Posts by Author: Alex Baker

Alex Baker
Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe

    Andrew McCarthy reveals detailed texture of the sun in massive 150,000 photo composite

    Dec 10, 2021 Alex Baker

    If you’re a regular reader of DIYP or you’re an avid astrophotographer then the name Andrew McCarthy should be familiar to you. We’ve featured him…

    Telephoto landscape photography above the clouds

    Dec 9, 2021 Alex Baker

    Who says you have to choose between film and digital? Certainly not Michael Shainblum who takes us behind the scenes in this beautiful video while…

    Racism in Western fashion prompts photographer to quit

    Dec 9, 2021 Alex Baker

    Well-known fashion photographer Jingna Zhang has announced that she has decided to no longer engage in fashion photography, citing an unforgiving uphill battle against racism…

    How to shoot dramatic architectural silhouettes, without leaving your house

    Dec 8, 2021 Alex Baker

    Sometimes we see something that makes you stop scrolling, sit up, and take note. That is exactly what happened when we saw these dramatic silhouettes…

    Sony suspends orders for yet another camera in chip shortage

    Dec 8, 2021 Alex Baker

    The chips are down and new cameras are getting harder and harder to get hold of. Sony has announced that they are suspending orders for…

    These are the winning images from the 2021 Dog Photography Awards

    Dec 3, 2021 Alex Baker

    This year’s Dog Photography Awards faced some stiff competition with so many beautiful, inspiring and generally cute furry entries. The award is split into 3…

    Stunning death defying short film shows Toronto base jumpers leaping from skyscrapers

    Dec 2, 2021 Alex Baker

    “What was that video? What is happening? Who does these things?” That is the opening sequence to the brand new eye-opening video ‘The Air Up…

    Award winning macro photographer opens can of worms in bug drug drama

    Dec 2, 2021 Alex Baker

    The photographer who won the 2021 Buglife Bug Photographer of the Year Award has been vilified on social media for his apparently unethical methods to…

    Photographer captures extremely rare moon halos during partial eclipse

    Dec 1, 2021 Alex Baker

    Astrophotographer Eliot Herman from Tuscon, Arizona was outside to photograph the partial lunar eclipse that was visible for part of the world in late November….

    7 tips to take spectacular Winter wonderland images

    Nov 30, 2021 Alex Baker

    Winter is close upon us and with that comes the promise of getting outside in the freezing cold and creating some beautiful landscape images. Photo…