Posts by Author: 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
How to get beautiful golden sunlight for perfect portraits even on cloudy days
Nov 4, 2022
Alex Baker
The city I live in boasts 300 days of sunshine a year. Except on days when I have a photoshoot booked and need sunshine, it…
Canon releases RF 135mm f/1.8L lens with 5 stops of image stabilisation
Nov 2, 2022
Alex Baker
It’s been a big day for Canon announcements with the launch of the EOS R6 mark II, a new EL-5 speedlight, and a brand new…
Canon releases its first speedlight designed specifically for its mirrorless cameras
Nov 2, 2022
Alex Baker
Canon has launched the EL-5, its first mirrorless compatible speedlight. The flash unit is directly compatible with the latest Canon mirrorless bodies the R6 and…
10 easy ways to make better video footage that won’t cost you anything
Nov 2, 2022
Alex Baker
I’m primarily a stills photographer, however, when DSLRs started to get decent video capabilities I started to enjoy dabbling in shooting video. I thought it…
Watch Churchill’s polar bears on a live nature-cam as they wait for the sea ice to form
Nov 2, 2022
Alex Baker
Three adolescents saunter along the shoreline, seemingly just killing time. They are playfully wrestling one another as they explore, watched by a quizzical red fox….
Check out this spooky photograph of the Bat Nebula this Hallowe’en
Oct 31, 2022
Alex Baker
We are all about Hallowe’en at DIYP, and to celebrate we wanted to share this incredible image of the Bat Nebula. It really does look…
Try this one simple tip to drastically improve your landscape photography compositions
Oct 31, 2022
Alex Baker
It’s not unusual in landscape photography to put a lot of effort into the process of taking photographs, only to come home later and be…
Canon expected to announce the updated EOS R6 Mark II in just two days
Oct 31, 2022
Alex Baker
Canon is apparently all set to announce both the EOS R6 Mark II and the RF 135mm f/1.8L IS USM lens on November 2nd. Or…
From now on you’ll have to pay to use Pantone colors in Adobe software
Oct 31, 2022
Alex Baker
If you open up a PSD file and find areas of the image filled with black, your immediate reaction is probably to panic. But not…
Lemur filmed picking its nose for first time ever
Oct 28, 2022
Alex Baker
A Madagascan Aye-Aye lemur has been captured on camera picking its own nose and eating it. Scientists say that this is the first time this…