Great vacation and awesome pictures.

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:

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Mexican food royalty free stock images

Location: AKELstudio, Alpharetta, GA

Atlanta commercial photographer Alex Koloskov

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Mexican food photography for restaurant menu, Atlanta, GA

Mexican food photography for restaurant menu, Atlanta, GA

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New stock images of Night Atlanta, GA

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Night Atlanta, GA stock images

Night Atlanta, GA stock images

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Water splash and fruits royalty free stock images

Retouching and editing photos for stock agencies

Location: AKELstudio, Alpharetta, GA

Atlanta commercial photographer Alex Koloskov

You can buy these images on our stock photos web site AKELphoto

Food photographer, Atlanta GA

Food photographer, Atlanta GA

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Not HDR. Before and after photos.

It is not real HDR images. It’s an advantage to shoot RAW.

What is the difference between JPEG and RAW formats? The main advantage of JPEG format is that images in JPEG are ready for print or can be uploaded to the web as soon as you take them off your camera.
If you choose to use RAW format, you can have a lot of fun manipulating your image.  I promise :-) . You may not know it, but camera RAW format is 12, 14 or even 16 bits per color (depending on your sensor), compared to 8 bits per color for a JPEG. What does that mean?  RAW gives significantly more room for adjustments, as it has more color information (this is a raw snapshot from a camera’s sensor), allowing more brightness, contrast, white balance, and saturation, without losing quality.   The final image will be converted (down-sampled) to 8 bits per color, because our monitors only support 8 bits per color anyway. Working with JPEG is like manipulating on a small web-size photo, compared to a full-resolution source and saving it to a small size afterward.

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Callaway Gardens HDR images (before and after)

Callaway Gardens HDR photos

Callaway Gardens, Georgia