While shooting a sunrise timelapse of Washington’s Mount Rainier from West Auburn, amateur photographer Justin Burrell captured a massive sunrise avalanche slipping down the eastern side of the mountain.
The resulting clip—which has been making the local news rounds—is just a short GIF, but it belies the power and ferocity of what was captured. Burrell […]. petapixel.com
Sometimes in landscape photography, nature smiles at your camera and surprises you with much more than you were hoping to capture. This photo is one example of that. While photographing an erupting volcano, the photographer saw a shooting star flash across the sky and steal the spotlight in the frame. Back in September 2016, photographer […] petapixel.com »
2021-02-22 20:16
A photographer in Arkansas made an unusual mistake this past weekend: he accidentally photographed the wrong couple’s proposal and completely missed his client’s special moment. Jacob Peters of JP Photography writes that he was contacted several days ago by a man in Wisconsin who needed a photographer to secretly photograph a romantic sunrise engagement from […] petapixel.com »
2017-05-10 19:48
It's hard to believe, but this stunning shot was taken completely by accident! Travel filmmaker Brandon Li and his friend were testing a drone over Hong Kong and when the battery was almost empty they pointed the camera down to catch a few last shots before landing the aircraft. boredpanda.com »
2016-09-29 14:14
Photo Cascadia, a group of seven photographers focused on capturing striking landscapes, has curated the collective's 200 best photos featuring Washington state's natural beauty and compiled them in a print book. [Read More]
That narrative seeks to examine the socio-political makeup of America through its political icons - the presidential figures that mark the most notable and controversial chapters in American history.