Posts by Author: Udi Tirosh
How To Build A White Background Home Video Studio
One of the cooler ways to create a clean looking video is to shoot it against a white background (if you don’t believe me check…
Nikolta – A Minolta / Nikon Duct Tape & A Coffee Mixer Hybrid
Photographer Joe Adams was not happy that his old Minolta lenses did not fit hos new Nikon D5000. He fixed that using some duct tape…
Understanding Lighting With An Egg
Happy Easter/Passover everyone! I thought that this little video is a good fit for today, as the main character here is the Egg (no offense,…
Getting Started With Cross Polarized Light
Polarizer filters can be used to enhance contrast and saturation in landscape photography and reduce reflections or glare on shiny surfaces such as water. The…
Comparing The D800 Against The Canon 5D mkIII
We don’t usually feature camera tech reviews here on DIYP, but Kevin Good took an in depth look at both the new D800 and the…
A Coffee Sleeve Lens Hood
We featured some crazy starbucks hacks before and we featured some lens-hood hacks before, but we never featured any lens-hood coffee hack before. Well, there…
How To Build The Easiest Motorized Slider
Here is one memorable quote, “It is a slider, not a roller after all“. This comes from Dan Colvin, a film maker and a unicyclist…
The Amazing Camera Truck of Ian Ruhter
Tired of the similarity of the digital age, Ian Ruhter tried to make something completely new. Ian travels the US with a track sized camera…
Optical Low-Pass Filter Removed From 5D Mark III
Looks like today is hacking new cameras day. After the unobtrusive $30 WiFi hack for the D4 comes a much braver hack for the 5D…
Add WiFi To Your Nikon D4 For $30
If you are one of the lucky few who now own a Nikon D4 (which means you could both shell about $6,000 and managed to…






































