In December 2015, the Internet was abuzz with a National Park Service (NPS) job listing that was considered the search for "the next Ansel Adams": a position for a black-and-white large format photographer with a salary up to $100,000 per year.
Last fall, in preparation for a fair for my wedding photography business in Helsinki, I wanted to create something out-of-the-ordinary that would attract attention to my booth. A friend of mine suggested a type of vintage camera that visitors could look through.
Raised in Kenya, UK-based wildlife photographer Anup Shah grew up surrounded by wild animals that captured his imagination. For his latest photo book, The Mara, Shah returned to his homeland and shot close-up portraits of those creatures.
Camera angle as composition isn't talked about as often as, say, how the elements in your photos are arranged. But changing your camera angle can completely transform the message an image sends, something Ted Forbes explains beautifully in this crash course on low angle photography.
YouTube user StupotMcDoodlepip created this video turned an animated GIF into a flipbook, shot a video of himself flipping that flipbook, printed the still frames of that video into a new flipbook, and recorded the above video. It's an 11-second video of himself flipping a flipbook that shows himself flipping a flipbook.
Patience is not one of my many virtues and I've always preferred practice to theory. Instead of taking the time to learn the essentials before starting, I usually jump in head-first... come what may! This behavior has caused me disappointment, loss of time and money.
Jollylook is a new vintage-style folding camera for shooting Fuji Instax Mini instant film. It's also the first camera of its kind to be made of cardboard and recycled paper.
By now, you're familiar with Apple's "Shot on iPhone" ads: giant billboards and posters showing off high quality photos taken with Apple's latest smartphone. But for their latest version of the campaign, Apple upped the ante, showing off the iPhone 7's low light chops with a series of nighttime images.
Remember the powerful 5K LG monitor that Apple announced alongside their MacBook Pros? It's been marketed as the perfect companion for Apple's newest pro-level laptops, but users are reporting a major issue with the new monitor: it doesn't work near WiFi routers.
Egyptian photographer Amr Elshamy has shot photos showing whales and dolphins in the sea and polar bears and seals in snowy landscapes. But here's what makes his wildlife photography different than most others: they were all shot indoors on a table in Elshamy's room.
Back in August 2015, musicians Tom Hughes and Anna Silver had their heads shaved to raise money to support cancer patients. They then had the idea of turning photos of their hair growing back into the creative and trippy music video above, titled "The Changing Man" by Colonel Dax.
From the "weird but also kind of fun" department comes one of the strangest and now most popular photos ever shared on Reddit. No, it's not some epic landscape or a mind-blowing wildlife photo... it's a shot of the London skyline with a lens flare that looks exactly like the South Park character Eric Cartman.
I’ve been really into Spartan culture lately. I’m impressed with their physical fortitude, their obedience and duty to the state and their frugal lifestyle, and I find myself wondering what kind of Spartan attributes we could apply to photography.
Step 1: Attach 2 GoPros to a katana. Step 2: Cut stuff in slow motion. Step 3: There is no step three.
Camera trigger pioneering Triggertrap announced today that it's going out of business. Founded in 2011, Triggertrap was notable for offering a wide range of options using an intervalometer, laser sensor, sound sensor, and Aux input for custom triggers.
NASA just released the highest resolution photographs of Saturn's rings yet. About 1.2 billion kilometers )(746 million miles) away from Earth, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is busy capturing a beautiful piece of our solar system in never-before-seen detail.
After seeing Gina LeVay's work from the March on Washington I wanted to try something similar here in Boston during a demonstration. I loved the feel of separating the subject with beautiful portrait light juxtaposed with the darkened ever changing crowd behind them.
Almost one year ago, my Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) started flaring up. I started getting interested in medium format photography, and the Pentax 645Z caught my attention.
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on the planet, but despite its hostility and isolation, it is home to some of the most incredible wildlife seen anywhere on Earth, making it a paradise for nature photographers like myself.
Introductions to basic lighting don't get much simpler or better than this. You could call it Lighting 101, and whether that light is coming from a window or an artificial light source, the info here qualifies as "must know basics" for anybody with a camera in hand.
Most online photography tutorials focus on one thing—how to sharpen better or how to retouch shiny skin, for example. This video goes way beyond that, walking you through how to retouch a portrait from start to finish using both Lightroom and Photoshop.
A controversial executive order signed last week by President Trump is causing problems for multiple photography institutions in the US. World Press Photo has been forced to replace a judge last-minute, and a photographer scheduled to speak at the International Center of Photography has been denied entry into the country.
We're a little weary about drone Kickstarter campaigns these days, but that hasn't stopped people from flocking to a new campaign to fund the Selfly: a "Smart Autonomous Flying Phone-Case" that's already raised over $150,000 by promising to put an autonomous drone in your pocket.
I had everything I ever needed, all the dream gear: Broncolor lighting, the latest professional Canon cameras, and all the fastest Canon lenses. I had the latest Apple laptop, C-stands, tripods; I had it all, and at the time it was good. So why did I decide to get rid of everything after only a few years?
Episode 146 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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2016 was a very interesting year for street photography. It seems that more and more color work is getting popular. Especially in scenes with high contrast light, color images seem to be on equal footing with their colorless counterparts.
After ABC News aired an interview with President Trump this week, controversy erupted after people began accusing the White House of Photoshopping a photo of Trump to make his hand look bigger than it actually is. It turns out that Photoshopped photo was actually a fake.
Photographer Mathieu Stern made this 2-minute video walkthrough on how you can remove fungus on the glass elements of a camera lens.
When I started working in photography, digital already ruled the industry. I never got the chance to perform controlled photography (don't wanna use the term "professional") using film.
My name is Trevor Gavin and I'm a photographer based near San Francisco. I'd like to share a very personal story of my darkest time. It’s a part of my healing and a part of moving on. It’s the only way I know how to express my emotions.
One year of planning, one year of shooting, and four months of post-production is a lot of time to spend on a single timelapse, but photographer Morten Rustad's creation SEASONS of NORWAY makes a good case for the old saying: good things come to those who wait.
You probably didn't know this, but at the beginning of this year, you could still purchase a brand new boxed copy of Adobe's four-year-old Creative Suite 6 by calling an Adobe call center. But as of January 9th, Adobe officially pulled the plug on CS6: now it's Creative Cloud or bust.
We talk about composition a lot, but have you ever really dived into the subject of color theory and thought about how it applies to your photography? If you haven't, you should... and arguably the best place to start is this incredibly comprehensive demo by landscape photographer Dave Morrow.
Perry Oosting—Hasselblad CEO and veritable knight in shining armor to those fans who saw him transform the company back into a respected camera maker—has suddenly and without explanation announced that he is stepping down from his post.
FujiFilms’s X-Trans III sensor has been out since the X-Pro2 hit the scene in March 2016. It was joined recently by the X-T2, and presently the X-T20 and X100F are about to be unleashed upon the world in February 2017.
Kodak made a lot of people happy when they announced they would be bringing back Ektachrome, but they blew those same photographers' minds when they admitted they were "looking into" bringing back Kodachrome. Those people won't be happy about this update.
Last week we reported that Shealah Craighead, a former photographer for the Bush administration and Sarah Palin's vice presidential campaign in 2008, was at the "top of the list" to be President Donald Trump's chief white house photographer. Now the appointment is official.
Ultra high ISO with lots of noise... There’s a lot of buzz going around about the new Pentax KP with it’s maximum ISO of 819200. Every comment I read says ‘what’s the point’? …
The Australian island state of Tasmania has 4 of the top 10 tallest tree species in the world and is home to the tallest flowering plant in the world, the Eucalyptus regnans, which can measure 99.8 meters (327 feet) tall.
A career in commercial photography is a progression in learning. One that wanes when complacency creeps in and thrives when pursuit of knowledge lives at its heart. Having a broad mind in both approach and equipment is the key to clearing your mind to be creative.
Want to shoot soft focus photos without shelling out money for a specialty lens (like a Lensbaby)? You can build your own soft focus lens to play around with for about $15.
Ricoh just officially announced its new KP APS-C DSLR, and now there's a small gallery of official sample photos to show the camera's quality.
If you're one of the many photographers criticizing President Trump's official portrait, take a look at the photo above: it's the official portrait of Brazil's new president. After being released yesterday, Brazilians immediately began mocking the photo.
Less than a day after photos and specs leaked onto the Web, Ricoh has officially announced its new Pentax KP DSLR. It's a compact and weatherproof mid-range sibling to the K-3 that Ricoh says is perfect for outdoor photographers.
Photographer Nick Veasey has made a name for himself by photographing large objects using X-Rays instead of visible light. The 6-minute video above is a look at how Veasey creates his art.
Episode 145 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Sony Artisan of Imagery, Jeremy Chan
Raymond Thi—the creator of the Composition Cam app and ultra-popular Twitter account—is back with another great database for composition-obsessed photographers. It's called Geometric Shots, and it's a searchable collection of great composition from well-known films and TV shows.
There are some fantastic portrait lenses out there for cheap, if you know where to look. A great example is the Jupiter-9: a 50-year-old M42 mount 85mm f/2 Soviet lens that, in the right hands, captures beautiful portraits with gorgeous bokeh.
You've probably seen photographer Sean Tucker's work around, on PetaPixel if nowhere else, but did you know he didn't start his photographic journey until his 30s? In this video, he shares his inspirational journey from priest, to photographer/waiter, to full-time photographer.
If you want to own photographer Peter Lik's epic photo book Equation of Time, you'll need a lot of money and a lot of space: the gigantic photo book costs $2,950 (for the open edition) and weighs in at 106 pounds (~48kg).
