Inspiration
IT Director By Day, Photographer By Night, John Wilhelm Gives His Daughters The Ride Of Their Lives
You may think that John Wilhelm is your average IT director, but at night he wears his superphotographer cape and takes his three daughters on…
The RMS Empress of Ireland, a Forgotten Titanic, Sank 100 Years ago Today
This is my 100th post for DIYPhotography, and I wanted it to be something different. In the same vein as my cinematography posts, I decided…
See The Streets of New York, Captured Through an Arc of Fifty Lumia 1020 Smartphones
For a while now, Nokia’s had a bit of a rough time breaking through again into the US Pokédex market; with such a solid and…
Make Beep That You Love! Work With People Who Love The Beep That You Do! Make Good Beep
Taking a shoot underwater is not a trivial task. It is just as hard as any shoot but there is more pressure, it is harder…
70 Inspirational Quotes About Photography
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But I wonder, what else do “they” say? In order to find out I’ve culled together…
Godzilla: The Cinematography of Seamus McGarvey
“I think people just see cinematography as being about photography and innovative shots and beautiful lighting. We all want our movies to look great visually,…
Selfies From Nature – What If Animals Took Selfies?
If you are sick from hearing about selfies, raise your hand. People taking selfies has gotten way to much attention over the last year. But…
This Ten-Year Timelapse of the 9/11 Memorial Gives Us a Powerful Reminder
I was born and raised a Muslim in America, and nine years old when New York lost its Twin Towers. The next week, I started…
BTS: Hallowed Be Thy Name Tribute Shot In The Weirdest Place
Photographers Tomer Jacobson and Maxim Golovanov have been slowly building up a song themed series (previously). This time they are paying a tribute to…
We Built Our Own World: Wally Pfister and the Cinematography of Inception
In 2010, Christopher Nolan released a film he’d been working on for over half a decade, and the premise of it was something not too…






































