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How To Add An ND filter To The Impossibly Curved Rokinon 8mm F2.8 Fisheye Lens
We mentioned the Rokinon 8mm f2.8 several times on the blog as being a great lens for its price. One thing that is kinda hard…
DIYP Interviews The Amazing John Flury
The Retouching Academy just released Part 2 of their series “Storytelling in Concept Photography” with John Flury. I had the chance to ask him some…
UK Takes A Proactive Stand On UAVs – Here Is How You Can And Cannot Fly A Quadcopter In London
UAVs or Drones or Quadcopters or any other name you would like to give cameras mounted on radio controled helicopters are getting increasing attention from…
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 28 Photojournalists Unexpectedly Laid Off By the Chicago Sun-Times: One Year Later
Last year, the Chicago Sun-Times made the controversial decision to let go twenty-right of its photojournalists while making changes to their staff. Now that one…
Sigma Might Be Announcing its 85mm F/1.4 DG Art Lens At Photokina This Year
According to Canon Rumors, Sigma might be preparing to give us a good look at its upcoming 85mm f/1.4 DG Art series lens around late…
Google Camera Gets Updated: Fish-Eye Lens, Timer Shutter, Aspect Ratios, and More
Google’s recently released Camera app just got given a pretty welcoming update, with some features coming back from the old Camera software that the Play…
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…
How to Use A Marble To Detect Catchlights
Here is a fun trick that can help you quickly discover (and design) the look of catch lights in your photo. Catch lights is the…
Dramatic Lighting for Pole Dancing Fitness Instructors
Allure Fitness is local ladies only gym, but with fitness classes such as Zumba, yoga, suspension yoga, pilates and of course pole dancing for fitness…







































