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Hacking hard cases to provide more storage
Haoyuan Ren
Rugged cases like Pelicans are great at protecting your gear. They’re waterproof, climate proof, indestructible and makes a great apple box when you need to...
Taking sandpaper to M42 lenses to get that anamorphic look on the cheap
Tito Ferradans
Tito Ferradans here for a lengthy video involving some serious modding and unique looks. Summer is here and DIY projects are up. A few weeks...
Cleansing My Creative Palate with Fungus + Mushroom photography tips
Eva Creel
It began in October, the numbness. The sick feeling and lack of appreciation for my photography. For all photography. I couldn’t stand looking at my...
40 practical photography assignments to inspire you
Eric Kim
One of the most difficult things in photography is to stay motivated and inspired. I know that I have hit “photographer’s block” many times in...
How I created a Star Wars themed image for a wedding
Steve Thewis
What started off as a bit of fun and a favour for a family member ended up here on the DIYP blog! Awesome! Month’s prior...
Photographing Flying Squirrels with High Speed Flash
Steve Gettle
Flying Squirrels are fairly common, although seldom seen members of the rodent family. The Southern Flying Squirrel is found throughout the Eastern half of the...
9 reasons why learning 3D software can help you as a photographer
John Flury
What’s the most important lesson that shaped you as an artist? For me it’s this. If a photographer only looks at the work of other...
The new Sigma 85mm f/1.4 and 12-24mm f/4 Art lenses explained and tested
TJ Hansen
Recent announcements from Sigma have made a lot of portrait and landscape photographers very happy- the question is, can the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art and the Sigma...
Digitizing large format aerial photography film transparencies
Michael J. Bennett
One of the challenges (and rewards) of managing a digital production lab for a university research library is working with the wide assortment of analog...
Shooting the Milky Way With a Mobile Phone
Aaron Palabyab
I just got back from Batanes as part of a large group of bloggers and other media people who were there to try out the...