Laura Marijn is a portrait photographer from Holland who also likes to create dramatic portraits and invent new exciting worlds for her clients through surreal Photoshop images. DIYP: Tell us a little of how you got into photography. LM: Before I did photography I was modeling for a while. One I day went with a […]
Regular DIYP readers will knowthat I’ve been researching 3D printing recently. My goal is to see how one might be able to help me with my photography and video tasks. Primarily to keep things organised. There’s SD card cases,battery covers, lens cap clips, charging station doohickies and all kinds of goodies on sites like Thingiverse. […]
Just a quick heads-up that I'll be teaching a small-class lighting workshop in Washington, DC this June 7th. It is part of the Focus on the Story International Photo Festival being held June 7-10.
This class is small a maximum of 16 people and we will be shooting all day. It is designed for people who are... more
Motion control has so many applications for both photographers as well as filmmakers. From creating 360 stitched stills with your DSLR to moving timelapse and video sequences. There are a lot of complete solutions out there for this, and there are also many plans out there for completely scratch built DIY projects. But there’s very […]
Mahmoud Abou Zeid, an Egyptian photojournalist also known as Shawkan, is facing a death sentence in Cairo, Egypt. He was arrested in connection with an anti-government protest back in August 2013, and prosecutors requested a death sentence for him on 3 March 2018. As Reporters Without Borders write, Shawkan is one of more than 700 […]
This week it’s time to dig out all your old stuff, or get out and look for some antiques. Things that are aged andbeautiful – look for old buildings, your old shoes, rotting wood of an old window, antique cars, clocks, books, etc., yes even people. Remember these old things have great value, especially our senior citizens – so photograph them with the respect they deserve.
Theres something incredibly adorable about animals discovering cameras. Okay, its a bit less adorable when PETA gets involved, but thats another story. After polar bears and chimps, take a look what it looks like when two penguins figure out the camera thats filming them and decide to take a closer look. As Washington Post reports, […]
Since its announcement at WPPI recently, the Sony A7III has been the hot topic around the camera body water cooler. A lot of people had a something to say in the day or two that followed after having tried it for a little while. But now we’re starting to see some proper hands-onreviews with tests […]
Over the last few years here at dPS, weve run some incredibly popular competitions with one of our partners the New York Institute of Photography to give away some of their great online photography courses to lucky dPS readers.
Photo by Finnur Tomason, NYIP Graduate.
Due to popular demand were doing it again this week.
If you’re in the photography business you’ve likely heard some pretty outrageous comments made by clients. In these three videos let’s have a humorous look at things clients say to photographers. Remember this is all in fun, and we, as photographers, value our loyal clients fiercely. Right?!
Things Clients Say
I this first video by Queen Photographers we see some of the most common phrases and things heard by photographers. Some just make our eyes roll. Have you heard... more
