Retouching has come a long way and today’s industry supports it in every way. Yes, there may be occasional moments where post production is not encouraged, but these are rare cases. It is important to remember that postproduction did not just appear out of nowhere along with digital era. It existed way before that. In…
Behind the scenes of Golden Chicken
Creativity is a constant struggle (at least for me) but from my personal experience it is best to not overthink anything; don’t try forcing yourself to come up with amazing ideas, because whenever you do, they are probably shit ideas anyway. I do it myself, but from time to time when I wake up in…
Update 4.8: Golden chickens, szwedo.co.uk and Tasha…
Every year there is this period where for some reason, work just piles up, whether that will be my own fault because I was putting something off to the side and eventually it just became a massive pile of work, or simply because number of clients have decided to contact you and offer to…
Light test #404
From time to time, we have to go back. Whether that would be in our everyday lives or photography. Simplicity is a key. But doing it differently to everyone else is just as important and that part is not as easy. Above you can see one of my recent shots (of my girlfriend) which…
Ohhh Crab…
Its been a long two weeks: Brand new studio, plenty of new ideas, work and new people that want either work with me or I want to work with. But from time to time you just have to turn off your phone, get whatever you need and lock yourself in the studio. Get shit done….
Bon Appétit !
Over the past few months, I have shot quite a lot fashion. My true passion, the Still Life work has kind of been put to the side mainly due to opportunities that came across. That is why I have decided to dust it off and shoot some new work. I’ve seen makeup shots many times,…
Revisit the Moon with me!
Some new work for my current Uni project, this is just few test shots, but feel free to leave any feedback :D The test above shows some light movements (taken with Nikon D800+Profoto D1) I will be doing a full review after I get the final image along with behind the scenes video and full…
100,000 Views! & a contest!
We finally reached it! 100 thousand view on the 500PX profile which I am very grateful! There is a brand new project coming up which I already have launched few days ago with an opening image named ‘Sanctum Rosa’, you can check it out on my website or on the 500px page: http://500px.com/photo/82111739/sanctum-rosa-by-dariusz-szwedo?utm_campaign=photo_upload&utm_content=web&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=500px within 3…
BTS of The Travelling Gentleman
Ok guys, happy to share with you my BTS of a fashion shoot that i did during the summer! You can find the video in link below! for the images, feel free to go to my site and check them all out! http://www.d-sphotography.co.uk/the-travelling-gentleman
SLR Lounge Writer + New Post!
Ok guys, I’very happy to announce that I have finally became an SLR Lounge Writer! It took a while to get there, but I finally done it! You can check my profile along with the new article that I wrote right here: The Beautiful Lie: The Process of Product Photography for Advertising Its called: THE…
Retouching Workflow 2014
A quick Workflow that I did a while back ago.
