You may probably know such an international photo community called Viewbug. If not, I will explain it in a few words. That’s a huge community which unites a whole bunch of photographers of different level from around the World. They constantly run photo contests on various themes. Prizes vary as well. From time to time, these are very valuable items such as, for instance, Canon 5D Mark III camera. I can say that it’s quite cool to win any of these contests. A few days ago, I became a finalist of the “Interior Design” photo contest on this website. Yes, the finale isn’t a win, but still, I’m glad! For me, that’s another step further up on the road. P.S.: Follow me on Instagram –...
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Any real professional, a self-respecting specialist no matter his field of activity besides continuous developing, increasing of qualification, from time to time, takes a look back on his previous works. That’s the easiest and simultaneously the most visual way to estimate a self-progress, to inspect a direction of moving. So and I do it periodically. Another such verification wondered me a lot. The case is that I occasionally found the photo from my very first interior photo shooting which was 3.5 years ago. And since I just a couple of days ago shot a similar plot − a kitchen with its main object, a table − so the comparison appeared maximally objective. Here’s my first interior photo: And that’s my most recent one: Frankly, I’m proud of my progress! 🙂 P.S.: Follow me on Instagram –...
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Recently, I have passing by the Stroganov Palace which is on the Nevsky Prospekt in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Just three years ago, I photographed facades and interiors of several State Russian Museum’s branches including the mentioned palace. At that moment, I’ve noticed that my photos of this palace’s interiors are in its showcases. Of course, not as just printed photographs but as advertising posters which show the beauty of the palace’s halls. Nevertheless, at least 90% of the poster’s square is exactly my photos! So, if you passing by, take notice! And don’t pass away, come in, this museum is worth of visit! P.S.: Follow me on Instagram –...
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I am periodically asked how much differs a raw file from my camera from the final image I send to a customer? And how much time I spend on post-processing? (The second question often appears when an interested person knows with wonder that shooting itself isn’t even a half of an interior photographer’s work.) First of all, I’ll reply to the second question: about 60-70% of the total time spent. Why so? There are many reasons. One of them is the task to show the light drawing of interior truly as much as possible simultaneously not sacrificing the beauty of colors especially in cases when the daylight from windows is mixed up with the lights of different artificial light sources such as tungsten or fluorescent lamps, LED-lights of different color temperature and so on. And as an illustration, the photo below which is straight out of the camera, without any processing: Well, what turns out after the thoughtful and laborious processing of the photo? That’s what: P.S.: Follow me on Instagram –...
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That’s what one of my regular customers told me about my work a couple of days ago. Only without interrogative and exclamatory intonations. Just affirmative. From surprise, I was just taken aback. Because I used to think that there’s always someone better than you in any activity. But here it is… The point is that this client have launched the new web site of his company. My photos of company’s products he collected and scrupulously selected during all our cooperation, and that’s more than half a year already. His web designer selected from the gotten bunch of images the most appropriate ones for site design (because, the photo can be even ideal at all, but inappropriate for the specific site). And he did it no less thoroughly. The same was about my photos which must present to the visitor samples of the company’s products. And suddenly, like snow on the head, the responses of the first two customers who entered to the site and then phoned and asked where they can see the photos of finished products! One of them, a professional interior designer (as she introduced herself) to their reply “You can see the photos on our web site”, she just refused to believe saying: “I know perfectly well what photographs look like, do not fool me! I make 3D-visualizations by myself and I do can distinguish them from photos!” As the saying goes: Curtain! Just don’t misunderstand me. I do not cherish the illusions about my level as a photographer. This level is quite high but I’m still very far from the leading masters. I know it because I study on their videos and courses. Furthermore, I follow the current trends and know the standards of the industry. Accordingly, an obvious explanation is that by 2018, in my country, the interior photography customers in general still have no idea about which photo is good and how much it should cost. And that’s sad. Therefore, I hope you, the visitors of my site, do not belong to the above. And if you’ve never asked before which interior photography truly good, you can read my articles about it here: “A few words about interior photography” and “Another few words about interior...
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