We got quite excited at DIYP when Sigma announced their new 50mm f/2 DG DN (buy here), 17mm f/4 DG DN (buy here) and 23mm f/1.4 DC DN (buy here) Contemporary lenses at the beginning of April. We wanted to check them out in person and see them for ourselves. So, while we were at […]
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 […]
While many historians argue that we should leave old black-and-white photos and videos untouched, many people enjoy their colorized versions too. And I admit I’m one of them. While I highly appreciate the original sources unchanged, giving them some color gives them a different feel and gives viewers a new, perhaps more personal look on […]
Before 2020, remote portraiture was still an experiment few people played with. But when the pandemic hit, taking photos remotely became a thing. While it’s much more common nowadays, remote portrait projects can still surprise and awe us. This is exactly what photographer Tim Dunk did with his latest project. Based in the UK, he […]
AI has become big news over the last year or two, and not always in the best light. We’ve covered it alot here on DIYP, but it’s not always bad. While there are obvious negative implications to AI that will require some regulation or control at some point in the future, AI also has positive […]
A Toronto photographer took photos ten years apart to show just how much the city had changed in that time. Taken on his phone, the images are all taken from the exact same location and point of view. It’s fascinating to see the differences. Some are obvious, others are almost unrecognisable. Spanish photographer Guido Gutierrez […]
Blackmagic recently announced the Blackmagic Camera 8.1 update. The major addition contained within the new update is native support for vertical video. Yes, sure, you can rotate any camera to give you a vertical orientation and then rotate your footage in post, but not quite like this. The new feature automatically detects the orientation of […]
A few years ago, vertical video was something that the vast majority of filmmakers and videographers had no time for. It wasn’t “cinema” and had no place in their arsenal of tools. These days, things have changed. With as many vertical social media platforms as there are, vertical video is not only now more accepted […]
Amnesty International recently used AI-generated images to depict police brutality in Colombia to mark the two-year anniversary of the protests. The human rights NGO initially defended the use of the images. However, after much criticism, have since taken them down. Amnesty’s Norway regional account posted three AI-generated images on their Twitter feed. The tweet was […]
ON1 have released their latest software, ON1 Sky Swap AI 2023, competing directly with the powerhouse that is Adobe. Sky Replacement has been a feature of Adobe Photoshop for some time now and uses Adobe Sensei, the AI engine in Adobe, to create a mask. It only seemed right that we put these two pieces […]
