Inspiration
This photo project empowers you to “rock your ugly” and beat your body insecurities [mildly NSFW]
Jul 10, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
I don’t think there’s a person who’s completely free of body insecurities. However, many people get so occupied by their “flaws” that it becomes a…
Goodbye aberration: physicist solves 2,000-year-old optical problem
Jul 9, 2019
Eduardo Machuca
When you look through your viewfinder and things seem a little bit blurry or lacking definition, it’s probably because you are using an “el cheapo”…
This is what a gaffer does and why you need one on a film set
Jul 5, 2019
John Aldred
Gaffer is one of those titles that unless you actually become part of the photo or film industry, you’re not really sure what it is….
Lessons learned after six months of shooting only with a phone
Jul 5, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
You like photography, you’d like to take stunning photos, but you’re bummed because you don’t have a camera? But hey, you’ve got your phone! Photographer…
Photographer gets bashed after refusing to work for an Instagram “influencer” for free
Jul 5, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
It’s not that rare for self-proclaimed Instagram influencers to feel like they’re entitled to getting freebies. One of them asked Betrothed & Co for a…
How I made an impossible photo of the Apollo 4 launch in 1967
Jul 5, 2019
Ed Bernd Jr.
They said it couldn’t be done, that I was wasting my time, that it was impossible to take a time exposure photo of a daytime…
This epic photography portfolio took 18 months to craft by hand
Jul 4, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Nowadays, most photographers only display their work online. However, we’ve recently seen how it can limit you and negatively affect your work, especially if you…
This is what it was like to be a cinematographer of The Empire Strikes Back
Jul 3, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
All of us writing for DIYP are into photography and/or filmmaking, and since you follow our blog, I believe you are, too. But are you…
The weird lens guy came to my studio to shoot wet plates
Jul 3, 2019
Markus Hofstätter
Some time ago I did a project together with Mathieu Stern. Back then, we communicated via Skype. Because of that, I was super happy to…
Photographers share what it’s like to shoot the Formula 1 race + photos
Jun 28, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Do you like watching Formula 1 races? I find them really exciting, and as you can imagine – it’s also exciting to photograph them. In…