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Tutorial: Neat Trick for Creating Cool Splash Photos In-Studio

Jan 12, 2016 by Dina Belenko 5 Comments
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In this article, Dina Belenko (previously) shares the secrets behind three of her most popular recent images. See how she creates creative splashes and waves IN-STUDIO, then go home and try it yourself!

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‘Desktop Stories’ – Photographer Reimagines Her Office, Bringing Scenes To Life

Jul 23, 2015 by Allen Mowery Add Comment
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Turning the everyday mundane into something exciting is a challenge for almost anyone, but creative still life photographer Dina Belenko readily accepts the challenge and aces the test.

As Dina describes it, “I tell animate stories about inanimate objects.  I believe that each thing contains a kind of ‘folded story’ inside.”  Looking around her studio, she saw a wealth of stories right before her and set about bringing them to life.

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Photographer Spends 12 Months Creating a ‘Never-Ending’ Panoramic Story

Jul 17, 2015 by Allen Mowery Add Comment
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In the photography world, we’re pretty familiar with 52-week projects, although some of us have yet to ever start or complete one. Beamused Magazine wanted to encourage all artists to take up a 52-week challenge called an “endless book.”  The premise is that artists create one page of their “book” per week, constructing them in such a way that one page leads to another for a seamless mega-panorama.

Creative still life photographer Dina Belenko decided to undertake the project, composing a giant, story-rich (and, sometimes, humorous) panorama over the course of twelve months.

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Defying Gravity: How to Shoot ‘Twisted’ Coffee Splashes

Jul 10, 2015 by Dina Belenko 3 Comments
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Shooting splashes is always great fun, even if it’s a simple image with a coffee cup and a falling piece of refined sugar. Plus, there is always so much room for experimentation—in other words, for even more fun!

When I made the “Empty Cup” image, many people asked me how I shot it. And I thought it would be better to show you in a step-by-step breakdown rather then answer individual questions. So, this is how:

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