My Articles

My first long-lasting creative relationship with a Makeup Artist began back in 2011 in Omaha, NE. I met Mikala Jean Vandenbroucke through a local artistic project, and all of my work produced in [...]

Yesterday was a very strange day. It began with a sad news that my mom shared with me – a very close relative, her godmother, passed away back home in Russia. It completely disabled me, I [...]

Dear RA Panels users! The new Photoshop 2015.5 upgrade will require updated 3rd party plugins and extensions, including RA Panels.  If you have previously installed the Beauty Retouch v.3.0 in [...]

Friday is my favorite day of the week: the sweet relief of the work week ending mixed with the tickling anticipation of the exciting weekend activities. I often shoot on weekends, so I do my [...]

Light is the essence of photography. It is the first thing anyone who is even remotely interested in photography should master. And if you’re planning to work in a studio using artificial [...]

It’s Friday, so instead of boring you with serious conversations or tutorials, I want to share something inspiring. Last week as I was driving home after a photo shoot and listening to the [...]

Long gone the days when I could afford the “fix it later in Photoshop” attitude in my shoots. I welcomed retouching challenges when I was just starting out and learning the magic of [...]

As a Beauty photographer I am very dependent on Makeup artists. There’s not much I can create without their skilled help, and I love, praise and deeply appreciate the professionals I get to [...]

In the first part of this article I wrote about the things that I am convinced are very important to keep in mind before you even consider to invest your time into retouching an image. In the [...]