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This Guy Recreated Iconic Album Covers With Care Home Residents To Cheer Them Up During Lockdown

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many nursing homes went into a full lockdown. The elderly folks fall within the most vulnerable group, so many of them are still in isolation. But an employee at Sydmar Lodge Care Home decided to cheer the residents up during lockdown. Robert Speker recreated famous album covers with them to lift their spirits up, and his wholesome project soon got viral. Robert is an Activities Co-ordinator at Sydmar Lodge Care Home....

This Is How One Photographer Uses Gelled Flashes And Modest Equipment To Produce Awesome Portraits

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 of Doris was made. But I realised I was more interested in the expressions of people, just the face, what experience they were going through....

This Is How They Shoot Those Epic Air To Air Photos Of A 787 Dreamliner

About every 10 years or so, large airliners need a repaint. Many airlines take the opportunity to come up with new livery for their fleet. Modernise the look a bit, add some flashy new graphics, etc. Air Canada recently put their new livery on a 787 Dreamliner. And with each new paint job come a new photo shoot to promote their new look. It might surprise some of you (it sure surprised me) to find out that they still actually photograph the actual planes....

This Is Why You Should Use Soft Light For Portraits And How To Make It

The choice for shooting hard vs soft light is quite an easy one for many people. But if you don’t understand what the difference is, what difference it makes to your subject, or how to create it, soft light can be a bit of a mystery. Soft light is fantastic for portraits, though. It’s particularly flattering, especially to ladies, and isn’t that difficult to understand. This video from Caleb Pike at DSLR Video Shooter walks us through how to get it and why we need it....

This Stunning Eerie Photo Was Shot As A Single Exposure

Even though Flickr has gone through so many changes, I still haven’t left it. And from time to time, this platform helps me to discover photos that steal all my attention. So, when I opened the front page a few days ago, I saw a photo named Downside Up and it made my jaw drop. It was taken by Tim Gamble, a photographer and a UK Brand Ambassador for Light Painting Brushes....