Photographer Daniel Zvereff lost his precious custom-modified Canon 50mm f/0. 95 “dream lens” last month, and this week he came across that very lens for sale through an eBay auction. He then watched as the auction ended yesterday with a ridiculous winning bid of $65,100.
The Phoblographer broke the story of Zvereff’s lens yesterday, reporting that […]. petapixel.com
One extremely lucky photographer recently experienced the find of a lifetime at his local Goodwill thrift store. While looking through the home entertainment section, he was shocked to find a $1,399 professional camera lens priced at just $6.99. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-10-16 18:56
A photographer exploring an abandoned morgue stumbled across human bones and organs while taking a number of haunting photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-08-17 21:26
A photographer discovered beautiful street photos of Japan on a used $25 digital camera that she bought in New York City.
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A photographer who takes pictures of his "ordinary and plain" hometown wants to encourage others to see the beauty in the mundane. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-12-08 21:21
In December 2021, photographer Jeff Sedlik bid on an old, faded, framed print at an estate sale in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Upon receiving it, he immediately opened the frame to examine the photo. petapixel.com »
2022-10-02 18:44
Imagine looking through your camera's viewfinder, finding it strangely blurry, and then realizing that a fairly large spider had made its home inside. . . and that your eye had been just a fraction of an inch away from the eight-legged creature. petapixel.com »
2022-03-17 18:58
Photographer Joshua Nowicki encountered a unique natural phenomenon that had formed along the coastline of Lake Michigan -- temporary sand formations that resemble rocky structures also known as hoodoos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-01-19 20:38
A Russian photographer has captured a fascinating series of photos showing polar bears that have taken over the abandoned buildings of a meteorological station on an island between Russia and Alaska. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-01-13 23:36
A photographer is questioning Peak Design’s messaging and recommendations for servicing its products thanks to an experience he had with the Peak Design Travel Tripod. After dropping it, he took issue with Peak’s customer service. petapixel.com »
2021-06-22 00:22
Photographer Rhonda Napoleon of New Mexico had pulled over at White Sands National Park on Monday to shoot some stock imagery when she suddenly found herself capturing the intense real-life drama of a high-speed car chase. petapixel.com »
2021-04-07 18:42
"When I went to check the camera a couple days ago the first sequence of images I saw were those of a surprise visitor that made me smile ear to ear and laugh to myself alone in the forest." boredpanda.com »
2020-08-10 12:34
Sorry, but you aren't that special. At least when it comes to your appearance. boredpanda.com »
2020-05-04 09:32
Photographer Rosie Hardy recently recently opened a pandora’s box of image theft and appropriation when she discovered that several of her images were being shared as “free to use” stickers through the PicsArt photo editing app. petapixel.com »
2020-03-17 23:08
Well-known New York City-based fashion photographer Dani Diamond was contacted by a fan in 2017 after the fan spotted one of Diamond’s photos featured in a Lufthansa in-flight magazine ad promoting a Bellevue Swiss-made watch. petapixel.com »
2019-04-03 21:59
New Zealand photographer Luke Riding was hiking around the base of Angels Landing in Zion National Park when he stumbled upon a smashed-up Fujifilm camera that had clearly fallen from atop the 1,488-foot-tall rock formation. petapixel.com »
2019-02-28 21:44
Not long ago an old matchbook laying on photographer Pablo Iglesias Maurer's desk caught his eye. Or rather, it was the postcard-like picture on it, of a resort complex built in the 1960s. It got Pablo wondering how the place looked now, and the answer has led him to make an amazing photo series called Abandoned States. boredpanda.com »
2017-09-01 10:39
Neo was born in FRANCE in 1985. An accomplished painter and photographer, her large format round canvases allow her to express her creativity. It has become her format of choice as she paints solely on 7 feet wide circular canvases. boredpanda.com »
2017-07-02 11:55
It’s often said that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the depths of our oceans. These astonishing photos by underwater photographer Alexander Semenov show just how crazy and weird things get beneath the waves. petapixel.com »
2017-06-20 19:17
Christmas is often called “the most wonderful time of the year,” but for one Canadian photographer, this year’s holiday season has been anything but. On Christmas Eve, Johany Jutras returned home and found that burglars had stolen her precious backup hard drives and photo archives. petapixel.com »
2016-12-26 23:54
A photographer who left his expensive camera on a bench was later sent the SD card with his photos along with a letter saying that it was "karma." [Read More]
If you’re ever shooting a photography gig with strangers around, it’s always important to make sure your pricey equipment is safe from harm and theft. Here’s a 3-minute video that shows why: a thief was caught on camera stealing a camera and lens while the owner was busy shooting the wedding. Wedding shooters Vagelis and […]
Here’s a bizarre story out of New Jersey: a man reportedly stole an iPhone and then proceeded to shoot a grotesque close-up selfie of himself to share on his victim’s Instagram account. Police are now widely distributing the strange selfie in hopes of identifying the man. A man reported to the Kearny Police Department in […]
A few months ago, a girl came in to apply for a social media position at my last job. I was one of three photographers at the company and we had an opening for another photographer position. She mentioned to the HR recruiter that she also does photography. The HR guy comes and grabs me […]
Razer made headlines this week with a couple of cool prototypes, including the world’s first triple display laptop codenamed “Project Valerie. ” Unfortunately, what seemed like a great week with some great products and press ended badly when two of their prototypes were stolen off the showroom floor.
This is one of the luckiest, craziest stolen gear recovery stories we’ve ever heard. Five months after a man had $34K in gear—including a pre-production Canon 1D X Mark II—stolen out of his car, he actually got it back after the thief sold one of the stolen lenses to a police officer. If there wasn’t […]