Author: Udi Tirosh

Light Is Promising A DSLR Quality Camera In A Smartphone Formfactor by Combinbing 16 Lenses

Udi Tirosh

Every now and then a new technology comes that threatens to shake the existing paradigm of how photography is done. Mirrorless has done this to a certain extent, removing a significant element form the Camera’s body. But an even bigger step would be the move to computational photography. This is where several small optical and […]

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Victoria’s Secret In Hot Water For Photoshop Disaster [NSFWish]

Udi Tirosh

A little while back, Victoria’s Secret lunched a new line of underwear called Mesh-back Cheeky Panty. Now this usually wont land them an article in a photography related blog, but the photo VS posted on their social media channels [NSFW link] was an epic Photoshop fail. The photo is showing a model wearing the underwear from behind but […]

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A Looks At The TimeSlice Rig Used in “Imagination”

Udi Tirosh

When we featured Imagination we were intrigued by the bullet time sequences that the short movie featured. I asked Marc Donahue from PermaGrin how those shots were accomplished and luckily for us, Marc shared this info. The magic behind those timeslice sequences was a combination of using 20 Gopros mounted on a curved rail, some special triggering cable from Cam-do […]

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Photographers Moonrise Is A Short Movie Inspiration To Anyone Who Wants To Shoot The Moon

Udi Tirosh

New Zealand based astrophotographer Mark Gee (previously, and here) has quite a creative take on the Super Moon we had last week. I mean, we all shot the Super Moon (didn’t we) but Mark documented the shooting of the Super Moon with a few of his photographer friends, taking the whole thing to a new […]

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Wyoming Is Being Sued For Making A Law Which Forbids Photographing Agricultural Crimes

Udi Tirosh

Half a year ago, Wyoming passed one of the most controversial laws concerning photography ever (and agriculture for that matter) – the Data Trespass Law. The law has lots of legalese, but in a shell, the law makes it illegal to  “…photograph or otherwise preserve information in any form from open land which is submitted or intended to be submitted […]

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How To Build A DIY Eyelighter Reflector for Glamour Shots And Wonderful Catchlights

Udi Tirosh

A while back we featured the Eyelighter by Westcott. It gives really gorgeous catch lights and helps to provide fill and light from the bottom. A little after we saw a first DIY version of the Eyelighter which involved bending PVC pipes using hot sand and an industrial fan. While the results of this DIY were really […]

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Using a GPS holder and an iPhone for quick and dirty lighting

Udi Tirosh

DIYP friend Paul Adshead (@PaulAdshead) just sent us this cool tip for lighting macro shots and small objects, and we just had to share it with you. I’ve found that using an adjustable sat nav holder AND an iPhone as a light source make a great combination for close up lighting or medium fill.  The suction mount […]

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“Imagination” Is An Trip Into A Kids Mind Timelapse That Took A Year And A Half To Create

Udi Tirosh

Many of the timelapses and hyperlapses we share pride themselves on creating amazing footage with little budget (little being a relative term of course). But what if the budget to produce a timelapse was huge? I mean, talented people + little money = awesome results. What would talented people + lots resources create? The answer […]

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