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Today, Adobe announced the release of its latest update for Lightroom CC and Adobe Camera Raw. Most of the changes to the programs are behind the scenes via bug fixes that have been needing to be addressed, but alongside the bug fixes come a few updated UI elements as well as support for a heaping [...]

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Sometimes you can find ways of taking amazing pictures without spending much money at all, and one of the best examples of this isa technique called fire spinning. This usually involves just a couple of basic items, available at any hardware store and grocery market, and with a little creativity you can create some pictures that are downright otherworldly.

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Previously we have featured friend of DIYP Paul Adshead (@PaulAdshead) when he had the clever idea to hack an $6 IKEA storage box into a laptop hood. Now hes back again with another cool modification which turns a Peli case into a tether station with a $2 bicycle quick release bolt. This is what Paul [...]

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Get Grant’s three video instructional series Guide to Post-Processing Night Photos – currently available at 59% off through the SnapNDeals for a limited time only.

Our small blue planet is located on a spiral arm, far out from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. When we look towards the galactic center, we can view one of the most spectacular sites imaginable. Thousands of... more

This is the story of Kenya’s LeagueOf Extravagant Grannies,who were once corporate and government leaders in the 1970s. They now live the retired high life travelling to exotic and remote areas within Africa to explore, party and enjoy in exclusivity. Wemanaged to catch up with 3 of them in Somalia soon after they landed. Little [...]

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It was only a matter of time. Today, Instagram announced it is killing off one of its most defining features, the purely chronological timeline. Soon, Instagram will go the route of Facebook and become a curated feed. Much like Facebooks own switch to curated feeds, Instagram will inevitably receive backlash. And rightly so. Instagram has [...]

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I love Lightroom, and use it for the vast majority of my portrait editing. You can achieve a wide variety of portrait effects in Lightroom, from harsh and grungy, to soft and dreamy. My technique varies depending on the kind of portrait I’m editing, although the workflow remains consistent.

The photo I’ve selectedfor this exercise, is one you can easily replicate at home. It wasshot indoors, with a large window as the only light source, and is one of a series shot in the... more

Do you have a problem with wanting to switch gear every few months? Or, do you prefer to always try out the latest and greatest cameras and lenses on the market? If so, upcoming service Paract might be the greatest thing youve ever come across. Deemed the Netflix for photography, Paract is a service that [...]

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In the ideal world, you have an infinite amount of time during photoshoots to tweak the lighting and camera settings until everything is absolutely perfect. Unfortunately, thats not the reality of it. Oftentimes were left with too little time in too small of a space and all we can do is try to get the [...]

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Mac ownershave had the opportunity to make use ofapplications Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer for almosta year now, but that thesoftware hasonly been available for the Mac has been a frustration forWindows based photographers stuck in the Adobe world with no real viable alternative. Now, that’s all about to change, with Serif’s announcement today that [...]

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