Photography Blogs & Tutorials

When it comes to photographing kids, we spend a lot of time discussing how to capture images of them smiling naturally and looking at the camera. Of course, every parent wants that sort of image of their child or children, and learning how to cultivate those genuine reactions is an important skill for any photographer to have.

That said, full-face portraits are just one small type of people photography. When it comes to photographing kids in particular, if you only capture that... more (link is external)

Perhaps you remember the viral Under-Cats project by Lithuanian photographer Andrius Burba. After publishing this series of photos and the accompanying book, Andrius and his team went on working on several similar projects, but with different animals. And if you are a dog person, youre gonna love this one. Andrius latest project, “Under-Dogs,” shows dogs […]

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Back in 2009, I learned to shoot video on the now-classic Panasonic HVX200. At that time shooting HD video to memory cards was pretty new in the video world. The HVX was released just a couple of years before the Canon 5d Mark II changed the whole video market. The HVX200 recorded SD (standard def) […]

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Building a photography portfolio can be a scary proposition, as it forces you to choose images that best represent you as an artist and creator, whilst also demonstrating your technical skill and storytelling ability. Developing a travel photography portfolio is no different.

However, developing a portfolio is an exercise that has many benefits, both from a personal growth as well as professional perspective.

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Just when Pentax seemed like it might be starting to pick up, Nikkei Asian Review are reporting that Ricoh may be dropping the brand. There’s no doubt that smartphones are continuing to eat into camera sales, and Pentax has become a “money-losing” business. Nikkei say that Ricoh plan to “radically review” a production and manufacturing […]

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News Corp Australia is experiencing a severe wave of job cuts. One of Australia’s largest media companies is trying to make up for the financial losses, and photographers and subeditors are first under the impact. This media company owns over 100 newspapers. These include The Daily Telegraph, the Herald Sun and the Courier-Mail which […]

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DeepDream is a computer vision AI created by Google which utilises a convolution neural network. It looks for and enhances patterns in images using a process called algorithmic pareidolia. Essentlly, it’s seeing things that aren’t really there. Like the face we may see on the surface of Marsor bunny rabbits& dragons in clouds. We’ve seen […]

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You might already be familiar with the name Kirill Neiezhmakov, at least if you love incredible timelapse and hyperlapse videos. We featured Kirills work on DIYP before, and Im happy to present you with another fantastic hyperlapse hes created. This time, he took his gear to the capital city of Kazakhstan – Astana. He told […]

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After some rumors about announcing Nikon D7500, its now officially here. The latest Nikon camera from D7x00 series is available for preorders, and its the update of the Nikon D7200, released two years ago. Lets see what are the novelties and key features of the new member of Nikon family. D7500 combines features of D7200 […]

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Posing is probably the most difficult part of shooting portraits for most photographers. The technical side can be learned relatively easily. Your style just develops over time based on what you like. But posing, directing a subject, getting the expressions that you want. Is art in itself. And if you’re working with the general public […]

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