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Megan Rion of Imagine That Photography was out in the woods photographing a one-month-old baby when a deer suddenly appeared. Megan told DIYP that this was not the first lucky customer to receive a surprise visit by this very deer, but this was the first time the deer appeared for a baby shoot. Future photographers [...]

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You know how people photograph their happy moments and rush to post the photos on Facebook and other social media trying to make the world think their life is all peachy? Well heres one person who made a living doing it; and why she stopped. Essena ONeill is a 19-year-old from Australia who used to [...]

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There is no such thing as a magic camera, lens, filter, flash, or tripod that does it all – hence the variety of brands, focal lengths, composite materials, etc., that are available is endless. Actually, part of the fun is not just having what you need, but sometimes what you want. Like something different, even though it doesn’t have the best reviews and specs by others, or something to experiment with, to broaden your creative horizons.

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Some of the most popular packages in our Image Manipulation Store are the Decay Archives. It makes sense. Those packages contains over 230 backplates of lost and forgotten places, dilapidated buildings and other such rotten magical locations, which work extremely well for composite work. We got many questions about bundling those package so we had [...]

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I have written before on the highly respected Sigma Art Series lenses (here and here) and I havent beenlet down yet.Sigma is now set to release the widest f/1.4 lens on the market, with the upcoming 20mm f1.4 DG HSM Art Lensto be released inthe latter part of the month. Pre-order it here. Sigma is [...]

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Covering the use of photography in military police work and criminal investigations, the 25-minute long video introduces the types of cameras used, explains when each camera should be used and provides important guidelines for ensuring the photographs will be admissible as evidence in court. Watching it today, the video offers an educational glimpse into photography [...]

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A District Court in California recently said that the act of threatening to arrest a person solely for recording police officers is a clear violation of the First Amendment. The summary judgment was given in Barich v. City of Cotati, where a civilian who often records city officials claimed the chief of police violated his [...]

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I have to confess, it took me a while to get myself to do the exercise of actually sitting down and filtering through my old photos, to find those suitable to submit to a microstock agency to start selling. Finally, I did it, but boy how I wished I did it much earlier, back when I heard about microstock photography, the very first time.

But wait a minute, what’s microstock?

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I just know that many wedding photographerswill hit their heads and go “how come I did not think about his before” but it looks like this could be an emerging trend with wedding photographers. PhotographerMendel Mish of CJ Studios posted this cool short video on Facebook showing how a videographergets a super smooth shot of [...]

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Many times photographers think they are held back by lack of gear. However, having just one strobe and one softbox is more than you need to create so many looks and apply your photography to so many subjects. PhotographerTony Corbell uses a single light and a softbox to show ten different lighting setups and applications. [...]

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