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Sometimes photographers find real gems among the vintage cameras and lenses. Dutch photographer Martijn van Oers found an original Zeiss Ikon 520/2 in a second-hand store, dating from around 1929. The folding medium-format camera had a roll of film inside, with the word EXPOS on it. It got him intrigued, and he decided to develop […]

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When the cameras frame rate matches the fast moving objects (such as helicopter rotors), a weird effect can occur and make the subject look like its levitating. Al Brooks noticed this when he was reviewing the security footage from his surveillance camera. And this time, its not a floating helicopter its a floating bird. […]

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Not long ago, photographer Marc Weisberg shared with us a very unpleasant experience he had with FedEx. They failed to deliver the gear on time for his workshop, which cost him $1000. The article reached DIYP, as well as other blogs and social media pages. And eventually, FedEx made a response. Although this is an […]

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I always see new photographers looking for all-in-one super zooms that they can use for everything. And I even see the occasional pro asking about them, too. Sometimes, just having a lightweight lens thgat can “do it all” isuseful. When it’s more about getting the moment than it is about low light performance, or ultimate […]

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Lets say you use Lightroom and youve tried and tried to get rid of those distracting spots using Lightrooms Spot Removal Tool but no matter how you set it using Clone or Heal or changing the Opacity or increasing the Feather you have a giant, obvious repair on your image. Not good!

This is my final, processed image but I had to dive into Photoshop to get there.

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Midnight Rider was to be a biographical movie on the journey of Gregg Allman. From struggling artist to the eventual success of the Allman Brothers Band. Then the realisation that he needs to get clean or risk losing his life. It was tragically ironic, then, that filming for this movie actually did cause somebody to […]

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Looking like something pulled right out of Wall-E, there’s a spherical object floating around the International Space Station. This object is Int-Ball, a camera drone that explores the ISSautonomously or via remote control from earth. Developed by theJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) the first videos of it in action have now been released. Int-Ball’s objective […]

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Old photos are a strong witness of history and of past times. National Geographic has recently published a century old photos of Antarctica, made before we were in the midst of strong climate changes. Photographer Herbert Ponting took the photos of the coldest continent in the early 20th century, a hundred years ago. They dont […]

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If you have ever tried to make a decision between a PC and a Mac, Im sure youve heard the suggestions from the users of either one or the other. Photographer Manny Ortiz is a user of both, and in his latest video, he gives five reasons why he opted for a PC after all. […]

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Thanks to Google Street View, we can see many corners of the world we may never even visit. Some artists even use it to create photos of remote places from their own home. Now, Google itself finds a way to produce professional-looking photos from their Street View shots. They have created Creatism, a deep-learning system […]

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