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My Dear Reader: You are probably wondering, who I am and why am I writing this. Well, the name is Max Shmeljov and for the past six years I have been working as a photographer. For more than a half of this time, photography has been my main line of work and primary source of income.
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...It all began in a newspaper, with my reports on the Bronze Soldier monument...
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Tamron 70-200 2.8 & Maria Sauh
Read moreA few months ago I had an opportunity to test for a couple of days a good typical lens. I am talking about Tamron 70-200 2.8. As a coincidence, during these days our city was visited by Maria Sauh: a talented photographer and a beautiful lady at the same time.
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Loksa
Read moreDecided to share with a couple of photos made on a shipyard plant in a town called Loksa. The client says that the calendar will be ready soon.
Model: Aljona Shmeljova
Makeup: Aljona Shmeljova
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Controlling the wind
Read moreNot so long ago a fan appeared in our studio. As it often goes, the first model who have tested the full power and might of this device was Lena. And recently I’ve received the retouched versions from this photo shoot from a talented retoucher from Tallinn – Jekaterina Semjonova.
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Nothing extra
Read moreI enjoy very much making photos, that have absolutely no excess. No complicated decorations, designer clothes or mad makeup: only the model and space, covered with light.
Model: Aljona Tsikunova
MUAH: Aljona TsikunovaYou can explore the entire photo session at once and buy these shoots in high quality on shutterstock.
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Ksenia
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Stylish
Read moreThis photo was made during the filming of the 6-th episode of the reality show "Miss Garage 2011".
Midel: Aljona Tsikunova
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Experiments
Read moreOrdinary practice: wanted to test some of the Photoshop instruments, which I practically didn't use so far. As a result I've spent a couple of hours.
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Oksana
Read moreSometimes for my own risk I take photo sessions without precasting. This is like a lottery, and the best part is that I definitely didn't loose this time.
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Exclusive
Read moreImages from this photo session are not going to appear on the photo stocks. The only place where there will be something more from this particular set is my own website.
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Experiments
Read morePicking up the lights for this photo session took a lot of time. Eventually settled on a single softbox, hanging from the ceiling. This is not the first time when I realize that just a randomly settled light source can be more effective than a bunch of them installed "with thinking".
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And again Lena
Read moreThe photo is pretty old: it is taken, if I'm not mistaken, even before the new year. But the final outcome came just recently. You can see a part of the Toomkirik on the background.
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Lada. Sequel.
Read moreOne more shoot from our «last» photo session with Lada. You can take a look at some of the other shoots right here.
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Material evolution
Read moreAs I've already many times said, I don't think about digital images as a final product. Any digital photo which is in my computer is considered to be as a raw material, no matter how complex was it's post manipulation. Therefore I seldom return to the final material and either finish it or remake it.
This particular image wasn't an exception. If someone is interested, the work was done in several steps.
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Miss Garage archives
Read moreOnly a few (besides those who were involved in the process) knew that at the beginning or in the end of each photo session of the Miss Garage project I've also made some shots with Aljona. Lena Rudi, who was once the cameraman of one of the episodes thought that Aljona was one of the contestants. This particular image was made during the work on the third episode of the reality show, which was about military.
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Chemical plant
Read moreSometimes I’m even happy that I need to write posts for my own blog, because this gives me a chance to find some of the most interesting, but long forgotten photos.
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Anastassia
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Crop tool ©
Read moreCrop tool is a really handy instrument. Sometimes it's just enough to take a photo and cut a part of it and that's it: a normal level selling photo is now almost a bestseller.
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Ksenia
Read moreA few months ago my fellow in the studio bought a very useful item: a plate with honeycombs and curtains. Now I just don’t get how we’ve lived without it.
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Elena
Read moreAs far as I remember, one of my photo shoots was canceled at the last moment. I was lucky to meet Lena, who was always bored and never said "no" and at the time was checking her facebook. We've decided to experiment a bit with the light. Here's the result.
Photo: Maksim Shmeljov
Model: Jelena St
MUAH: Lidija Malinovskaja
Editing: Tanya Protsyuk