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The Yi 4K is a pretty great camera already, especially for what it costs. Yi, however, did something pretty unique with the Yi 4K. When they released the new camera, they also announced that it would come with an Open API. While most aren’t able to take advantage of this, what it does do is [...]

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When live view first appeared in DSLRs, it was seen as a bit of a useless gimmick. No doubt, in those early cameras, it wasn’t always that useful. It was ok if you just wanted to line up a shot that was difficult to see through the viewfinder. Laying low to the ground, for example. [...]

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Video has become a part of daily life for many photographers. For some, it’s because we’ve expanded our services for clients. For others, it’s simply for our own self promotion. Tips and tricks, tutorials or behind the scenes videos for YouTube & Facebook. One of the biggest problems many photographers starting out with video face [...]

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Most of us have experienced photographing an incredible sunrise or sunset only to get home and realize that the colors in your images are not nearly as good as the colors you witnessed with your own eyes. There can be many reasons to this, such as camera limitations or mistakes you made in the field. However, that’s not what you will learn about in this article. Correcting the colors, or adding color, isn’t something you need to spend hours working on. In fact, it can be done in... more

Wireless lavalier microphones have been a standard in the film & tv industries for years. They’re great for picking up sound while staying hidden from the shot. They’re also very useful for moving subjects where following them with a boomed microphone may be impossible.As more and more wireless devices enter our daily lives, however, issues [...]

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Slit scan cameras are quite a unique breed. Rather then exposing a complete frame with every shutter click, they expose a small slit and advance the film while exposing. You know whats cool about that, you can create very long photos, as long as your subject is moving in a predictable speed. (which will correlate [...]

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Whats in my bag? I dont have a bag. Well, I do have, but it is the size of my laptop. I see this question in 95% of interviews with street/urban photographers. Usually all of ordinary photographers out there hope to read that famous street photographer X or Y uses cheap camera that you can [...]

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I am not going to hide it, I am a big Think Tank fan. In fact the bag we used to carry around in photokina is a ThinkTankRoller Derby. I do own an Airport International as well (see review here), but if I need a laptop, it was out of the question. It has no [...]

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I have yet to meet someone who loves getting their picture taken with the whole extended family. The thought of getting all the dramatic aunts, crazy uncles, wild kids, and tired grandparents together and smiling all at the same time seems nearly impossible, and not at all fun. I know of many photographers who refuse to do big family portraits because they can be so unpleasant. I have grown to love big extended family portrait sessions throughout the years. You can too, whether you’re... more

It’s amazing how Instagram has taken on as a platform. Some use it as a marketing tool, but others has taken on the platform to create a new kind of engagement. (FollowDIYP’s insta here) Something that is part photography, part marketing, and part lifestyle. For some reason, Instagram has really taken of a a way [...]

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