Interview with Miklos Bacso of miklos.ca
Miklos Bacso is the photoblogger behind miklos.ca.
Photoshop CS4 is a Worthy Upgrade
I just purchased Adobe Photoshop CS4 last week for my Macbook after being unable to transfer my CS3 student serial for PCs to a Mac version. Adobe's phone customer support leaves something to be desired. Spent an hour's worth of cell phone minutes listening to their elevator music, and finally hung up without talking to anyone. It's pretty absurd that they put you on hold for so long even when you're calling to make a purchase. They could learn a thing or two from Zappos.
Just Hit Another Milestone
Was looking at PetaPixel's Feedburner statistics last night and noticed that we just hit 1337 subscribers! Behold: …
Announcing the SmugMug Winners!
This past week we had a giveaway in which we asked for your favorite photography related websites. The four prizes are memberships of various levels to SmugMug. We received 94 responses through comments on the post and 72 responses through Twitter for a total of 166 entries.
Interview with Miles Storey of MUTE
Miles Storey is the photographer behind MUTE, an award-winning photoblog.
Why You Should Probably Use sRGB
When I first started using Adobe Camera Raw, one of the options I experimented with was which color space the resulting JPEG should be in. Not thinking it mattered, I selected "Adobe RGB (1998)". However, a few days later I suddenly realized that the images looked different in a browser than when I had saved them in Photoshop. The once rich and vibrant colors were gone, and what I saw were images that were washed out and desaturated. After looking into why this happened, I found out that the …
We’re Open to Submissions and Ideas
As some of you probably know, I'm currently doing graduate studies in computer science at UC Berkeley, and run Photoblog.com and PetaPixel.com as side projects. In addition to classes and research, I also serve as a staff member for the youth group at my home church.
Interview with Ben Cooper of NASA
Ben Cooper is a freelance photographer who works with the NASA imaging team. In addition to having his work published by NASA, he has been featured by publications such as Yahoo! News, Time magazine online, and the New York Times online. You can visit his website here.
Your Favorite Photography Websites? A SmugMug Giveaway!
Update: This giveaway has ended. Winners were randomly selected and announced here. Thanks for participating! …
Exploding Lightbulbs that Shatter Water
Editor's note: A few weeks ago I discovered James' photography in PetaPixel's Flickr pool and was completely blown away by his photos of exploding lightbulbs that shattered drops of water instead of shards of glass. The concept was so creative that I asked him to teach all of us by guest posting here on PetaPixel. I hope you all enjoy this walkthrough and his photographs as much as I did.
Interview with Adam Taylor
Adam Taylor is a commercial photographer based in Sydney, Australia. His clients include Coca-Cola, Olympus, Rogaine, and Canon. Visit his website here.
Interview with Justin van Leeuwen of JVL’s specs
Justin van Leeuwen is the photoblogger behind JVL's specs.
Childhood Memories and a Lensbaby Winner
Our Lensbaby giveaway has come to an end. In the past week, we received 566 entries (a new record), with 310 comments and 256 tweets. Our previous record was 510 entries a couple weeks ago when we gave away a Streetwalker backpack by Think Tank Photo.
Stanford’s Open Source Camera Project
The web is abuzz over a project over at Stanford that aims to revolutionize how we think about photography by building an open source camera (dubbed Frankencamera).
Interview with Ilan Bresler
Ilan Bresler is the photoblogger behind Ilan Bresler Photography. You can also find him on Twitter as @ilanbr.
Some Thoughts on the Canon 7D
Yesterday Canon announced the Canon 7D, attempting to "redefine the mid-range DSLR category". My first thought after hearing that it's a crop-frame camera was, "Is it the older brother of the 50D and the younger brother of the 5D Mark II?". Turns out it's neither, but is instead something that definitely belongs in the high-end lineup and a camera that 5D shooters can switch to without "downgrading".