During our first photo event in Moscow back in 2016 Ekaterina Zueva was the last model scheduled for hair and make-up styling. As we were a bit late, we decided to leave her hair like this for the first set. Afterwards we realized that this was th...
2019-04-04 07:55:26 +0000 UTC View Post
You probably noticed how much I like warm / golden tones. That's what I'm often aiming for in terms of color composition. Like in this picture which I shot on our last photo event in Sicily with beautiful Anna.
Focal length: 85mm
Aperture...
Here's another picture from last weekend. Not from the workshops, but from the coachings on Friday.
I love to work with sun reflections. Many photographers often try to work with direct sunlight, but this is mostly to harsh and has to much ...
Good morning everybody. I have an important notice, first for you guys.
This Saturday I have scheduled an "In town" workshop for Fujifilm with amazing Anastasia Scheglova. But this is the first workshop in 5 years I won't be able to attend ...
This is one of my very view pictures when I used a strobe. You know that almost all of my pictures are photographed with available light only, but now and then I like to use an old Nikon SP 900 to achieve this glamour-trash look.
It's rathe...
With cool Ana. That girl got attitude and she loves to show it in her poses. First shoot ever with Anito.
Camera: Nikon D810
Focal length: 50mm
Model: Ana Tomou - IG: @anato_mo
Location: Köln
Hi everybody. How did you like yesterdays tutorial poses on how to shoot lying poses? I hope it'll help you a lot.
This one was photographed at our 2017 photo event in Moscow. I't unbelievable. This year we will be back to Moscow for the 4t...
Tonight I will start a new coaching series in my coaching tier on how to shoot lying poses. So stay tuned ;)
Camera: Nikon D850
Lens: Tamron 70-200 f2.8
Focal length: 70-120mm
Aperture: f2.8
Model: Chiara - IG: @chairab_model...
2019-03-10 11:14:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I took this picture of Taya during our photo event in Saint Petersburg 2016. She's really an outstanding model. At that time, Taya was modeling only half a year, starting at an age of 33. But she was so professional that it felt like she's doing t...
2019-03-04 07:44:32 +0000 UTC View Post
This picture was taken in Thailand where the sun is high all the time. When it comes to sunset it drops down extremely fast so you don't have much chance to create moody sunset pictures.
I had to change my style a bit, but still I love to s...
Hey everyone, how are you today? So here's the final picture of the video tutorial from yesterday where I showed you inverted highpass. After that, I used my skintones technique and luminosity masks to achieve the nice golden skin tones and bring ...
2019-02-27 14:28:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm always looking for that special moment when the model is not so focused on posing.
Focal length: 50mm
Aperture: f2.2
Shutterspeed: 1/160
ISO: 400
Camera: Nikon D810
Model: Julia Zu - IG: @realjuliazu
Location: Helve...
This is one of my all time favourite pictures. I did it a couple of years ago in Spa, Belgium with lovely Lorenza.
Next to her amazing expression it was also the first time when I handled to shoot in direct sunlight. Quite difficult, but so...
It took me a long time to get into girl girl shoots, especially with some interaction. There were just to many things to concentrate on and mostly I wasn't happy with my results.
I can definitely say that I'm very happy with this shoot of b...
A picture from my testshoot with beautiful Kate Chromia in Budapest. Usually I always try to test with the models before I invite them for a workshop. Not only because I want to see how good their performance is, no I also want to know about there...
2019-02-14 08:57:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Another one from last weekend. Natalia photographed during my workshop in Cologne.
Focal length: 85mm
Aperture: f1.8
Shutterspeed: 1/125
ISO: 500
Camera: Nikon D810
Model: Natalia Andreeva - IG: modelandreeva
Location: L...
From my workshop last weekend with beautiful Natalia Andreeva :)
I did some more testing with all my cameras D850 / D810 / Z7. Slowly I'm getting more used to the Z7, but right now, on analogue color composition D810 is still my favorite.
Blue jeans and nude skin... Always a good combination :)
Focal length: 58mm
Aperture: f2.0
Shutterspeed: 1/2500
ISO: 100
Camera: Nikon D810
Model: Julia Liepa - IG: @julia.liepa
Location: Cross Studios Moscow
Hey there, I'd like to welcome our new members from the last 2-3 days.
Somehow Patreon is not working perfectly at the moment and I can't send a message to new members. So I can't welcome you personally, that's why I like to do it this way....
Hey everyone, how are you.
The last post was a little bit mixed up, as Patreon put the site into maintenance right in this moment again. So here's a little update.
You see a picture of sexy Miri which I captured during a test shoot f...
Hey everyone, I hope you're all having a great weekend :)
Next week we will start tutorials on lighting techniques for beauty portraits and sensual nude photography. You will learn that there is a huge diff...
Hey everyone, how was your week?
I hope great. But for those of you who had a busy week and who missed my posts on "Right level of contrast - Part 2" and the video quick tipp on "Luminosity masks", use the t...
2019-01-18 19:50:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Italian temper in a cuban restaurant is a good combination. Especially with a model like Erika Albonetti :)
Focal length: 45mm
Aperture: f2.0
Shutterspeed: 1/160
ISO: 250
Camera: Nikon D810
Model: Erika Albonetti - IG: @eri...
2019-01-17 15:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Actually I wanted to post a video quick tipp tonight about how to use luminosity masks, but I catched cold for about a week and my voice sounds terrible. So I'll through in the second part of "Right level of contrast" tonight and do the video tuto...
2019-01-15 13:46:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Where do you guys get your inspiration for your pictures? For me it's basicly two things. Photobooks and movies :)
This picture of beautiful Selena as sexy secretary was taken during our last photo event in Moskau 2018.
Focal length:...
Eli asked for a post on which equipment I use for shooting. I think that's a great idea. Just wasn't sure if I should put this post into the "This is how I do it" tier or show it to all patrons. But at the end I thought it's not s...
2019-01-12 14:05:54 +0000 UTC View Post
From my first trip to Tarifa and one of the most beautiful beaches in Spain. I love to shoot sunset pictures but on this day we were super lucky with the light. Perfect, clear weather for a sunset shoot. Except for the temperatures ;)
Focal...
I photographed beautiful Taya first on our photo Event back in 2017 in Saint Petersburg. She was really a gift for us, because her beauty is outstanding and her performance was as well.
For my way of shooting with available light and especi...
Here's another picture of beautiful Julia. Photographed on the same shoot like the last picture where she was standing in front of the mirror. I used a lot of luminosity masks on this to geht the right level of contrast and right light gradients, ...
2019-01-08 11:39:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Even this looks like this picture was captured in some hut in Thailand, it is not. In real it is a studio in Moscow which was designed like this. I can tell you, Moscow is a true paradise for photographers like us :)
Focal length: 50mm
A...