Fun Stuff for Photographers

Your Blue Ribbon May Be at the State Fair

By: Sharon Gumerove on March 5 2011.

In many regions of the world, there are multiple fairs happening every weekend starting in the spring and…
Picture of the Month Mount Fujiyama with Cows

By: NYIP Staff on February 1 2011.

Photo by NYIP Student Simon Park If you have the good fortune…
How to Photograph Children

By: NYIP Staff on January 29 2011.

On this page we offer a discussion of an important photographic concept that may improve your photographs. We will be covering a new topic every month, and hope that…
Fast Websites and the Ugly Alternative

By: Chris Corradino on January 18 2011.

Once dubbed the "Wild West" for its inconsistent rules or lack thereof, the internet of 2013 has found common ground on…
Developing an Android App

By: Chris Corradino on January 6 2011.

From the minute we launched NYIP's iPhone app, we started to get a steady stream of comments from the legions of devoted fans of Android-system phones. When, they wondered,…
NYIP Hometown Contest Photo Exhibit

By: Chris Corradino on January 6 2011.

With hundreds of entries and over 5000 views, the NYI Centennial Photo Challenge quickly became a popular thread…
ZigView

By: Richard Martin on January 2 2011.

Suppose your DSLR lacks a Live View feature and you don't want to buy a point-and-shoot model (or use one you already own)…
The NYIP Press Pass Works

By: Bill Fairbairn on December 19 2010.

When Bill Fairbairn sent some photos of Vice President Joe Biden to the school, we wanted to know more and thought it would make a good story. As a school,…
Back to Black and White

By: NYIP Staff on November 14 2010.

This marks the beginning of a new www.nyip.edu series designed to introduce a new generation of photographers to the possibilities…
Picture of the Month Chet the Basset Hound

By: NYIP Staff on November 14 2010.

There's an old saying about dogs, somewhat paraphrased here, that states that of all the creatures on this earth the best of all is the mammal, that the best mammal…