DIY Photography

Your one stop shop for everything photo-video

  • News
  • Inspiration
  • Reviews
  • Tutorials
  • DIY
  • Gear
Search

Submit A Story

Advertising

TikTok launches a new feature where you make brand ads for free

TikTok launches the Creative Challenge where you make brands ads for free

Jun 28, 2023 by Alex Baker 1 Comment
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Have you always wanted to exploit your hard-won years of photographic and video experience to help big brands advertise their products for absolutely no guarantee of financial compensation? Well, thanks to TikTok’s new Creative Challenge, that’s exactly what you can do!

The social media app launched the new feature this week. It essentially lets users create advertisements from a list of briefs. The brand can then select its favourite from the submitted videos and run it as an advertisement. However, there is absolutely no guarantee of payment for the creators.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Nikon’s anti-AI ad reminds us of the wonder of the real world

Nikon's anti-AI ad reminds us of the wonder of the real world

Jun 16, 2023 by Alex Baker 1 Comment
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

We’ve all been a little wrapped up lately in the amazing powers of AI. From ChatGPT to Dall-E and Adobe’s new generative fill, it really does seem like we can create anything at the click of a button.

But Nikon‘s new Natural Intelligence advertisement implores us not to give up on the real world. Instead, we should look up from our screens, take a walk outside, and view the natural wonders that already exist in our world, and capture them with our lenses, not image prompts.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Hilariously disturbing AI-generated commercials are going viral

May 4, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Text-to-video generators have become a thing, and companies like Microsoft, Google, and Meta compete in this AI race. Although text-to-image generators are rapidly improving, those that turn our words into videos still have a long way to go.

But that’s not a bad thing. Thanks to text-to-video generators that are still far from perfect, we get to see some videos that are as hilarious as they are disturbing. Some AI-generated ads have recently started circulating online, quickly going viral for their quirkiness and the resemblance to our craziest dreams.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Lingerie brand Undiz uses AI generated images for billboard ads in French first

Lingerie brand Undiz uses AI generated images for billboard ads in French first

May 2, 2023 by Alex Baker 5 Comments
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

You knew this was going to happen. We all did. It just happened that much quicker than we expected. Major brands are now using Ai generated images to advertise their products instead of choosing the more traditional photographer/human model option.

French lingerie brand Undiz has caused a few ripples recently by using nothing but AI-generated images to advertise its bikini range. Several of these ads have been spotted around Paris on billboards and bus stops.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Trending Quizzes

quiz film camera from the back

more quizzes

The psychology behind the 10:10 in watch advertising photos

May 18, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

There are plenty of tips and tricks for making the best out of product photography. Other than gear, lighting, composition, and other photography-related strategies, there are also a lot of psychological tricks involved in taking a photo that will sell the product.

One of these strategies is typical of advertising photos of watches. If you’ve ever noticed that they’re usually set to 10:10 in photos, there’s a good reason behind it. It’s all about psychology, and in this article, we’ll tell you more about it.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

10 tips to grow your client base without spending a penny on advertising

Apr 27, 2022 by Alex Baker Add Comment
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

How do you book more clients? It’s an ongoing problem for many photographers of all genres of photography. Do you spend money on traditional marketing and advertising? Should you spend hours cold calling or emailing prospective clients?

In this video, Katelyn James explains the ways that she operates her wedding photography business without spending a single dollar on traditional advertising. Yes, you heard that correctly, she spends nothing on advertising her business.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Advertising experiment shows Instagram’s personal data collection is 100% for their benefit, not yours

May 12, 2021 by John Aldred Add Comment
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

After Instagram (and Facebook) recently put out notifications in the app stating that they wanted access to your data to “Help keep Instagram free of charge“, I stumbled across an experiment by the folks over at Signal. Now, Signal is obviously a competitor to Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp – at least as far as their messaging abilities go – but the results of that experiment are quite interesting.

They involve the personal data collected by Facebook and the services it owns and how it’s used for advertising. It allows you to target ads very specifically. This isn’t really news, as this prank from 2014 illustrates hilariously. But what is interesting is that you’re not allowed to know how and why you were targeted to see a specific ad.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

People get offended by everything so Audi apologizes for a campaign photo

Sep 16, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 24 Comments
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Audi was recently accused of running an “insensitive” campaign for the Audi RS4 Avant. The German car manufacturer shared a photo of a girl leaning against the car grille eating a banana. However, it has caused a strong backlash. People were so offended that Audi was forced to take the photo down and issue a public apology.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Learn Photography

Learn more

Despite what Sony says, the A7C is not the “world’s smallest and lightest full-frame camera”

Sep 15, 2020 by John Aldred 25 Comments
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Announced this morning, there is no doubt or question that the new Sony A7C is Sony’s smallest full-frame camera, but in the promotional material for the camera – which you can see above, Sony is claiming that it’s “the world’s smallest and lightest full-frame camera”. Well, it’s not.

Even if we narrow the field down to “interchangeable lens full-frame camera”, it’s still not the smallest. Nor is it the lightest. As I mentioned a couple of days ago when some of the specs leaked, that honour still remains with the Sigma fp. And since the official announcement absolutely nothing has changed.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Instagram bans major ad partner for scraping large amounts of user data

Aug 8, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Instagram has banned one of its major ad partners for scraping large amounts of user data. Francisco-based startup Hyp3r reportedly scraped public data such as users’ locations, profile information, photos, and even stories (which are supposed to vanish after 24 hours). The exact volume of scraped data isn’t known, but reports say that it could cover hundreds of millions of users.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »

Submit A Story

Get our FREE Lighting Book

DIYP lighting book cover

* download requires newsletter signup

Recent Comments

Free Resources

Advanced lighting book

Learn photography

Recent Posts

  • Nikon announces Zf shortage (Surprise!)
  • Finally! Sennheiser EW-DP SKP plug-on transmitter offers 32-bit float recording
  • Photographing an abandoned Italian villa: A time capsule of history and mystery
  • The Tascam DR-10L Pro is an unclippable 32-bit float personal audio recorder
  • This year’s Nature TTL POTY winner puts global warming right in our faces

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.

Alex Baker: from diyphotography.netAlex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe

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.

Copyright © DIYPhotography 2006 - 2023 | About | Contact | Advertise | Write for DIYP | Full Disclosure | Privacy Policy