Photoshoot and Beyond
Do you have an insatiable lust for the latest and greatest gear? If so, you probably have Gear Acquisition Syndrome, a made-up cheekily known as G.A.S. throughout the web. While it’s fun to play and experiment with the newest gear that gets released month after month, the reality is it’s not the gear that will […]
The post Three tips for curing G.A.S. (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) appeared first on DIY Photography.
Originally from Ghana, photographer DextDee Livingstone had to travel all the way to China to discover his passion for shooting portraits, but we’re sure glad that he did. Now back in Ghana, DIYP got in touch with DextDee to find out more about him, and to get some insight into how one particularly striking portrait […]
The post This is how one photographer uses gelled flashes and modest equipment to produce awesome portraits appeared first on DIY Photography.
To me, creativity is all about cross-pollination of ideas in novel ways. Idea sex I don’t believe that there are any truly “original” ideas anymore. Rather, we take different ideas and let them have “idea sex”— which leads to a totally new idea. This idea is a hybrid between the two ideas prior. I’ve been […]
The post Lean Photography appeared first on DIY Photography.
As a commercial portrait photographer specialising in sports, this project is a little different to the regular subjects that Levon Biss is used to shooting, but keen to make a personal project that he could pursue in his spare time which didn’t take up much space, insects became the perfect answer and that project became Microsculpture. Originally starting […]
The post How a personal project became an exhibition of the most beautifully photographed and detailed bugs you ever saw appeared first on DIY Photography.
What you see above is not a 3D model made on a computer. It is a composition captured and created by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter that depicts the earth rising over the surface of the moon. Launched on June 18th, 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbi…
The world can be a pretty strange and surreal place as it is, but for those times when it’s not quite weird enough, we can always rely on photographers and image manipulators like Ted Chin to show us things we couldn’t possibly imagine. After finding Ted’s work on Instagram, where he has over 21,000 followers, DIYP got in touch […]
The post This photographer turns his imagination into amazing surreal digital manipulations appeared first on DIY Photography.
The world can be a pretty strange and surreal place as it is, but for those times when it’s not quite weird enough, we can always rely on photographers and image manipulators like Ted Chin to show us things we couldn’t possibly imagine. After finding Ted’s work on Instagram, where he has over 21,000 followers, DIYP got in touch […]
The post This photographer turns his imagination into amazing surreal digital manipulations appeared first on DIY Photography.
After 10 years of shooting street photography, one thing I’m starting to realize is that I’m becoming a bit complacent with my work. I have a few projects behind me which I think are quite strong, and I think haven’t pushed myself hard enough to innovate in my work. I need to push my limits, […]
The post Push Your Limits appeared first on DIY Photography.
When Hasselblad recently announced their new H6D 50MP and 100MP cameras, one of the lucky photographers they had to help them shoot promotional images for the launch campaign and to test out the H6D’s capabilities was Karl Taylor. While the results of this shoot have spread across the world over the last couple of weeks, […]
The post This is how you photograph paint colliding in mid air using the Hasselblad H6D appeared first on DIY Photography.
Inspiration, much like emotion, happens to be one of those things we can often get lost within and struggle to recall without the helpful nudge of others around us. The problem with this when it comes to creating new work, is that it relies on you to remain as current or observant as possible in […]
The post Here’s a simple exercise you can do to find inspiration appeared first on DIY Photography.