Here's a 6-minute video from PiXimperfect that looks at the difference between the Levels and Curves functions in Photoshop. While the two may seem similar in purpose, there are some very clear differences between them.
Want to see the video capabilities of the iPhone X? Here's a beautiful 3-minute cinematic short film about a French pastry chef. Everything you see was shot entirely with the iPhone X.
Want to know the origins of the concept of copyright? Here's a 25-minute video from Filmmaker IQ that looks at the history and philosophy behind modern-day copyright.
Episode 227 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Olympus Visionary Tracie Maglosky
NPR's Fresh Air just aired this fantastic 30-minute interview (here's a transcript) with Pete Souza, the Chief Official White House Photographer for U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. In it, Souza reflects on 8 years of capturing Obama's presidency, creating an archive of over 1.9 million photos during that time.
Sheep can recognize human faces in photos at a level that's comparable to humans. That's what scientists discovered through testing sheep by showing them celebrity portraits.
VSCO has just introduced Recipes to its popular mobile photo editing app, enabling users to create and share presets that allow for quick applications of certain looks and styles to photos.
In addition to its new G9 Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera, Panasonic today announced the new Leica DG Elmarit 200mm f/2.8 Power O.I.S. lens.
Why do so many photography-themed scary films feature Polaroid cameras? Who knows... but this 3-minute short film titled "Polaroid" by Joey Greene will have your heart racing. The synopsis reads: "It's the things we can't see that terrify us the most..."
A striking photo of a baby elephant on fire as it flees a mob of humans with its mother has won an international wildlife photo contest.
The 1948 photo 'Dali Atomicus' by American portrait photographer Philippe Halsman is regarded as one of the most iconic photos of the 20th century. It's a surreal image showing surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in midair with three cats, a bucket of thrown water, and a chair. Photographer Karl Taylor recently decided to try his hand at recreating the photo.
Panasonic has just announced the Lumix G9, a serious Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera with high-end features.
Instead of searching for the ideal model for a photo shoot, photographers of the future may be able to generate one using artificial intelligence. Neural networks these days can generate portraits of imaginary people.
Montreal-based fashion photographer Anthony Turano has deleted his large online presence after a number of models publicly accused him of sexual assault and harassment.
Here's the amazing story of a tough little GoPro camera that refused to die. It was hit by molten lava, burst into flames, and somehow survived to shoot another day.
The new Apple iPhone X is the best smartphone on the market for shooting still photos. That's what DxOMark concluded in its new review, giving the phone a best-ever sub-score of 101 for photos. For video, however, the iPhone X scored a weaker 89, dragging its overall score down to 97.
Photographer Cole Rise has a deep obsession with space cameras. So deep, that he just spent over two years creating a 100% accurate replica of the first Hasselblad medium format camera used by NASA in space.
A week after announcing the closure of its camera factory in China due to the rise of smartphone cameras, Nikon has just announced that it's shuttering its sales operations in Brazil.
Say hello to Reflex, a new 35mm SLR camera that just launched on Kickstarter. It's the first newly designed manual SLR system camera in over 25 years.
Samsung just released this 1-minute commercial for the Galaxy Smartphone. Titled "Growing Up," it directly mocks the Apple iPhone and its history of competing with the Samsung Galaxy.
Want to take your iPhone 7 Plus or 8 Plus beyond Portrait mode? Focos is an app that takes bokeh to the next level while also giving you the ability to choose your focus point after your shoot your photos.
This image was taken on November 4th, 2017 at 4:19 am in Titusville, Florida. It shows the International Space Station (with a crew of six currently onboard) transiting the full “Beaver Moon.” As the ISS orbits Earth at 17,500mph, or roughly five miles per second, the transit lasted just 0.90 seconds.
This post is a concise review of the touch bar MacBook Pro from a creative point of view. I use and like both PC and Macs and don’t have loyalty to one or the other. This has been a long time coming, and for good reason: I really wanted to put my laptop through the paces for a few months before I formed a true opinion.
Adobe Lightroom is an app that's filled with all kinds of helpful features that can make life easier for you once you learn they exist. Here's a 10-minute video by photographer Evan 5ps with 14 different tips and tricks that he uses on a daily basis.
While shooting for two weeks in Hawaii last month, Israeli photographer Erez Marom's drone had an Icarus experience. Marom flew his $1,500 DJI Phantom 4 camera drone too close to lava flows and accidentally melted part of the camera. He was able to capture some gorgeous photos of lava up-close, though.
Almost a year ago I purchased a set of color gels on Amazon but never got around to actually trying them out. Recently, after watching Blade Runner 2049 and being smitten by the gorgeous cinematography by the legendary Roger Deakins, I just had to play with them. Not only that, the original Blade Runner, shot by Jordan Cronenweth, is one of my biggest influences ever so this shoot was bound to happen.
Olympus today unveiled a new camera -- one that's unlike any of the company's modern digital cameras. The 2.4-megapixel camera is found in the new Olympus EyeTrek Insight EI-10 smart glasses.
Episode 226 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Veterans Portrait Project's Stacy Pearsall
Photographer Stefan Draschan visited museums across Europe and spent hours looking for curious coincidences in which other visitors matched the paintings they were looking at. The series is titled People Matching Artworks.
If you planning on visiting and photographing the picturesque seaside town of Positano in Italy, here's something you need to know: the famous village has just introduced a hefty €1,000 (~$1,162) "tax" for commercial photography.
The Rezivot Instant Film Processor is a new camera add-on that lets you shoot Instax instant photos with vintage medium-format and large-format cameras.
Want a faster way to add relevant hashtags to your Instagram photos? Photerloo wants to help. The photo management service has launched a new free web tool that uses machine learning to automatically keywords for any photo.
Nine months after taking office, the White House has finally released official portraits of both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Last month, the Washington Post did a story highlighting the empty walls of some 9,600 federal buildings, all waiting for for an official portrait of the new POTUS.
Project ReCognition is a new project by LA-based Iranian photographer Reza Bahrami in which every photo is based on a picture that was found on Instagram.
LiShield is a new LED light bulb technology that helps protect privacy by confusing cameras to prevent unauthorized photos. The bulb is the creation of a team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego.
If you live in a relatively humid environment and don't mind dropping some cash to keep your camera gear safe from fungus and corrosion, you may want to take a look at getting an electronic dry cabinet. They look like wine coolers, except they're designed to protect your cameras and lenses from moisture, dirt, and dust.
Director Max Lanman's girlfriend recently needed to sell her 1996 Honda Accord. To help her out, Lanman put his skills to use and made this amazing car commercial that's fit for TV -- except, it's for a single used car.
My name is Simon Sharp, and I'm a documentary photographer. In this article, I will explore why I believe a photographer took pictures he should have refrained from taking and why the industry -- both print and NGO -- promoted them without apparently seeing what they were.
One of the most common difficulties with compositing photos is having the color tones of the different parts of the image match. This can be tricky to achieve, but this 10-minute tutorial by Photoshop expert Antti Karppinen shows a powerful way you can do it using a Selective Color adjustment mask.
After the shocking news in June that Lexar would be discontinuing its memory card line, the company was acquired by a Chinese flash storage company called Longsys in September. It now seems that Lexar will continue producing XQD memory cards.
What kind of images does a $63,000 stills camera produce? Here's a 19-minute video by Ted Forbes of The Art of Photography in which he uses a Phase One XF medium format DSLR to show the bang for your buck that you get when you spend 63 grand on a camera kit.
There's a strange legal battle going on right now between a photographer and a giant online media company. After being sued by the photographer for infringing on his photo copyrights, CBS has responded by filing its own copyright infringement lawsuit against the photographer... for sharing 59-year-old TV show still frames on social media.
My name is Phalgun Polepalli, and I'm a professional wedding photographer in Bangalore, India. After losing my dad exactly 20 years ago in a tragic car accident, I recently did a personal photo project that helped me reconnect with him. On my father's 70th birthday anniversary, I retracted his footsteps in Paris.
Pika is a new bot friend that "explores the world" with children through the use of a smartphone camera. The concept combines the camera with computer vision and augmented reality.
Here's an unusual idea that you may only be able to pull off if you're rich, famous, and well-connected: socialite Khloe Kardashian wanted the perfect driver's license photo, so she decided to bring her own portrait lighting and makeup artist to the DMV.
Clear Outex is a new waterproof camera housing seeking funding on Kickstarter. Affordable and universal, the housing will keep your camera safe and dry in tough conditions.
Episode 225 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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California-based software developer Macphun (soon to be Skylum) has announced Luminar 2018, a digital photo editor and organizer that's aiming to be a direct competitor to Adobe Lightroom.
Borrowing from romanticized notions of the American frontier, synonymous with ideals of exploration and expansion, I captured a visual narrative of China’s westernmost region, Xinjiang. Whereas the American West conjures images of cowboys and pioneers, of manifest destiny and individualistic freedom, the Chinese West has not yet been so defined.
In the age of Instagram, snapping a photo of a picture-perfect meal before eating it has become something of a ritual (science also suggests it helps food taste better). But one guy has made it a ritual of his own to ruin his friends' Instagram food photos and capture their horrified expressions.
