Pro prepare images of models for magazines and advertising. I try to accumulate information what I learn from different professional retouchers in this tutorial. I do not pretend to “guru” status, you can correct me. I just want to learn how to do sublime retouching and post-production and share my knowledge with you. This is an example of fast work-flow for a portrait retouching and post-production for print or web. If you like to learn this process in more details you can find a bonus links below. Mouse Over to see Before and After  Portrait retouching and post-production lesson 1 step. Clean Skin Continue reading Portrait retouching manual and bonus links
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