This is Why You Don?t Put Your Camera on a Ledge

   10 Jun 01:00:01   |  Peta Pixel

If you ever need to set your camera down temporarily, make sure you choose a safe place with as little gravitational potential energy as possible. It seems one photographer learned this lesson the hard way and paid a dear price. Photography Memes just shared this 14-second video that will make your face cringe and your […]

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Wildlife Photo Contest Winner Disqualified Over Elephant?s Ears

   09 Jun 01:00:02   |  Peta Pixel

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A Photographer?s Powerful Photo and Message for a Mom After Birth

   09 Jun 01:00:02   |  Peta Pixel

After a child is born, that newborn baby generally becomes the center of everyone’s attention. One photographer recently captured an often-overlooked moment of a mom post-birth, and her photo and the accompanying message are going viral, reaching millions around the world. After her friend Tammy Wright of Jacksonville, Florida, gave birth to a baby boy […]

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This Bird Has Impressive Built-In Image Stabilization

   08 Jun 01:00:01   |  Peta Pixel

Drones these days often feature mechanical gimbals to stabilize their cameras while in flight. But long before consumer drones exploded onto the scene, birds were already taking to the skies with impressive built-in image stabilization. Designer and wildlife photographer Anthony Roberts was shooting with his Canon 5D Mark IV and his 100-400mm image stabilized lens […]

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A Group of Photographers Across the UK Passed Around One Dress

   08 Jun 01:00:01   |  Peta Pixel

Earlier this year, photographer Danielle Reeder of Somerset, UK, launched an experimental photo project called The Traveling Dress Collective. The idea was to pass one dress around between photographers based around the UK to see the diversity of the resulting portraits. “What would happen if a group of photographers had the opportunity to shoot with […]

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Photographers Get Lowballed Because They Love Their Jobs: Study

   07 Jun 01:00:02   |  Peta Pixel

Photographers have been speaking out in recent years about getting asked to do work for little or no money. A new research study is now suggesting that one of the reasons photographers get lowballed is because they love their jobs. Professor Aaron Kay and Ph.D student Jay Kim at Duke University?s Fuqua School of Business […]

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This Free ?Shazam for Nature? App Can Identify Plants and Animals in Photos

   07 Jun 01:00:02   |  Peta Pixel

Love photographing plants and animals in the great outdoors? Seek is a new app you may want to download if you use an iPhone. It’s like a Shazam for nature: the app can help identify the things you photograph using the power of image recognition. The app was created by iNaturalist, an online social network […]

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Less Than 1% of People Can Ace This Color Test

   06 Jun 01:00:02   |  Peta Pixel

How do you think your perception of color stacks up against the general public? If you’re a photographer, have your eyes been trained to perceive color better than the average person? Here’s a short and sweet test that can help you find out. The UK-based vision care company Lenstore has created an online test of […]

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Light-Painting Portraits of Music Stars Shot in a Single Take

   06 Jun 01:00:02   |  Peta Pixel

Light-painting photographer Jason Page and the team of ambassadors at Light Painting Brushes were recently invited to a music festival to capture creative light-painting portraits of the celebrity musicians performing over the weekend. The project was commissioned by iheart Radio’s Wango Tango Music Festival in Los Angeles, and all the portraits had to be shot […]

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