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How I Created A Cinematic Thieves Inspired Photo Story

Jan 4, 2014 by Guest Author 1 Comment
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After last year being my “playing with fire year” with two fire themed shoots, this year I wanted to create something different. A cinematic series that unfolds a story of thieves.

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365 Reasons To Do A 365 Photo Project

Dec 10, 2013 by Laya Gerlock 12 Comments
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I still remember the 1st time I clicked the shutter button of a DSLR. It was 5 years ago, Aug.24 2008. I was using a Nikon D80 back then and didn’t know how to use all of the buttons, how to focus, what exposure and all the number means and all that. When I started photography 5 years ago, I didn’t expect that I would be doing this for a living.

I wanted to learn more about Photography so I read books, looked at pictures, and then I stumbled into Flickr. I learned about the 365 Day Project in flickr. Some of my flickr friends where doing it and I wanted to try it for the challenge.

Doing The 365 Day Project was one of the most memorable moments in my life, and made me the photographer that I am today.[Read More…]

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How I Made An Epic Photo Of Battling Pyromancers

Oct 31, 2013 by Guest Author 2 Comments
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Few months ago I released an Eccentric Pyromancers promotion picture for Andrey Das, Kev and Laury new performance (you may recall other photos done for the show by Benjamin Von Wong that were taken a few days earlier).

The meeting was at Paris, an April night, Palais de Tokyo during a very hard rainy/windy night… I didn’t know that it will be one of my most Epic shoot session! [Read More…]

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This Photo A Month Selfie Project Goes All The Way To Birth

Oct 9, 2013 by Udi Tirosh 12 Comments
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We have seen quite a few a-photo-a-day or a-photo-a-week projects. We usually love them as they are a great way to keep inspiration coming.

We never saw a photo a month project spanning exactly nine months. Buenos Aires based photographer Sophie Starzenski accepted an advice from a friend to take on this nine-months project. She took a selfie for nine month, hiding her face and upper body, and showing the progress of her pregnancy. The project is dubbed Proyecto Pyokko.

The result is simple yet very powerful.[Read More…]

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BTS: How I Took This Inception Photograph Without Photoshop

Sep 30, 2013 by Guest Author 2 Comments
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Obtaining access to a cool set is awesome, but the question is do you know what you are going to do once you arrive on set. Luckily for this shootout, I knew the location and had a fairly good idea of what I was planning to do.

I have shot this location before but felt that I can get more out of it. I needed to return. So I got a team together. A Ballet dancer, a hip-hop artist a second photographer and an assistant. [Read More…]

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BTS: Lost In The Flood By Tomer Jacobson

Sep 22, 2013 by Guest Author 2 Comments
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“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” –  Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

When you direct or plan a photograph it seems that you control each and every aspect of that photo.

In street photography you try and capture a decisive moment, which is completely out of your control. In a stage shoot, however,  you can try and create a reality from scratch. The more you put into planning and preparations, the more you can get closer to that perfect image you conceived  in your head.

I have given this a lot of thought when I started working on our last photograph in the song series. The ambitious idea was to shoot a staged photograph with multiple models tens of meters into the sea while everyone is standing on rocks. It quickly became obvious that there are many technical challenges to such photoshoot and I will talk about a few of them in this post.[Read More…]

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DIY – Film Canister Bag Address Tags

Aug 24, 2013 by Guest Author 2 Comments
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I’ve seen lots of used film canisters re-purposed as dangling bag accessories for sale in trendy parts of Hong-Kong. The idea is to drill or burn a small hole in the top of the plastic spool and fit a key-chain to that. I figured it would be a lot more useful to use the can to give a return contact address in case the bag is lost and found. What better way could there be than to use film?

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Amazing Timelapse Showing The Amount Of Work Invested In Restorating A Damaged Photo

Jul 29, 2013 by Udi Tirosh 10 Comments
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Taking a spot of dust here and there in Photoshop is pretty easy, but recovering a full colorized image from a beaten down old photo is something else altogether.

Retoucher and restoration artist THS Photo just released a time lapse showing the huge amount of work that goes into this type of restoration.

Pretty amazing that this session only took about 2.5 hours[Read More…]

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Getting A Dark Cinematic Look At Mid Day With Hypersync And ND Filters

Jul 22, 2013 by Udi Tirosh Add Comment
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Ever wondered how photographers get this cinematic look with wide open shutter at mid-day? One easy way is to increase the shutter speed to block some light out. The other is to shoot an octopus munching on a beautiful model.

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Human Silhouettes Created With 25,000 Pinholes Photos Of The Sun

Jul 9, 2013 by Udi Tirosh Add Comment
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UK based Photographer Chris Bucklow does the most amazing thing with aluminum foil.

After charting a life sized human silhouette on the foil, Chris places it as the front element of a huge camera pointing towards the sky, and exposed for about one second.

The back of the camera is a photo-sensitive paper.

Here is the interesting bit, the pinholes each produce a small image of the sun’s disc… 25,000 suns onto the photo paper. So the pinholes are NOT making little pictures of the holes, they are acting as lenses to each photograph the sun in the sky. 25,000 suns is one per day if you live to be 70.[Read More…]

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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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