Before the self timer and remote shutter release appeared in the world of cameras, photographers had a much trickier time getting themselves into group photos if they didn’t have an assistant to help expose the shot.
But a vintage photo has surfaced showing one photographer’s clever solution to this problem. The photo shared to multiple […]. petapixel.com
Photographers waited hours -- in cold rainy weather -- for murder suspect Luigi Mangione to appear at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-12-30 17:52
When a lake-effect snowstorm hit Erie, Pennsylvania after Thanksgiving, Pittsburgh-based freelancer Jeff Swensen drove 130 miles to make widely published photos for Getty Images. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-12-05 23:07
Famed British photographer Rankin, well known for his portraits of the late Queen Elizabeth, recently worked with Glendronach on its ambitious whisky rebranding project. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-07-23 21:18
Canadian nature photographer Liron Gertsman captured one of the best total solar eclipse photos PetaPixel has ever seen. Gertsman's remarkable wildlife photo, The Frigatebird and the Diamond Ring, was years in the making and the culmination of research, hard work, practice, scouting, and a pinch of luck. petapixel.com »
2024-04-22 02:27
A photographer has revealed how he captured the only shot that exists of O.J. Simpson celebrating his "Not Guilty" verdict at his infamous murder trial. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-04-15 17:37
British photographer Stephen Pemberton, who goes by NorthernPixl, has demonstrated how determination, preparation, and good luck can result in beautiful night sky photographs. petapixel.com »
2023-12-06 01:23
Being a freelance photographer is not easy. Chasing invoices, dealing with late payments, the list goes on, but very few have ever missed out on a payment of $8 million that was rightfully theirs. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-12-04 22:22
When thinking of major motion pictures and Hollywood blockbusters, it is easy to think about just the movie itself -- the final product that makes its way to silver screens worldwide. petapixel.com »
2023-11-03 21:35
"I passed the tree each day at school, and witnessing it change with the seasons moved me to the point that I envisioned the cycle of its appearance through the seasons," says photographer Nicholas Pollack about his origins in photography. thephoblographer.com »
2023-04-07 07:00
A photographer revealed how she perfectly photoshopped herself into her family portrait after the battery on her remote trigger died at the worst moment during a shoot. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-11-18 18:45
Jerome Gence is a Paris-based photographer who has been published in National Geographic, Le Monde, and other magazines. He is also a Canon Ambassador but, surprisingly, does not have an Instagram or Facebook page because he dislikes (no pun intended) all social media. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-11-13 19:19
Grace Torres explains how she invested $45,000 into her business which has grown into a $177,000 per year career.
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Photographer Rick Sammon used HDR photography to capture the historic Blue Swallow Motel in New Mexico along the legendary U.S. Route 66. His focus was on getting the foreground tones and mood in the backlit scene. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-02-27 19:29
Cosplay photography has been one of the most popular portrait photography sub-genres for a good reason: it helps bring to life the world's most popular and well-loved superheroes. However, as any cosplayer and photographer will tell you, it's often not as simple as getting someone to dress up as their favorite comic book character and photographing them in it. thephoblographer.com »
2019-04-08 01:00
Photographer Greg Sheard has suffered from depression for nearly two decades now, but two years ago he took up a new weapon in his fight against it: his camera. In this 5-minute video, Sheard shares his personal experience in how photography has been helping him combat depression. “One thing always remains in common when I […] petapixel.com »
2018-12-31 22:47
Photographer Peter McKinnon first started his YouTube channel 9 months ago, but since then he has racked up over 1. 1 million subscribers. In this 11-minute video, Paddy Galloway looks at how McKinnon managed to achieve this incredible feat and what makes his channel so different from everyone else’s. petapixel.com »
2017-10-19 17:42
Native Nebraskan Bill Frakes has had a long career in which he has photographed in 138 countries and all US states. He has captured everything from Pulitzer Prize-winning images of Hurricane Andrew for the Miami Herald, where he was a staffer, to commercial work for Apple, Nike, Coca-Cola, Mars and Reebok. Last week we revealed […] petapixel.com »
2017-05-11 17:52
Arif Jawad's street photography caught the eye of Apple leading to his first international photo assignment. The post How a Photographer Shot an Apple Ad Campaign on an iPhone 7 appeared first on 500px ISO. iso.500px.com »
2017-04-04 21:37
In the film world, there is positive and negative film, but each must be converted into a print form. But one method being used by Dieter Kohn on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach Florida skips the film phase altogether - directly exposing the paper for a ready to go full-size print moments after capture. thephoblographer.com »
2017-01-30 23:05
Mark Weinberg is an award-winning freelance photographer based in New York City. He specializes in commercial and advertising photography and has worked with an impressive roster of clients including Target, West Elm, One Kings Lane, Food52, Kenneth Cole, Aveda, Whole Foods Market. thephoblographer.com »
2017-01-25 14:05
There’s a staggering fact on photographer Malin Fezehai’s website: “The number of people forced to flee their homes across the world has exceeded 50 million for the first time since the second World War. petapixel.com »
2017-01-18 19:47
Hi, I’m Xavier, a food photographer based in Brighton, U. K. This will be my 3rd year as a full time professional photographer. I’m a freelancer which means I work for and with many different clients in all sorts of projects. thephoblographer.com »
2017-01-10 14:02
So you’ve spent years honing your photography skills, perfecting the art of puppy fashion photography. You’ve set up a website to share your marvelous work with the world, and one day you’re contacted by a corporation who wants to use one of your photos in its ad for doggie perfume. You’re thrilled; you’ve worked and […] petapixel.com »
2017-01-07 22:34
My name is Sam Vox. I am a freelance photographer from Tanzania. I became a full-time photographer because of my Instagram account. In this post, I’ll share how I grew my Instagram account without using any online services. petapixel.com »
2016-12-23 21:13
For years, I battled choosing a niche and style. Everyone will tell you to pick a niche if you want to find success, but I was resistant. In hindsight, I realize it was because I hadn’t found the right niche. petapixel.com »
2016-12-14 00:45
It’s an age-old question: how are you supposed to get hired as a photographer when clients are only looking for photographers who already have experience? World-renowned photographer and entrepreneur Chase Jarvis has an answer for you. petapixel.com »
2016-11-08 21:43
I was 13 years old when I was first bitten by the photography bug, merely as a matter of happenstance. Though I wasn’t completely isolated from photography, as my father was already shooting weddings at the time, he happened to need an assistant one particular day so I tagged along. After seeing what his work […] petapixel.com »
2016-11-07 21:36
While embedded with troops in Afghanistan in the late 2000s, war photographer and writer Michael Yon captured numerous photos of the sparkling halo that can appear when a helicopter’s rotors hit sand and dust. petapixel.com »
2016-09-29 21:08
What’s the best deal you’ve ever gotten in a photo gear trade? Whatever it is, it’s probably not better than British photographer John Swannell‘s best trade. He managed to turn a cheap thrift store camera bag into about $42,000. petapixel.com »
2016-08-29 23:20
A documentary photographer and photo preservationist painstakingly restored thousands of glass plate photographs that reveal what life was like in New England 160 years ago. [Read More]
A traveling photography studio that was pulled around the English seaside by horses from the 1860s onwards will go up for auction. [Read More]
Photographer Corrine Gretton-West booked a wet plate workshop with me before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Two years later we were finally able to do it. [Read More]
National Geographic has published an unprecedented look at the Notre Dame cathedral reconstruction two years after the fire that devastated the historic building. [Read More]
Photographer Markus Hofstaetter has been looking for what he calls his “dream lens” for some time, visiting flea markets and using his contacts to try and locate the Dallmeyer 3B Petzval lens, circa 1876.
Greta Thunberg exploded into the public consciousness last month after the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist gave an impassioned and scathing speech to world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York.