Inspiration

    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….

    This ice cream truck owner’s had enough of Instagram influencers, so he charges them double
    Jul 5, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    We’ve all heard of Instagram influencers who ask for freebies. I’ve always thought that they usually ask for pricey stuff, such as photography services, or…

    sunset in zagreb

    Lessons learned after six months of shooting only with a phone
    Jul 5, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    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

    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

    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…

    These emotional photos of butterfly memorial at a wedding will leave you speechless
    Jul 4, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    There’s a common belief that our loved ones sometimes visit us as butterflies after they pass away. When she photographed a wedding a few weeks…

    NASA captures the galaxy’s most epic stellar “fireworks”
    Jul 3, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    The Independence Day is just around the corner in the US, and it means we’ll get to see (and shoot) lots of epic fireworks. But…

    Has social media turned photography into a competition?
    Jul 3, 2019 Andy Hutchinson

    Being a photographer used to be pretty simple. You had a camera, you had a subject you liked photographing and you used to go out…

    This is what it was like to be a cinematographer of The Empire Strikes Back
    Jul 3, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    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…