“Welcome to Unlimited Storage”. That’s what Amazon said only two years ago when it introduced theunlimited storage package. For a mere $59.99 a year, you could store as much as you want on Amazon’s “cloud”. And it was less than 10 months ago when the service was expanded to the UK. Now, though, that’s all […]
Shooting in public places is generally allowed and you shouldnt have any problems with the authorities. However, if you plan a photo shoot in the City of Laguna Beach, whether commercial or non-commercial, be ready to file for a permit. Otherwise, youll need to pay a fine. A photographer recently had a photoshoot on the […]
When Sigma announced last September that it was to produce cinema lensesmore than a few eyebrows were raised. With Sigma’s recent improvements and high standard of Art series photography lenses, it people got quite excited, too.The first to be released were the18-35mm and 50-100mm T2 zooms for Super 35mm (APS-C) sized sensors. This was followed […]
For those that don’t live in the UK, there’s a general election going on at the moment. Today is the day we cast our votes. This particular polling station is where Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal Democrats, happens to be casting his. And as is likely around the polling station of each party’s leader, […]
Sometimes, we manage to find ourselves and our cameras in the coolest and most unusual of locations. It might be intentional, it may be completely by accident, and sometimes we’re being set up. The latteris what happened here for Texas based photographer, Keydrin Franklin. Having recently spoken at Fort Worth Camera’s annual Foto Fest event, […]
Shortly after releasing a bunch of software updates for their cameras and lenses, Sony releases some more to fix some of the reported problems. There are now firmware updates for six of their cameras: A9, A7rII, A7sII, A7II, A6500, and A6300. They are aimed at fixing the overheating issue that was recently reported, as well […]
High ISO performance has become the new megapixel wars. Everybody wants cameras that can see in the dark, and they want them to be able to do it at ISO100 quality. There are a number of DSLRs and mirrorless camears out there with very good low light performance. The Nikon D5 and Sony A7SII, for […]
We at DIYP have featured many fantastic colorizations of black and white images. If youve always wanted to try it yourself, this tutorial by Chris from Spoon Graphics is the video you definitely need to watch. Its intended for beginners, and its simple and easy to follow even if youve never colorized an image before. […]
Shooting on location is fraught with all kinds of challenges. Often, the biggest one is the weather. We hope the forecasts are correct, but occasionally they get thingsa little wrong. It’s often just down to chance. Even somewhere warm and sunny like Florida has its share of random rain. Which is exactly what came during […]
Weve all repeated it many times its not the gear that makes good photos, its the photographer. Guys from Mango Street put this claim to the test in an interesting video. In one corner, there are professional photographers with cheap cameras and lenses. In the other corner, theres an amateur photographer with an expensive […]
