French photographer Philippe Echaroux recently decided to challenge himself in the area of shooting portraits of strangers. Instead of using high-end camera equipment, he decided to use an iPhone and light his subjects using a McDonald’s Big Mac box.
“I like to challenge myself,” Echaroux tells PetaPixel. His lighting rig consisted of a flashlight, a […]. petapixel.com
Let’s be honest, we all saw this coming. Given the meteoric success of the Disney+ show The Mandalorian and the universal appeal of “Baby Yoda,” it was only a matter of time before a photographer decided to pay tribute. petapixel.com »
2020-01-03 02:07
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
Photographer Jana Romanova is suing VICE Media for using a photo from her series Waiting without permission… again. This is Romanova’s second copyright infringement lawsuit agains VICE over the same photo series. petapixel.com »
2017-04-04 21:36
A Harlem woman who had her portrait taken in 2007 at the local hair salon is now suing the photographer for listing it on a stock photography website. The lawsuit filed by Rosella Williams states that her photograph was listed on Eyecandy images by photographer Jose Formento without consent. digitalrev.com »
2016-11-02 03:00
Film is not making a comeback, it has come back. Photography students I teach are always so excited to start their journey in shooting, developing, and enlarging film, until they start. [Read More]
As a product photographer, I use paper in various different ways as a background for still-life photos to keep costs down for creative shooting. In this article, I'll show you how I do it and how you can do it too. [Read More]
Light shaping tools are very expensive. What if you could take any object and turn it into a modifier? That would save you a lot of money as well as give some unique results.
If you’re a photographer who often turns to Dollar Tree for cheap photo props or do-it-yourself materials, get ready to pay (a bit) more. After 35 years of selling most products for exactly $1, the retail chain announced today that it is hiking its price to $1.25. Founded in 1986 with the name Only $1.00, […]
Fashion photography is expensive. Even a small test shoot has some costs associated with it. What is more expensive is good fashion photography. Cameras, lights, modifiers, crew, retouching, locations all add up to some ghastly sums.
Over my past 7 years as a professional photographer, I have received many questions from startups and amateurs who are worried about the considerable investment they thought they had to make on cutting-edge equipment.
Camera and lenses aren’t the only photographic essentials that cost money. A decent machine with plenty of RAM and fast storage (preferably SSD) and rather expensive serious photography software are must-haves, too.