The Duchess of Cambridge Receives Lifetime Honorary Membership from Royal Photographic Society

Dunja Djudjic

Kate Middleton has received a lifetime honorary membership of the Royal Photographic Society. This information made many photographers angry. As soon as it was published, the news became a subject of mockery and criticism on social networks. The Duchess of Cambridge will likely be the first person to receive this honor without winning any of […]

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Winter Weather Photography Tips

Team Photofocus

In North America it’s winter. That means cold. Don’t let that stop you from making photographs. Just prepare. Clothing The first thing to make sure you do is prepare your body for the cold. This means dressing in lots of layers, great gloves, great boots, think, wool socks, and some good old technology thrown in…

TraffickCam: an app that helps fight human trafficking with a smartphone

Dunja Djudjic

Human trafficking is undoubtedly a huge problem on a global level. There are many organizations trying to solve it, and now there’s an app that helps all of us join this fight. TraffickCam is an app that allows users to contribute to the database of hotel rooms all over the world. All you need to […]

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Nikon D5600 Sample Images

Mark Goldstein

Ahead of our full review, here are sample images taken with the new Nikon D5600 DSLR camera, including the full ISO range.

The Nikon D5600 is a new 24 megapixel APS-C DSLR camera with no optical low-pass filter, built-in Wi-Fi and SnapBridge c…

This Chrome plugin shows you how Facebook sees what’s in your photos

John Aldred

There’s been a lot of buzz lately around AI, “deep learning”, computer vision. It’s all to do with image recognition. Apple and Google have also been implementing it with their mobile operating systems to help categorise your shots. Facebook also does this, too, although it rarely makes itself obvious. It’ll often see faces, and ask […]

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Canon’s new G9 X Mark II 8.2fps RAW burst mode, dual lens and sensor stabilisation

John Aldred

Canon have updated their popular G9X compact camera with a couple of new additions. While it remains largely unchanged from its Mark I predecessor, it does feature a couple of pretty significant changes. The two biggest two being the massive speed increase from a 1fps Raw “burst” to 8.2fps as well as a new dual […]

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Fujifilm launches Finepix Xp120 for outdoor adventures along with new versions of X-Pro2 and X-T2

Dunja Djudjic

  Good news for all adventurers comes from Fujifilm. They have announced new FinePix XP120, a rugged compact camera for all sorts of outdoor adventures. It has a 16.4MP back-illuminated CMOS sensor and 28-140mm Fujinon lens. The camera is waterproof to 65 feet (20 meters), shockproof to 5.7 feet (1.75 meters), freeze proof to 14°F […]

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Panasonic Lumix DC-GX800 Review

Amy Davies

The Panasonic Lumix DC-GX800 is a new entry-level compact system camera that can record 4K video. The DC-GX800 has a range of selfie modes, a 180-degree tilting LCD screen, built-in wireless and NFC connectivity, a 16 megapixel sensor, 4K movi…

Photographer creates Star Wars planet Jakku for his daughter to star in

Udi Tirosh

Photographer Rich Johnson is no stranger to Star Wars and space, a lot of his work revolves around space (and some not), but I think it’s safe to say that none of his previous works is as total and as encapsulation as his celebration or Rey portrayed by his daughter. Rich tells DIYP a little bit about […]

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