Each time I have the good fortune to work with DigitalRev TV and my friend Kai Man Wong something memorable happens.
For example, you might recall the time that Kai and DigitalRev TV dragged me around Hong Kong with a Lego Camera on one of their infamous CheapCamera Challenges. The highlights included surprise runway models, aggravated kung fu fighters and eating pig’s anus on the street. Most recently Kai and his hilarious crew parodied my Facebook profile photo for Fake A Big Shot. The resemblance was, um, striking?
I decided it was time to turn the tables.
I showed up in Hong Kong to give Kai and the DigitalRev crew a taste of their own medicine. A CheapCamera Challenge of my design: To re-create a photo I shot with the Hasselblad H3D. This was a $25,000 piece of equipment in 2007 when I shot the photo. I gave him 8 hours … and a GoPro Hero3PLUS ($399) to get it done.
Here’s how the the final product compares to my original. What do you think? Check out the video above to see how he did it.
Thanks to Kai and the whole DigitalRev TV crew for working on short notice and being such great sports. Subscribe to their channel here.
The best camera is the one that’s with you right? For what it’s worth, he actually got real close considering the different technology he used.
I loved every bit of this. Awesome!!! 🙂
Didn’t think he would get that background but he came pretty damn close.
That was fun! Nice to turn the tables on Kai MW!
Ok now do we get to pixelpeep the shot from the GoPro? 🙂
Hats off to Jerard. Couldn’t have been easy or warm to spend that much time in and out of the pool.