Yuri Arcurs a blog about selling your photos online

Thanks for sharing with us, Yuri!

thanks for your time.

Great Job Yuri! Very good tips.

Hello Yuri,

You say time is money and a second shooter has to fill the time. I have been working with a second shooter sometimes and I have noticed that model can get easily distracted and loose that temper and emotion that she/he has reached with the first shooter. Than the first shooter has to tune the model again to reach the strong emotional point. My experience shows that this distraction and retuning wastes more time and efforts than the fill-in that one gets with a second shooter.

Could you please share your experience on that and how exactly you deal in these situations.

Thank you,
George Anchev

Hi Yuri,

Excellent segments, I have to say that this account of a true pro works wonders in building up confidence and technique for all shooters.

Your studio hi-key setup explained could be a great segment for future release!

Congrats on the huge success!

hey yuri, i’m excited to see your site updated to this blog. looking forward to seeing more – i’ve been passing on the link. thanks man.

Are you using 7 lights for this setup? Can you get a good clean white background with fewer lights? Would you do a post about white backgrounds, please?
Thanks for giving back Yuri, I really love your blog!!
Debbi

hey, there’s a beautiful girl in your video preview but then it’s you 90% of the time – no good

Great video Yuri! Keep them coming!

I love when you get a model that actually has a clue, and can free pose as you guide them minimally. I’ve had some models that literally caused me to want to bang my head on the ground. Wanna be’s and amateurs are the ones I’m talking about, the ones with little skills. Still, you can get good images from amateurs that don’t know what you’re doing. It just helps you stay more sane when you’re working with a moderately to highly talented model.

Thanks. Found your blog through strobist. Excellent videos–now it’s time to put it to work.

Hi Yuri,
I really admire your work and have been following your work since 2006. I am amazed how you shoot stock and the way you organized the workflow and the business concept. I watched all your videos and read all I could find that you wrote. However my biggest problem is finding models and models fee. In my country (Croatia) models are pricey; like 100/200$ per day, day=6-8 hours shoot. We know that is not all, we have to pay MUA, stylist + space to shoot. What would you advise, if you were me, what should I do to get around tricky and expensive models and modeling agency? To make clear I consider expensive only that when I pay and woman or man doesn’t know how to work lifestyle. I would pay any money if I could get skilled lifestyle models. Or it is me? Thanx man..

That was super helpful. I loved the suggestions about going between smiles, having her lean sideways for the full laugh, and the pauses for the poses. Awesome stuff.

Love the very well designed wordpress theme as well!

Really good video!