As the National Football League season sweeps in, sports photographers across the United States take to the stadiums to create iconic images. In a Q&A below, veteran sports photographer Otto Greule shares insider knowledge & outstanding imagery to give insight into his fast-paced, visual craft.
Paid apps have been in decline for some time across all platforms and now the makers one of the most popular camera apps for iOS, Camera+, have decided to adopt the so-called freemium model and offer a free version of their app that can be expanded via in-app purchases. Read more
One of the first cameras to make a permanent photographic image has left the UK for the first time to be part of an exhibition hosted by the Japan Camera Museum in Tokyo. The so-called Mousetrap camera, used by William Henry Fox Talbot in his early experiments in creating the negative process in the 1830s, is the centre-piece of an exhibition entitled Kingdom of Elegance, Mahogany and Brass which shows off early cameras from the UK’s photographic industry. Sponsored by The British... more
Olympus unveiled the details of two fairly significant firmware updates, both of which will be available for download, for free, come November. The flagship Olympus OM-D E-M1 will receive firmware version 4.0. while the not even one-year-old OM-D E-M5 II will receive firmware version 2.0. Read more
A client named Nick recently approached me as he was finishing his degree, wanting his portrait taken to commemorate the event. With his references, wardrobe, and location, I saw an opportunity to replicate some of the lighting I had seen in Spielberg’s Lincoln. As a period film set in the mid 1800s, light “sources” were limited to daylight, moonlight, or oil lamps and candles. My hope was to capture the magic of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski’s... more
To promote the second season of its post-apocalyptic zombie TV show Z Nation, Syfy recently released an interactive choose your own adventure game called Find Murphy that was shot from a first person point of view. The footage was captured using a special face-mounted Sony a7S... more
When photographer Liisa Luts got married back on August 28th, she did something rather unusual: she decided to be the official photographer at her own wedding.
Instead of traditional photos documenting events on her happy day, Luts decided to shoot the day from her perspective, starting with waking up in the morning and all the way to going to sleep at night.
Based in Tallinn, Estonia, Luts and her husband run... more
Ever since PetaPixel was founded back in May 2009, it’s strictly been a blog that’s enjoyed through your browser. That changes today. We’re pleased to announce the launch of our all-new PetaPixel Photography Podcast, a daily news show about the wonderful world of photography.
If you love following along with PetaPixel’s blog posts, then you’ll love what we have to offer through this news show... more
Canon unveiled its next generation Connection Station this week at Canon Expo 2015 in New York. The new model is similar to the original CS100, first introduced at CES earlier this year, but with the addition of two new big features: wireless charging and support for 4K playback. Read more
