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Texas Can Steal Your Photos Without Paying for ?Takings?: Court
15 Jun 01:00:02 | Peta Pixel
Photographers were just dealt a big legal blow this week after a Texas state appeals court ruled that the state can infringe upon copyright without risking punishment under the state’s or federal government’s “takings” clause. The copyright infringement battle is being waged between Houston photographer Jim Olive and the University of Houston, a public university. […]
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How to Photograph in a Crowd
15 Jun 01:00:02 | Peta Pixel
Whether it?s a wedding, a festival, or a protest, crowds present photographers with some unique challenges. I?ve spent some time working on figuring out the best ways to handle crowded environments in order to produce images that are consistent with my style, while conveying the energy of the crowd in that moment. Most of my […]
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This Software Can Undistort Faces at the Edges of Wide-Angle Photos
14 Jun 01:00:01 | Peta Pixel
If you’ve ever found yourself at the edges of a group photo captured with a wide-angle lens, you may have noticed some strange stretching, squishing, and/or skewing that distort your face. Researchers have now created software that can automatically fix these wide-angle face distortions without affecting other parts of the photo. In a paper titled […]
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Edelkrone Unveils a 3D-Printed Version of Its Best-Selling Tripod Head
14 Jun 01:00:01 | Peta Pixel
Edelkrone’s Flextilt Head 2 is its best-selling tripod head. If you can’t afford the $149 it costs to get one, the company has just unveiled the Flextilt Head 3D, a cheaper option you can 3D print and assemble yourself. The Flextilt Head 3D is part of Edelkrone’s new ORTAK line, which will feature 3D printable […]
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My Nightmare with USPS Insurance in Shipping a Camera Lens
13 Jun 01:00:01 | Peta Pixel
Photography is amazing, but it does require gear. I recently moved from Canon to Sony, so I had to offload a camera body, lenses, flashes, and triggers. I purchased out-of-pocket insurance on all of my gear packages just to have some peace-of-mind. I sent the last piece of my Canon kit, my awesome Tamron 70-200mm […]
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Photographer Pleads for Help Finding Lost SD Cards with Wedding Photos
13 Jun 01:00:01 | Peta Pixel
A wedding photographer has lost an SD card case full of photos she shot at a wedding, and her appeal for the public to help find the lost memory cards is making headlines in Colorado. Contact7 reports that photographer Lenzi Holmes was hired to photograph the wedding of her best friend Kacie and her fiance […]
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This is Why Macs Are Slower Than PCs
12 Jun 01:00:02 | Peta Pixel
If you’re in the market for a desktop computer or laptop to do some serious photography work on, you might want to watch this 10-minute video first. Tech presenter Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips explains why the thermals of Apple’s Mac products generally make them perform slower than rival PC equivalents on the market. […]
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Man Finds Box of Unseen Weegee Photos in His Kitchen Cabinet
12 Jun 01:00:02 | Peta Pixel
Back in 1970, artist David Young purchased a box of old news photos at a Philadelphia thrift store. After moving to Seattle, Young put the box in his kitchen cabinet and forgot about it for years. It turns out that box contains unseen 1930s crime photos by the famed New York City photographer Weegee. Vulture […]
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What Shooting Film Taught Me About Black-and-White Photos
11 Jun 01:00:02 | Peta Pixel
Clients often ask whether they can have their photos in black-and-white. My reply is always that I?ll do black-and-white versions in the gallery if they work — if they help the image shout ?look at me?. In the Darkroom Back in 1986, when I got my first SLR, I only shot black-and-white film. I forget […]
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Photos of the Border Between Childhood and Adulthood
11 Jun 01:00:02 | Peta Pixel
Grown is a new photo series by Hamburg, Germany-based photographer Sebastian Baumann that “examines the border between childhood and adulthood — if there is any.” “Each picture depicts physically grown individuals within a moment of sudden subconscious, almost apathetic, reflection,” Baumann says. In each photo, the grown up is seen lost in thought with the […]
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