My name is Howard Lao, and I’m a freelance sports photographer based in Portland, Oregon. Over the past five years, I’ve covered dozens of track meets. From the 2016 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, and the World Track Championships in London and Portland, to meets between the University of Washington and Washington State, I’ve filed […]
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Working with your spouse in a photography business can have huge advantages as long as you’re ready and able to overcome the challenges. While there are many benefits of self-employment, one of the main drawbacks is that a photographer has to wear many hats. petapixel.com »
2022-06-29 18:34
Grain is everywhere, but when it comes to commercial photos, a little goes a long way, and it’s important to strike a balance between trendy and timeless. The post How to work with grain in your photos while preserving a natural look that works for Licensing appeared first on 500px. iso.500px.com »
2020-04-13 14:30
Talented creator Daniel DeArco—who goes by “Industrial Content Director & Creative Consultant” these days—recently dived into a topic that isn’t often covered for creative business owners, freelancers, or just creators in general: empathy. petapixel.com »
2019-10-22 20:25
When we think about all of the visual graphs in regards to how a lens' apertures work, there are literal drawings of them. But photographer Nick de Bruijn came up with a special way of explaining how they work simply by using and carefully arranging the lenses themselves. thephoblographer.com »
2019-03-18 16:00
With everyone being essentially photographers now, how do you make your work more insightful and set them apart from the rest? How do you keep improving your photography? The short answer is that you work on your composition. thephoblographer.com »
2018-12-11 20:00
I tried to document how peoples work at bricks kiln by my mobile. Besides how insecure and unprotected they are! (Dhaka, Bangladesh) boredpanda.com »
2018-07-07 20:11
Have you ever noticed that as you learn more about the world of photography, you tend to realize just how little you actually know? This phenomenon is what's referred to as the Dunning-Kruger effect. dpreview.com »
2018-04-12 17:15
Khan Academy recently teamed up with the team at Pixar to create a free online course for people who are interested in seeing how Pixar artists “do their jobs. ” But lest you think there’s nothing there for photographers, think again. petapixel.com »
2017-03-01 22:58
As I write this post, I have just finished slogging through a tedious and time consuming photo edit that could have been 100% avoided. Here’s the story of what happened. A couple weeks ago I bought a new studio monolight. petapixel.com »
2017-02-18 00:21
In something of a followup to his explosive video “Nobody Cares About Your Photography,” the always inspirational Ted Forbes is tackling a question that we’ve all probably asked: What is “work that matters” and how do you make sure your photography measures up? The question is so multi-faceted that, as Forbes admits at the very […] petapixel.com »
2017-01-17 19:40
Canon just released this 3.5-minute video that explains how lenses work. We learn about focal points, spherical aberration, chromatic aberration, and how multiple lens elements are used together for aberration correction. petapixel.com »
2016-09-08 21:39
Back in the heyday of film photography, a common part of the photography experience was dropping off your film rolls at a store or lab, placing the roll in an envelope and checking boxes with instructions for what you’d like. petapixel.com »
2016-09-06 20:22
Puget Systems, the makers of the famous PugetBench software that many, including PetaPixel, use to test computers, has entered the laptop workstation market. [Read More]
MainGear, a pre-built PC supplier, now offers a line of Pro Workstation desktop PCs that can be configured with the industry's most powerful components and are designed to supercharge photo and video workflows. [Read More]
AMD's "Threadripper" family of high-performance workstation processors lives on in two brand-new product classes and chipsets. [Read More]
Working photographers may seem like they lead an adventurous life, traveling, and capturing images of people and places worldwide. But the truth is, even with all the adventure, most photographers spend most of their time sitting at a desk. [Read More]
Intel recently announced new Xeon W-3400 and W-2400 processors for professional workstations. At the same time, NVIDIA announced its latest RTX 6000 Ada-generation GPUs.
Intel has announced new Intel Xeon W-3400 and Xeon W-2400 processors alongside the Intel W790 chipset.
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Sabrent turned heads when it announced a Thunderbolt 3 Docking station that came packed with 16TB of NVMe M. 2 SSD storage along with multiple other ports in a compact package.