Pavel Kaplun

Pavel Kaplun (2013)

Pavel Kaplun (* 1965 in Kuznetsk , Soviet Union ) is a Russian-German painter, photographer, digital artist, trainer and author.

Life

Kaplun completed a chemistry degree before emigrating to Germany with his wife Olga in 1991. In 1992 the chemical engineer began painting. From 1994 to 1995 he worked in Schwalenberg on an art scholarship . In the period from 1992 to 2000, numerous works of art (oil, watercolor, etching, sculpture) were created, which were shown in various exhibitions at home and abroad. In 1995 Kaplun signed a contract with the Goebel porcelain factory , for which he designed several porcelain art editions as part of the “Artis Orbis - Art of this World” program.

In 1999 Kaplun started working as a photo artist after he was hired as a graphic designer in an advertising agency . With the Photoshop program , he created numerous photo montages that have won awards at international photo salons. Since 2005 Pavel Kaplun has been teaching photography, digital image processing and image composing . Together with his wife he founded a studio in Hanover where he works as a photographer, post-producer and trainer. Kaplun has been a specialist book author since 2005. The publishing houses Data Becker , Galileo Design and Addison-Wesley published books and video trainings about Photoshop, Photoshop Elements , Photoshop Lightroom and digital image processing .

Since September 2015 Pavel Kaplun has been operating as the creative studio Pavel Kaplun GmbH together with his co-managing director Miho Birimisa.

Kaplun is the father of two children.

Awards (selection)

• DOCMA Award (Germany)
• Trierenberger Circuit (Austria)
• Al-Thani Award (2008, Qatar)
• Numerous awards from ColorFoto magazine (Germany)

Publications

• The big book Photoshop CS2. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-8158-2545-8 .
• The big book Photoshop Elements 4.0. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-8158-2561-X .
• The professional manual for the Canon EOS 30D. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-8158-2620-9 .
• Digital ProLine - professionally edit digital photos with Photoshop. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-8158-2621-7 .
• The great book Editing digital photos with Photoshop Elements 5.0. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-8158-2583-9 .
• Create professional picture collages. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-8158-2634-8 .
• The big book Photoshop CS3 & Lightroom. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-8158-2588-4 .
• Edit digital photos with Photoshop Elements 6.0. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-8158-3006-2 .
• Professional image development with Photoshop Lightroom. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-8158-2639-3 .
• Edit digital photos professionally with Photoshop. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-8158-2645-4 .
• Digital composing. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-8158-3019-2 .
• Photoshop Elements 7. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-8158-3025-3 .
• The big book: Photoshop CS4 in practice. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-8158-3017-8 .
• The Big Book: Layering and Masking Techniques with Photoshop. Data Becker, Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-8158-3032-1 .
• Photoshop CS4 for advanced users. Galileo Design, Bonn 2009, ISBN 978-3-8362-1267-0 (DVD-ROM).
• Photoshop training for digital photography: retouching & compositing. Galileo Design, Bonn 2009, ISBN 978-3-8362-1418-6 (DVD-ROM).
• Perfect portrait photos in the studio. Galileo Design, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-8362-1488-9 (DVD-ROM).
• Photoshop CS5 for advanced users. Galileo Design, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-8362-1570-1 (DVD-ROM).
• Photoshop training: fascinating composings. Galileo Design, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-8362-1579-4 (DVD-ROM).
• Photoshop CS5 for daily practice. Addison-Wesley, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-8273-3018-5 .
• The tricks of the Photoshop pros. Galileo Design, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-8362-1583-1 (DVD-ROM).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Pavel Kaplun. (No longer available online.) Workshop-profi.de, archived from the original on November 9, 2014 ; Retrieved November 29, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
2. ↑ Pavel Kaplun. (No longer available online.) Kreativ-internet.de, 2001, archived from the original on December 4, 2014 ; Retrieved November 29, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
3. ^ Artis Orbis Pavel Kaplun. porzellankompass.de, accessed on November 29, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Sandra Schink: Pavel Kaplun - The picture maker. VIEWspotlight (view.stern.de), September 2008, accessed on November 29, 2014 . 
5. ↑ List of winners 2008 (pdf) accessed on January 24, 2017

Web links

• Official website