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As youare aware, there are two ways to buy Lightroom.

The first is to buy a perpetual license, which means that you pay a set one-off fee to use the software for as long as you want.The second way is to subscribe to Adobes Creative Cloud Photography plan. With this, you pay a monthly fee that allows you to use Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC, Lightroom mobile and Lightroom web for as long as you keep up... more

We recently wrote about multiple fatal selfie incidents and it seems that the problem has reached large enough proportions to warrant government action. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched a new campaign yesterday intended to keep its citizens out of harms way, and by that I mean getting themselves killed or injured while [...]

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Its been another huge dPS mid year sale and we hope youve enjoyed it as much as we have sharing it with you.

Over 7 days, 7 amazing photography deals were released, 24 hours at a time.

But did you miss a deal youd love to have?

Well, wed like to give you one last chance before theyre gone for good (its about helping you with your photography,... more

Filters are magic, and I am not talking about those buttons that punch on Instaram, I am talking real glass circles that you mount on top of a lens. The folks at zippi, came up with a fun cheat sheet that explains what each one does and when is the best time to use it. [...]

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Victoria Police asked their 290,000 Facebook fans to help them locate a person named Daniel Damon, who is wanted for traffic and drug matters. The warrant was issued after Damon failed to answer bail and the police had hoped social media users would come to the rescue. Among the many responses was one they werent [...]

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Usually we share timelapses of the most beautiful places on earth, resolution goes up to 8K, and sound design is spectacular. This next movie however, was not shoton earth, sound is crap and resolution looks like something from the 80’s. This 8 minutes timelapse documents NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover – Opportunity traveling 42.2 kilometers (a [...]

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DIYP readerMaor Cohen ofKaveret sent us this sweet tip about using suction pads for securing light stands. It has some huge benefits over carryingseveral kilos per stand in sand bags. Of course they are easier to carry, not as messy, and provide more security. The idea is kinda self explanatory from the photo, but Maor [...]

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There’s a line in Return of the Jedi that has always struck me as particularly insightful, especially considering its inclusion in a movie filled with a two-ton slug-shaped bounty hunter and a planet full of fighting teddy bears. In a conversation with his former mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi, newly-minted Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker asks his sensei if Darth Vader is indeed his father. When Obi-Wan confirms the awful truth, Luke asks why his teacher had formerly lied to him, telling him instead... more

The Clintons have a history of secrecythat goes back long before they ever made it to the White House the first time around. So it’s of little surprise when Hillary gets a little testy with the media on the campaign trail. But, this isn’t a political rant written by a libertarian-anarchist who loathes all politicians [...]

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The last couple of weeks, the matter of photo contracts once again has been debated. First came Jason Sheldons blog post, calling Taylor Swift out on her hypocrisy when attacking Apple for demanding musicians give away their music for free while doing the exact same thing to concert photographers in her photo contracts. If youre [...]

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