Tutorials

    Photographing a Mermaid – a Photoshop Breakdown Tutorial by Colin Smith

    Feb 24, 2014 Udi Tirosh

    Using the image above, which was inspired by Disney’s Little Mermaid, I’ll walk you through how to employ an artform called Computer Generated (CG Photography)…

    Shutter Dragging Explained

    Feb 20, 2014 Laya Gerlock

    A participant in one of my workshops asked me about taking a photo of their iPhone while using an off-camera flash. The main problem he…

    Self Challenge: Shooting The 4 Elements In A Single Exposure

    Feb 19, 2014 Laya Gerlock

    While I was doing my 365 Day Project, I did a photo of the four elements: Earth, Wind, Water and Fire. I shot this photo…

    Awesome Cold Look With CTO Gel And Tweaking White Balance

    Jan 29, 2014 Laya Gerlock

    A few weeks back I wrote an article about stopping down the ambient light by 2-3 stops and using flash to expose for your subject,…

    Practice Makes Perfect – Hone Your Photography Skills With Everyday Objects

    Jan 22, 2014 Laya Gerlock

    I regularly teach a workshop here in The Philippines and I always tell my students that I learned photography because I practice and shoot almost…

    DIY Florescent Tube Light Beauty Light Thingy

    Jan 17, 2014 Laya Gerlock

    One thing about photography is that from time to time you have creative dry spells and you need some inspiration to keep you going. One…

    How To Survive The Agonizing Process Of Building A Portfolio

    Jan 17, 2014 Andreas Bergmann

    Hi there, DIYP readers. I’ve been given the awesome honor of writing on a regular basis for the site. So, I figured I’d start out…

    Capture The Moment Photography Does Exist!

    Jan 9, 2014 JP Danko

    I’m not big on “capture the moment”.  It just sounds so lame and cliché – accidental even.  Plus the whole idea of capturing the moment…

    A Clever Way to Photograph Glass

    Jan 8, 2014 Laya Gerlock

    Last week I shared an article about putting a granite tile to good use, there was one technique in that post that I wanted to…

    How To Post Process For Beautiful Eyes & Catchlights

    Jan 2, 2014 Guest Author

    It has been said many times before, the eyes are one of the key elements that photographers try and capture. Here is a little video…