Every few generations, the design of camera bodies change with shifts in technology. From the early days of plate and large format cameras, through rangefinder and single lens reflex cameras, new camera designs regularly spring forth and some go on to become mainstream. One might therefore ask, "what's next?"
Paris Photo is an annual international photography fair held at the Louvre, with attendance in the tens of thousands. At Paris Photo 2009 this year, photography Fabien Breuvart decided to make things a little more interesting.
Thanks to everyone who participated in our giveaway on black friday. In response to the question "what are you most thankful for?", we received 80 comments and 33 tweets for 113 entries total.
Update: This giveaway is now over. The winners were randomly selected and posted here.
We wanted to take a photo family moment to honor our favorite (though not prettiest) feathered friends this Thanksgiving. Turkey Day wouldn't be the same without them, after all!
Galewood Farms Thanksgiving Turkey by carl.lacey2 …
Here's an interesting advertisement created for McDonald's free coffee promotion that's running from November 16-29 in Canada. It was shot using three Canon 5D Mark II cameras and took 660 liters (~175 gallons) of coffee.
Toymaker Kid Robot has a line of DIY toys called MUNNYs. They're pretty much cute humanoid-looking blobs that can be drawn, painted, and customized. There are a couple of fun Flickr groups dedicated to these decorated darlings. We found some gems that deserve some love and attention--photographing a MUNNY can get a little funny. It's like photographing artwork, a product, and an environmental portrait, all in one! Here are some of our faves: CMYK Munny Series by Connor Keller | …
Aaron Johnson is the cartoonist behind What The Duck.
I'm a sucker for time-lapse videos, especially ones that are edited well. This video of a Pearl Jam concert last month took a whopping 10,000 photographs to make. One photograph was taken every six seconds between 9:09AM and 11:29PM (Wowzers!).
AORTA shot a series of photographs for 125 magazine telling the story of a young lady returning home from working as a fashion model for a year. The images are chilling and beautiful at the same time: …
We've been on Facebook ever since launching this blog six months ago. However, we've only had a normal account rather than a page or a group. Yesterday we opened up a Facebook page, and today we just started a new group. Thus, there's now three ways you can connect with, follow, and support us on Facebook: …
Many many years ago, in 2005, the rapidly expanding social photo-sharing domain, Flickr was purchased by the larger web empire, Yahoo! …
The journalism industry is going through particularly tough times, with revenue from ads and subscriptions declining considerably.
Adding a vignette to a photograph can add depth to the composition and draw attention to interesting details. However, a cautionary word: overdoing post-processing and editing techniques like vignetting can be at best distasteful. At worst, it might seem to over-compensate for what might simply be an otherwise uninteresting photograph. Generally, the less editing needed on a photograph, the better the photograph. And naturally, the better the photograph, the better the photographer. The same …
Seldom do the wonderful worlds of video games and photography meet, but when they do, fun often ensues.
Anne Archambault is the photoblogger behind wideangle.ca.
Here's a video that's going viral on YouTube. National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen traveled to Antarctica to photograph leopard seals in the water. After arriving, they came across one of the largest leopard seals his experienced guide had ever seen. What happened next you'll have to see to believe:
Have you ever come across a website where the colors of the page are based on the photograph being displayed? Here are some examples of what I mean: …
I'm a big fan of Threadless and the seemingly infinite stream of hilarious t-shirts designs that are constantly being created by its dedicated community. However, I haven't been able to find many shirts designed specifically for photographers on the service. Yesterday I tweeted a request for links to photography related t-shirt designs, and received quite a large number of interesting responses. After looking through all the links tweeted in response, here are my favorites (click the shirts to …
Everyone wants sharp images when they post their photographs online. After all, who wants to look at a blurry photograph? (Unless it's intentional, of course). What many people don't realize, however, is that displaying your images incorrectly in HTML can have a big negative impact on image quality.
Keep your eyes on the sky -- NASA says next week's Leonid Meteor Shower may be the best of its kind in years.
Alan Taylor is the creator and editor of Boston Globe's The Big Picture.
The football season may be halfway over, but there's still time left to gear up and hone your skills in time for holiday bowl games. Whether it's the Super Bowl or the local high school homecoming, anything can happen during a football game. Miracles and heartbreak unfold on the field. The stands are alive with cheering fans led by cheerleaders and mascots. The band trumpets the team on. And the sideline photographer gets the best seat in the house to observe and capture these moments. Football …
If you've been following PetaPixel since the blog was born back in May, you've probably noticed that the posting frequency has slowed down a bit during the past month or two as my graduate school coursework and research have picked up.
Twitter has rolled out its new Lists feature, and PetaPixel was among "limited number of users" that were given early access, so we decided to take advantage of that by starting some photography-related lists.
