Oliphant Backdrops are iconic backdrops used in portrait photography. You’ve probably seen these backdrops in photos by Annie Leibovitz and many other famous photographers. Art always comes with a price and rightfully so, and the biggest question many people ask is how much the backdrops cost.
Photographer Felix Kunze was kind enough to find out […]. petapixel.com
Lots of people are fed up of hearing about Kate Middleton and her apparent penchant for Photoshop. But as yet another major photo agency goes on record to say another of her images was "digitally enhanced," there is a need for transparency. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-03-19 17:35
Apple has officially entered the era of spatial computing, with the Vision Pro headset now available for customers to purchase. And being first through the door is not cheap. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-01-19 20:05
It takes a lot of hard work to become a professional photographer. There are untold hours of toil to perfect the craft and lots of money spent to reach a pro level. petapixel.com »
2023-08-09 19:32
How much should photographers charge? I feel like that statement is as triggering as my toddler asking me about death or where babies come from. But unlike the age-appropriate answers we give our kids on hard topics, it’s important to do some adulting on the topic of money. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-11-25 20:38
Every professional photographer has asked at some point: How much should photography cost? It’s a longstanding question to which there’s no easy answer. But, could this be yet another annoyance that photographers could instead delegate to software? Zenfolio thinks so. thephoblographer.com »
2022-10-14 07:00
Over the next ten years, the number of photographers is expected to grow by 17%, or more than double the average growth rate for all industries, according to the U. S. petapixel.com »
2022-08-29 19:13
Since Apple launched the M1, software developers have been racing to release new versions of applications to take advantage of its new architecture, with the most recent update coming from the Capture One Pro team. petapixel.com »
2021-05-28 23:06
Many of us enjoy quality. Be it a car or a lens, there’s a pleasure in using quality things. And in the case of lenses, how perceivable is the quality of the images captured? The research for this article was prompted by my “lust” for the Voigtlander 50mm f/2 Apo Lanthar. Phillip Reeve has written […] petapixel.com »
2021-04-05 21:04
In a new project that mixes science and art, artistic duo Shinseungback Kimyonghun has created a series of images that have pixels removed until an AI program can no longer recognize the subject — in this case mountains. petapixel.com »
2021-02-22 23:14
How much RAM do you really need to edit photos in Adobe Lightroom? 8GB? 16GB? 32GB? And how much of a difference would upgrading your current system actually make? Ryan of Signature Edits decided to find out, and he’s put together a helpful comparison video to share his results. In the video above, Ryan starts […] petapixel.com »
2019-09-30 21:08
Photographer Terrance Lam’s friend recently purchased Sony’s entire line of pro G Master lenses. Curious about how the cost stacks up against other ecosystems, Lam decided to do some research and find out how much equivalent camera and lens kits cost for other brands. petapixel.com »
2019-03-08 20:05
I’ve been doing professional portrait and fashion photography for over 3 years now, but from the very beginning I have always considered myself an “aspiring photographer,” because you never stop improving and looking for new challenges. petapixel.com »
2017-06-30 22:05
Kids today might find this hard to believe, but there really was a period in time when smartphones didn't exist. "But how did they entertain themselves?" we hear you cry. "How did they survive without instant and constant access to hilarious videos of cats being cats and people failing at stuff?" Well, actually, they managed just fine. boredpanda.com »
2017-02-21 13:45
Kids today might find this hard to believe, but there really was a period in time when smartphones didn't exist. "But how did they entertain themselves?" we hear you cry. "How did they survive without instant and constant access to hilarious videos of cats being cats and people failing at stuff?" Well, actually, they managed just fine. boredpanda.com »
2017-02-21 13:45
How much should photographers charge? I feel like that statement is as triggering as my toddler asking me about death or where babies come from. But unlike the age-appropriate answers we give our kids on hard topics, it’s important to do some adulting on the topic of money. [Read More]
Buying a copy of Photoshop back in the day wasn’t cheap, but it used to be easy. One price, one copy. Nowadays, with subscription models dominating the creative software space, things have gotten a bit more complicated.
You might've seen the news that Fujifilm raised its prices by up to 60%. But that will only affect you if you're in Japan. So those of us in Europe, Africa, the Americas, and other parts of the world are a bit safer.
When Leica launched version 2. 0 of its FOTOS universal smartphone app last year, it became a freemium app that had optional Pro features you could subscribe to for $70 a year. But Leica has now quietly made FOTOS 100% free.
When I was a little girl, I lived in Incirlik AFB, Turkey. We lived for a year off base on the third floor of a very large apartment building. My parents spoke no Turkish and the landlady spoke no English, but somehow, they managed just fine. My dad was a lot cooler about the whole […]
If you subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud for Photoshop and Lightroom via the $10 per month Photography Plan, there may be some pain coming to your wallet. Many customers no longer see the $10/month plan on Adobe’s site — the cheapest plan is listed is $20/month.
At least once a day I see a social media rant about other photographers, also referred to as “the competition”, and how they are “devaluing” photography. I see it across the board from wedding and newborn photography to commercial work and fashion photography.