As a creative, it is very likely that you have at least once, shot photographs the analog way and used a film camera of some kind. But how much do you know about how that film camera works, or better yet, how the film is made? [Read More]
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Gav and Dan of the popular YouTube channel The Slow Mo Guys have taken an up close and personal look at what happens when someone gets a tattoo at a blazing-fast 20,000 frames per second. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-08-18 21:27
In an article recently published on CNN Travel, Jonny Bealby, owner of tour operator Wild Frontiers, spoke about his exciting new tour concept. Customers will visit beautiful destinations such as Oman and Mongolia, but with one catch - they have to disconnect from their digital devices completely. thephoblographer.com »
2020-02-12 20:00
Here’s a 6-minute video by photographer Kelly Hofer of Theory of Curiosity on Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS), a technique that lets you shoot photos and videos of heat using an ordinary camera and Photoshop. petapixel.com »
2019-01-07 20:35
To Adobe or not to Adobe. That is the question many photographers are asking with the spate of new image processing programs vying to “kill Photoshop.” I tested more than ten contenders as alternatives to Adobe’s image processing software, evaluating them for the specialized task of editing demanding nightscape images taken under the Milky Way, […] petapixel.com »
2017-12-16 00:02
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
By now, everyone has seen the viral post concerning how becoming a professional changed the way one photographer "sees" things. I think the concept of the article is solid. However I think the article quickly became misleading, as the photo comparisons were made between a cell phone, and a DSLR camera. boredpanda.com »
2017-08-11 07:46
Photographing glassware on white is a product photography staple; unfortunately, it's also notoriously difficult. So how do you capture clear glass on a white background with all of those glorious specular highlights you see in magazines? This tutorial by photographer Dustin Dolby of workphlo will show you exactly how. dpreview.com »
2017-06-28 21:27
Pixilation is stop-motion created using real people, and this quirky dance video from animation studio Frame Order is a brilliant example of the technique. Now, the studio has released a behind-the-scenes video, giving us a look at how the creative video was shot. petapixel.com »
2017-06-07 22:38
While the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) has made significant progress in recent years with Content Credentials and C2PA standards for still images, video has remained a slightly more challenging beast.
A report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that major social media and video streaming have been engaged in ‘vast surveillance,’ including of children. [Read More]
MySpace, once the biggest social network on Earth, faded into obscurity after Facebook took the world by storm. That's the widely held belief, anyway. But according to CEO Tim Vanderhook of Viant, the company that bought MySpace in 2011, that's not what happened at all. [Read More]
A 17-year-old in Nebraska has been charged with two felony counts of criminal mischief after allegedly causing a train crash and filming it. [Read More]
If we recommended the Sony ZV-E10 II for many beginner creators last week, why wouldn't we do the same for the Panasonic S9? At first glance, it looks like an incongruous set of opinions. [Read More]
Last month, YouTube quietly updated its privacy policy to allow people to request the removal of AI-generated deepfake versions of themselves. [Read More]
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake give their insight into camera press trips and whether or not they believe they allow for ethical evaluation of equipment. [Read More]