I Just Made $2500 From A Single Copyright Infringement – And You Can Too

There’s nothing better than receiving an email with a $2500 paycheck attached to it out of the blue. That was my cut of a settlement that Pixsy was able to secure on my behalf from a single unauthorized use of one of my photos. If you’ve ever had one of your photos published without a license […]

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A photo review of the One Plus 3 smartphone

The One Plus 3 smartphone amazed me in many way. Since the introduction of the first model, the One Plus One (that I’ve reviewed here),  the company focused on producing a stellar device on budget. The first iteration was a very good product even if it suffer from some young problems (like the LCD touch problems). […]

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Is the 5D Mark IV the perfect wedding camera? No, but it comes pretty close

I’m a professional wedding photographer and I use my cameras at least 1-3 times a week. Often for 10-12 hours a day and in quite challenging conditions. They get thrown about, knocked, and occasionally dropped (whoops!) I hope this review of the Canon 5D Mark IV gives you a little insight in to the camera, what […]

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Old Fashioned Bank Accounts Cost Your Business Time And Money – Why Not Use PayPal Instead?

I have been using PayPal for almost all my business transactions for years now – however, I recently had to (briefly) open an old fashioned business bank account for a special project I was working on. I was amazed at how expensive and useless a regular business bank account is compared to PayPal! There were […]

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Can the new Portrait Mode on iPhone 7 Plus make you a better photographer?

One of the primary lessons I teach in portraiture is how to control the viewer’s eye, and how depth of field is one of the key methods to do that. This is normally the preserve of expensive fast lenses, but soon anyone will be able achieve this with some new technology I’ve been trailing on […]

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DIYP Reviews the DataColor Spyder5CAPTURE Pro Suite

When DataColor announced the Spyder5CAPTURE Pro package a few weeks ago, I had to get my hands on one. So we had a chat with DataColor and they sent one over for me to check out. The whole bundle includes four of DataColor’s popular calibration and profiling tools. There’s the SpyderLENSCAL, the SpyderCHECKR, SpyderCUBE and […]

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DIYP reviews the YI 4K action camera (YI 4K vs. GoPro Hero4 black edition)

We got our hands on a YI 4K and thought we’d put it against the current crown holder: the Gopro Hero 4 Black edition. I was expecting great things from the YI, as it is getting quite popular review, but I was quite blown away with what you can get for $250. I mean, the […]

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Barber Shop Bags: Small Messenger ‘PageBoy’ Bag Review

Barber Shop Bags is a brand of stylish, Italian-made, (mostly) leather camera bags. They offer a large range of bags from small (like the one I’m reviewing here) to large, laptop to backpack, as well as accessories, straps, and more. The main thing that separates Barbershop Bags from other brands

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