Author: Udi Tirosh

Watch a helicopter magically levitates with frozen rotors, and understand why it happens

Udi Tirosh

Have you ever seen a helicopter magically rise in the air without its motor spinning? If not, you are in for a treat. OK, how can that be? Here is a little well-known secret, the main rotor of the helicopter is actually spinning pretty fast? Fast enough that it perfectly aligns with the frame rate […]

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Quick Tip: Macbook photoshop running slow? Check your downloads folder

Udi Tirosh

Here is a quick tip we got from photographer and soundman extraordinaire Matthew Monroe. If Photoshop on your Mac is running slow, or worse, giving you the “scratch disks are full” message, there are things you can do. Let’s talk about scratch disks for a second: scratch disk is where Photoshop stores information which is too […]

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Sony portrait lenses: GM 70-200mm 2.8 vs. 85mm 1.4

Udi Tirosh

Choosing your portrait lens is not a trivial thing. most good portrait lenses are not cheap, and they will probably serve you for a long time. Preferences may depend on budget, size, focal length, aperture and any other number of factors. Photographer Manny Ortiz has a quick video up comparing two fo the more Sony popular […]

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These orbs were created in-camera using light painting and plexiglass

Udi Tirosh

When I first saw these orbs, I was almost sure that they we were computer generated. I was wrong. The orbs are a work of art from German Light Art master Bernhard Rauscher (a.k.a. lumenman), and were made using self made plexiglass blades. I was curious about the perfect orbs, so I reached out to Bernhard to learn […]

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Photographer puts a Samsung Gear Watch in a Kodak TLR to attract clients

Udi Tirosh

Wedding fairs are a hard competition. If you are a wedding photographer, there is sometimes no way around those, though. Finnish photographer, Aaro Keipi, found a cool way to attract clients to his booth. He replaced the insides of a Kodak Duaflex II twin lens reflex with a Samsung Gear watch to attract clients and initiate a […]

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Obama’s official portrait was taken with a Canon 5D Mark II. Trump’s with a Canon 1Ds Mark III, which is even older

Udi Tirosh

Here is an argument that may shut the race for new gear. President’s Trump’s official portrait was taken with a Canon 1Ds Mark III. Now, it’s a great camera, but it’s also almost a decade into the market. It was announced in august, 2007. President Obama’s portrait, on the other hand, was taken with a Canon 5D Mark […]

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Videographer creates animated GIFs to show his daily rutine

Udi Tirosh

If you thought that doing a photo 365 project is hard, how about a 365 animated GIF project? Vidoegrapher Oleg Balzanov has taken on such a project where he intends to create 365 animated GIFs. Of course being a videographer, many of those GIFs deal with his work and daily routine. Some of his other GIFs are […]

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Watch: a small octa acts as a sail in extremely harsh wind

Udi Tirosh

By now, you probably know that you should sand bag your gear. I mean, who would want their gear flying on their face when they talk about sand bags? But sometimes the wind is just to fierce. Not only for a light stand, but for any sort of modifier. In the movie below, German photographers Flash […]

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Watch: a small octa acts as a sail in extremely harsh wind

Udi Tirosh

By now, you probably know that you should sand bag your gear. I mean, who would want their gear flying on their face when they talk about sand bags? But sometimes the wind is just to fierce. Not only for a light stand, but for any sort of modifier. In the movie below, German photographers Flash […]

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