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Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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“I prefer using smaller cameras” – an unorthodox take on size

Why smaller cameras are better

May 29, 2023 by Udi Tirosh 4 Comments
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The bigger, the better, right? Well, not always. Photographer Robin Wong shares his take on why there is quite a bit of merit in smaller cameras and lenses. In fact, if you look at Robin’s Youtube channel, it is almost dedicated to small cameras.

And while Robin shoots a little bit of street photography, where small cameras shine, the bulk of his portfolio is Events, Stage, Wedding, and Food photography. So I got curious.

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DragGAN is a Click and drag AI image editing tool

May 21, 2023 by Udi Tirosh 2 Comments
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If the people behind DragGAN have their way, we may say goodbye to what photo editing looks like. We have featured many photoshop tutorials in the past. Many of them focus on taking out the complex “photoshopping” part and providing a recipe to the editing process.

But this new editing workflow from DragGAN (available via huggingface)  is taking even what little Photoshop is left out of the equation, making it a simple click-and-drag interface.

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Kicking it with toy photography photo contest

May 18, 2023 by Udi Tirosh 1 Comment
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We are running an amazing toy photography contest. Check it out!

We teamed up with an amazing crew for this contest. With the prime objective of bringing out the best toy photographer in you.

Two incredible toy photographers? Check! Anna Bitanga and Jason Yang. A leading lighting brand for prizes? Check! Zhiyun Tech. All you have to do is submit a photo of a toy, and you are in for a shot at the light of your dreams. Well, actually, two lights. Click below for how you can participate.

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CinePI is a 2K, 12-bit RAW, 50P, open source video camera for $200

CinePi - full body

May 14, 2023 by Udi Tirosh 2 Comments
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Good video cameras do not come cheap. Actually, they are pretty expensive. Even the basic ones. And if you want RAW video recording, you are looking at no less than $1,899. (Hey, if you know any camera that does RAW video for less, hit us in the comments). Well, this is changing. Enter CinePI – an open-source cine camera.

CinePi is a free, open-source project that includes the hardware, firmware, and electronics to build a fully working 2K camera with incredible specs for under $200. The downside, you would need to be quite a tinkerer to build it.

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Photographer creates perfect circles of fireworks and fire in the sky

May 11, 2023 by Udi Tirosh Add Comment
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Photographer and lighting painter extraordinaire Guilhem Nicolas (a.k.a Jadikan), created this mesmerizing series of photos featuring a magical circle of fire in the sky.

Jadikan shares that the “series consists of stunning long exposure photographs created in the French Alps using drones equipped with flammable powder to create firework bursts in the night sky”. While the effect can be created in Photoshop, the interaction between the firey sparks and the landscape is very hard to create in post.

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I turned a 3D printer into a $400, four axis motion controller

DIY video motion controller - title

May 8, 2023 by Udi Tirosh Add Comment
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Videographer and Tinkerrer Pedro Callisaya just created what’s probably the cheapest four-axis motion controller (and even the basic ones don’t run cheap). He did this using a scraped 3D printer, which, to be honest, I am surprised never happened before in the modders community. (if the name sounds familiar, it’s because this is a second iteration of an ongoing project)

While the build is relatively easy for what you get, it is not the first project I would go for if I were just starting with electronics. That said, if you played with electronics a bit, this would be a fantastic weekend project to try out. You can download the project files here on a pay-what-you-think-is-fair basis.

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One ONsite Relay C can replace 8 batteries

Onsite relay C title card

May 5, 2023 by Udi Tirosh 1 Comment
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You’ve been there. You are shooting a long-form video or running a full night timelapse, and boom! Your battery dies. It’s one of those sad things that comes with digital photography. The need for power. If you are shooting something where you cannot move your camera, swapping batteries can be a real project killer. This is where the ONsite Relay C (link) comes in. It provides an uninterrupted power supply to your camera via the battery chamber. (And that battery port thing matters. I’ll get to that later).

The ONsite Relay C is a battery coupler with some smarts to connect more than one battery to your camera. More than one battery means that even if one battery runs out, the other battery will keep pushing power to your camera, so the camera never feels the swap. From the camera’s perspective, it just has one huge power reservoir to drink from.

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Hands on with Tuner by Module 8 – make any lens cinematic

Apr 27, 2023 by Udi Tirosh Add Comment
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If you are out for a specific look for your movies, you know that it will take some effort. Lenses like the Canon FD,  Super Baltars, and Canon K-35 are not easy to come by, and they are not cheap either. A new Kickstarter from Tuner by Module wants to solve this problem by providing a back filter that gives any lens a cinematic look. We have some of the first independent footage taken with a prototype of The Tuner, so make sure to watch the video.

But first, let’s explain what the issue is:

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DJI moves to a Triple-Camera Gimbal with the Mavic 3 Pro

Apr 25, 2023 by Udi Tirosh Add Comment
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DJI just does not stop. After releasing the Inspire 3 at NAB, they still have enough wind in their pipes to release another drone just a week after – the Mavic 3 Pro (buy here).

It was quite expected that the drone giant would release an iteration of the Mavic Pro after the Inspire 3 announcement. I was just not expecting it so soon. Let’s look at what you can get for a price ranging between $2,199 and $4,799.

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This virtual product set automatically creates the right lighting

Apr 24, 2023 by Udi Tirosh Add Comment
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If at NAB 2022, we saw Virtual Production technologies emerge, this year it is clear that Virtual Production is where the industry is going. But it turns out that you need more than an LED wall to create a believable setup.

This Image Based Lighting system from Videdndum Production Solutions provides just that. A way to add a more realistic light to any virtual production. And the nice thing? Once it’s set up, you don’t need to program it at all.

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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David Williams: from diyphotography.netDave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.

John Aldred: from diyphotography.netJohn Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

Dunja Djudjic: from diyphotography.netDunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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