When commercial sports photographer Nick Laham arrived at photo day during the New York Yankees' spring training last Monday, he had to compete with a legion of photographers for space and time. He ended up occupying one of the bathrooms in the facility, turning it into a makeshift studio.
Photographers used to spend lifetimes building up their portfolios and networks before their work became widely known to a global audience, but with the advent of the Internet, the fact that anything can "go viral" is completely changing the equation for success.
Having a flattering portrait as your drivers license photo is difficult to achieve, but so is having a portrait …
The brilliant marketing gurus over at Pentax came up with this photograph as a way of illustrating that the …
Greek silkscreen printer Manolis Angelakis was recently tasked with designing a new set of business cards for close friend and photographer Alexandra Stamopoulou. Given her profession, he decided to create a stylish card that emulates the viewfinder of an old Zenit camera. The simple but effective design was silkscreened onto sheets of transparent vinyl.
Tech companies often like to create mini-documentaries featuring creatives who use their products -- last year both Intel and Brother made videos about fashion photographer Scott Schuman (The Sartorialist).
A week ago we published a tongue-in-cheek post on how to improve the quality of your Canon kit lens by painting a red ring around it. While that wasn't intended to be taken seriously, we were pointed to a Korean workshop named Park in Style that actually takes custom lens body work quite seriously. What you see above is a Canon 18-55mm kit lens that they disassembled, painted, and then reassembled to look like a Canon L lens!
Everything is a Remix is a fascinating four-part video series by filmmaker Kirby Ferguson that explores the concept of creativity, and how everything created has some degree of copying, transforming, or combining of old ideas. While the series isn't specifically directed towards photographers, the ideas are quite relevant to the discussion of "original" work.
An Alabama basketball fan named Jack Blankenship has been attracting quite a bit of media attention for his creative method of distracting opposing players when they shoot free throws: Blankenship printed out a giant photograph of himself making a strange face and waves it around while making the same face. His antics quickly caught the attention of sports writers, television cameras, and the Internet -- one screen grab from a recent game has been viewed over half a million times already online.
Photo meme alert: here's a series of humorous images that have been spreading across the Internet like wildfire. They show the differences between what various groups of people think about what photographers do.
Toys are getting fancier and cameras are getting weirder. Mattel is set to launch a new camera barbie called …
It's not uncommon to see photographs printed onto clothing, but Milan-based Marios' new Nowhere summer collection takes it to a whole new level. Many of the pieces in the collection feature landscape photographs printed across the entire garment.
Want to inform someone of their right to take pictures in the US? Just share this short cartoon created …
This is your standard kit lens that comes with most entry-level DSLRs from Canon. It does an okay job for most things, but here's how to make it better.
There comes a point where your obsession with photography becomes a problem for …
Less than a week ago we featured a viral video called “Sh*t Photographers Say“, which poked fun …
A funny photography-related remix of a well-known Dueling Analogs comic.
Remember the hoopla last year after artist/programmer Kyle McDonald installed an app on …
Here’s a disturbing video called “If You See Something, Film Something” that shows why it’s important that citizens have …
The Sacramento Bee has suspended award-winning staff photographer Bryan Patrick after it was …
There’s an Internet meme called “Sh*t People …
Say hello to the latest item in the PetaPixel Store: the Instant Photo Pendant Necklace! This beautiful pendant is designed to look exactly like a 1-inch tall Polaroid picture. Insert your favorite 0.8-inch square photos through a slot in the side, and keep it safe and snug with a clear plastic square (included). The copper and iron pendant is coated with white and comes with a silver-colored 18-inch chain. Buy one while supplies last for just $10 from our store (shipping is free for US residents).
French humorist Rémi Gaillard created this lighthearted video showing what happens when you …
Earlier today my friend and fellow photographer posted a link to a craigslist ad from a woman in Seattle looking for a wedding photographer. The woman was upset because she thought that $3,000 for a wedding photographer was “wack” because all we do “is hang out at a wedding taking tons of photos and editing them” and that we are “making so much money it's crazy.”
PressPausePlay is an award-winning documentary film that poses questions on what the digital …
Chilean artist Diego Castillo Roa used a giant wall decal to turn this circular window into a camera lens …
Etsy shop soaprepublic sells flexible silicone molds for making homemade soap that's shaped like a DSLR camera body (with a pancake lens attached?).
Back in May 2011, Canadian camera shop The Camera Store released …
A clever little stop-motion video that shows what baking would be like if you could do it in Photoshop.
Filmmaker Jesse Rosten created this satirical commercial for Fotoshop by Adobé with the …