Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Nature has lots to offer for landscape photographers. We love to shoot natures paintings. Storms, rainbows, tornadoes, lightning strikes: theyre all a gift from nature that we can play with as a landscape photographer. Volcanoes are one of them, too, especially when theyre erupting. I have been fascinated by volcanoes; they have been on my […]

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When it comes to DSLR and audio you really don’t want to use the microphone in your camera. It involves echo, directionality, mic quality, sound bouncing and more. The short version is that it just sounds crap. We compared three options for DSLR audio (four if you count the crappy in-camera sound) and we wanted […]

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Before you raise your torches and pitchforks, this is not another post about how focal length affects your subject, or whether you should zoom with your feet or not. Im sure youve already seen how changing focal length and/or distance changes perspective, but this video answers an important question what can you do with […]

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Smartphone video often seems to get neglected. Even here on DIYP. We post a bit about smartphone photography, but little about shooting video with a phone. And it’s something many of us do, even if just for social media. Or, we shoot clips we shoot to edit on the computer alongside other footage. I’ve even […]

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A wedding photographer has to be prepared for pretty much anything. Big belly laughs, impromptu outbursts of song and bear hugs can happen at any moment. Not to mention that the light is constantly changing and you’ve got yourself a schedule to keep. Let’s just say weddings keep you on your toes.

That’s why it’s always worth planning ahead and being prepared. Weddings rarely take place in just one location and moving from indoors to outside, or from... more

No matter if you enjoy taking or just watching images of space, NASA has a treat for you. They have made their entire collection of images, sounds, and video available and publicly searchable online. Its 140,000 photos and other resources available for you to see, or even download and use it any way you like. […]

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If youre new to photography, this world can seem overwhelming and confusing. This video from Kai Wong talks straight to the point and its a great guideline for newbies who dont know where to start. It will help you sort things out, but maybe more importantly its a great guideline for improving your photography […]

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I just watched Dr. Strange – and man, I was blown away. I was blown away with the morals of the movie (the idea of living for something greater than yourself), the visuals (surreal), and the cinematography was fantastic. Studying cinema If you dont always have the opportunity to go out to make photos, study […]

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After a lot of thought and research, you finally pull the trigger. You bring home your first digital camera, pull the sleek marvel of engineering out of the box, and stare at it excitedly. Then you look at all the buttons and controls, and the excitement turns into fear… You realize that you have no idea how to use your new camera!

So what’s next? Well, the most important thing is to not be intimidated. It’s not nearly as complicated to learn photography as it... more

Well, it was expected that Sony would be announcing something either at or in the run up to NAB, and now we know what it is. No, they haven’t confirmed that their truck was stolen, but they have announced a new camera. That camera is the new Sony Alpha A9; a 24MP mirrorless beast of […]

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