We’ve been receiving an increased number of reports of bad ads such as redirects and popups ruining the PetaPixel reading experience on mobile. No, these ads aren’t intentionally being served, and we’d love to remove them, but we need your assistance. If you’re one of the many who has been seeing these ads, you can […]
While I was visiting San Francisco, Kristy Headley, a dear friend and fellow engineer, showed me her studio. There I was lucky enough to sit for her while she did some vintage tintyping. Tintyping was one of the earliest forms of photography, popular in the 1850s. It was a kind of incredibly inconvenient Polaroid — […]
Over the past couple of years, smoke bombs have become a popular photography accessory that adds a colorful new twist to portraits. They are being used for street portraiture, gender reveals, engagement shoots, and so much more. We found the best smoke bomb for photography usage and in this 6.5-minute video and article, we are […]
A very slight and easy change one could implement to an otherwise straightforward approach in street photography (as well as other genres) is to play with shooting from angles other than eye-level. It may an unconscious choice by some people that their perspective doesn’t shift much from their own, so I think it’s important to […]
Photographers and other creatives often bemoan being asked to work for free in exchange for “exposure.” But with the rise of Instagram and social media, many photographers and “influencers” are turning the tables and making the same types of requests… to the annoyance of businesses. Gianlucca Casaccia, the 40-year-old owner of the White Banana Beach […]
Well-known New York City-based fashion photographer Dani Diamond was contacted by a fan in 2017 after the fan spotted one of Diamond’s photos featured in a Lufthansa in-flight magazine ad promoting a “Bellevue Swiss Made” watch. Problem was, Diamond had never licensed his photos for any such use. Here’s the original portrait that Diamond had […]
The Technical Imaging Press Association (TIPA) has announced the winners of its 2019 awards honoring the best products in the photography industry in 2019. Founded in 1991, TIPA consists of 28 prominent photo industry publications based around the world. TIPA members meet at least once a year at the General Assembly to discuss photography and […]
Ben Ouaniche of the YouTube channel Macro Room spent the past many months working on a high-speed spinning camera rig project. The result is a rig that can capture incredible slow-motion action footage while spinning around a tabletop set at 150 rotations per minute. The project started three years ago when Ouaniche watched slow-motion cameras […]
I am an experienced corporate/commercial photographer, and I’ve written this article to help guide my clients into how to prepare for a headshot or portrait session. Most people don’t like having their photograph taken, they find it awkward or can’t stop thinking about one of their perceived weaknesses. This guide should help reduce some of […]
Eye-rolls, shrugs, and barbs greeted the $120,000 Grand Prize winner of Dubai’s HIPA Photography Prize. Malaysian photographer Edwin Ong’s photo of a partially blind Vietnamese woman carrying her baby was derided for representing yet another “poverty porn” contest winner before it was suggested that the image was staged by photographer Ab Rashid. Ong defended his […]