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Watch this FPV drone fly through a New Year’s Eve fireworks display

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Jan 2, 2023 by Alex Baker 2 Comments
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I expect a few of you might have seen some fireworks over the New Year, but I bet you didn’t fly through the middle of the display! This incredible video created by James Inglis shows exactly what it’s like to do just that, as he flies his drone literally through the fireworks. The result is a rarely-seen perspective of a New Year’s pyrotechnics show.

James won a GoPro award for his efforts and watching it, I can see why. The video begins with delicious bursts of glittery gold sparks while the first-person view drone flies around them, effortlessly avoiding any direct hits. The slow-motion bursts are also a lovely touch.

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Photographer’s New Year’s resolutions for 2020

Dec 31, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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Today is the last day of the year. Plus, the whole decade is coming to its end, so there’s so much to recap! We’ve all made many mistakes (and hopefully learned from them), and we’ve made a lot of good and bad decisions. A year’s end is always a good time for setting goals and guidelines that will help us grow and become better in the year ahead of us. And I’d like to share my thoughts and inspire you to set realistic goals without putting too much pressure on yourself.

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Seven simple ideas to improve your photography in 2019

Jan 2, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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I don’t know if you make New Year’s resolutions or not, but I think it’s always good to make a resolution to improve your photography over the next year. Landscape photographer Nigel Danson gives you seven simple ideas that will help you kick-start 2019 and stay inspired and motivated for creating.

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5 New Year’s resolutions a portrait photographer can actually keep

Jan 1, 2019 by Michael Comeau Add Comment
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Are you a portrait photographer in search of a 2019 New Year’s resolution?

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been really stressed over the prospect of another year of not reaching my photography goals.

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I photographed Times Square New Year’s Eve from a helicopter

Jan 19, 2018 by Austin Paz Add Comment
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You see the crowd cheering, but you don’t hear a single word.  You’re not punched in the chest by every firework explosion that goes off in Central Park.  It’s the calmest chaos I’ve ever experienced in my life…

When you’re a native New Yorker, there are certain things you just don’t do.  New Yorkers have never been to the Statue Of Liberty, we never been to the top of the Empire State Building, and we never go to Times Square… especially on New Year’s Eve.  In the 30 years that I’ve lived in New York,  I’ve never even contemplated attempting to wait outside in the well below freezing temperatures from 8 am to get a good spot to watch the ball drop.  For the first time in my life, I was able to check out this world-famous event with my own eyes with FlyNYON!

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New Year’s resolutions of a photographer

Dec 26, 2017 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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As we’re recapping on 2017, we can see what we’ve done right, how much we’ve learned, and also take a look at our mistakes. All of these considerations will help us to make plans and decision for the year ahead to help us improve and keep focused on our goals.

Every year around this time, I make a couple of choices about the upcoming year. This time, I’ve decided to focus on photography and make some decisions regarding my work. In this article, you won’t only read about the decisions I’ve made. I’ll also suggest a few more you can make for yourself to make 2018 better and more creative than 2017.

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Top Three Photography Business Resolutions For 2018

2018 Photography Business Resolutions

Dec 16, 2017 by JP Danko Add Comment
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It’s that time of the year again – New Year’s resolutions!

In this article I am going to take a look back at the photography business goals I set for myself last year, and re-calibrate my resolutions for 2018.

Everyone has different goals and business targets so I hope you’ll leave a comment and share yours too!

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Top three photography business housekeeping tasks to get done the first month of 2017

2017 Top 3 Business Tasks

Jan 14, 2017 by JP Danko 1 Comment
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There’s nothing like the new year to start things off on the right foot. Unlike making a New Year’s resolution to go to the gym or give up gluten, this year I’ve prioritized the top three photography business tasks that I want to get done the first month of 2017.[Read More…]

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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