Eilat Red Sea ShootOut 2013 Lecture

Eilat LectureThis October we had visited the town of Eilat in blossoming Israel during the Eilat Red Sea ShootOut 2013. Thank you all who had attended Viktor’s lecture, we were happy to be there with you and to share our experience.

We were impressed with the high level of Israeli underwater photography, and it’s definitely a feather in David Pilosof’s cap: all this is possible only due to his decades-long activity.

Thank you Pilo and looking forward to seeing you next year!

Lecture Dedicated to 125 Anniversary of National Geographic

125NG_anniversary 125NG_anniversary2This year National Geographic Magazine celebrates 125 anniversary.

October 15, at the Center of Photography Lumiere brothers was held a master class 10000 lumens Underground and Underwaterwater by staff photographer of National Geographic Russia Magazine Viktor Lyagushkin. The event was set as a part of the photo exhibition 125 years of National Geographic.

Thank you, Viktor, for great time with you and Happy Birth-year to National Geographic!

The World’s First Ever Under Ice Spherical Panorama

Beneath the ice of White SeaThe World’s First Ever Under Ice Spherical Panorama had been created by Phototeam.pro beneath the ice of the White sea.

In Norse mythology, the White Sea is known as the Bay of Serpents. The climate there is so severe that there are no snakes at all, it is called so because of the curved shoreline. The White Sea is an inland sea in the north of the European part of Russia belonging to the Arctic Ocean.

Modern name of the sea is White, because it is covered with the ice and snow shield during the bigger part of the year; it is the only sea found frozen in the Europe. Water salinity is very high: about 26 ppt (parts per thousand), so it freezes at the water temperature of -2C. Continue reading

The Most Important People in Our Magazine

NGR September 2013The piece by Editor-In-Chief in National Geographic Russia Alexander Grek is dedicated to photographers, the most important people of the Magazine, he said.

Our leader, photographer Viktor Lyagushkin is amongst them. Thank you, Alexander, for your warm words, we are proud to work with you and your Magazine. And hope our collaboration will be even more fruitful in the future.

Swan Princess in N-Photo Magazine

NPhoto #20 (06/13)N-Photo Magazine  #20 (6/2013)

Undine

People cannot fly, but underwater they may feel weightless. That is why the director of a movie based on a popular Russian fairy tale decided to film a scene of a fight between the Swan Princess and Wicked Wizard-Kite underwater.
I had been invited as a backstage underwater photographer and found the Swan Princess was more than charming. I couldn’t use any lights as these would spoil the scene, but the studio light board was more than enough to create a beautiful backlight underwater, and the chromakey backing formed a nicely textured backdrop.”

Nikon D3S, Nikon AF 16mm f/2.8 D Fisheye, 1/400 sec, f/4, ISO800, Subal housing

photo by Viktor Lyagushkin

Motorboat and Yachting Magazine #5 2013

MBYThe Baltic Secrets of Shipwrecks Project has been featured on pages of very respected Russian magazine Motorboat and Yachting #5(23) September 2013.

Underwater treasures of the Baltic sea: archaeological findings and detective stories hidden under the water and the time.

Photography by Viktor Lyagushkin, text by Bogdana Vashchenko.

Underwater America in National Geographic

Underwater archeologyUnderwater America is a title of the piece on underwater archaeology by Alexander Grek, Editor-In-Chief of National Geographic Russia, illustrated with marvelous photography by Viktor Lyagushkin.

The story of shipwrecks and heroic work of UW archaeologists, historical lines and ancient trade ways in National Geographic Russia September 2013 here.