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The RMS Empress of Ireland, a Forgotten Titanic, Sank 100 Years ago Today
May 29, 2014
Maaz Khan
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
May 28, 2014
Maaz Khan
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…
The Amusing/Horrifying Texts Between Photojournalists And Their Editors
May 27, 2014
Peter Bower
A brand new Tumblr account has emerged in the last two weeks. Simply named “Photo Editor Texts” the Tumblr shares the amusing texts between photojournalists…
Protect Your Photos From Rights Grabbing
May 27, 2014
Peter Bower
Over the weekend, the team at VOTogs posted an article revealing a government organization potentially taking advantage of photographers via rather sneaky means. The Vivid…
Kyoto Moves To Make Upskirting a Painful Offence
May 26, 2014
Peter Bower
Earlier today, The Japan Times released that officials in Kyoto, Japan, had revised ordinance in order to crack down on the practice of upskirt photography…
Zoom’s New H5: One of the Best Affordable DSLR Microphones Yet
May 25, 2014
Maaz Khan
One of the best thing about DSLR cameras is that they’ve made professional filmmaking become more and more affordable for the kids that wish to…
NASA Releases Massive 3.2-Gigabyte Mosaic of Earth, Made Entirely from Selfies
May 23, 2014
Maaz Khan
Last month on the 22nd – NASA marked Earth Day by asking readers around the world to submit a selfie, answering where exactly they were…
Linkin Park Reaches Out to Live Photographers, Launches Contest to Shoot for Their Tour
May 23, 2014
Maaz Khan
A while back there was some pretty bad news circulating the blogosphere involving live photographers – specifically in music. I thought it’d be cool to…
A Reminder: Meteor Shower for North America Tonight Friday-Saturday
May 23, 2014
Maaz Khan
While we’re usually given a fairly early warning on when to expect an eclipse in the sky, or a meteor shower in the middle of…
Surprise! Fuji Plans On Releasing A 50MP Medium Format Camera With A Sony Sensor (Or Does It?)
May 22, 2014
Udi Tirosh
Here is a bit of news that is hard to miss if you walk the rumors sites today. According to Fuji rumors, Fuji is planning…