You may remember Mike Olbinski's storm chasing thriller Vorticity from July and, unsurprisingly, he's back at it again. This time around he chased storms over the course of 36 days during the 2016 monsoon season in the Southwest. Though he says it was somewhat of a slower season in terms of activity, you wouldn't... more
The CompactFlash Association has announced that it is working on a new series of memory cards that will offer theoretical data rates of up to 8GB per second. Still very much in development, the CFexpress family of media storage will be available in a range of form factors to suit multiple kinds of device, but will all have the same physical interface and memory protocol. The Association says the cards will be good for professional photographers and videographers as well as for personal... more
If you drive around in industrial areas, you may have noticed massive cooling towers across the landscape, the tall, open-topped, cylindrical concrete towers that are used for cooling water or condensing steam for industrial uses.
While the outside of these structures may be a familiar sight, what the towers look like on the inside isn’t as widely known.
One of the biggest challenges when it comes to night photography is incorporating good foreground elements, but learning a few simple tricks will instantly elevate your game.
Milky Way, north window at Arches National Park, Utah.
If youve ever snapped a shot of the Milky Way in a very dark area on a moonless night, you will find that the landscape elements will often be silhouetted against the night sky. This is because star light alone does not provide enough... more
Heritage Auctions will soon be the first auction house to ever offer an Ansel Adams 4x5 view camera. The camera is part of a complete outfit including an Arca-Swiss 4x5 View Camera, three lenses, a pair of Graflex graphic film pack adapters, compendium... more
Storm and wedding photographer Mike Olbinski of Phoenix, Arizona, is back again with another incredible time-lapse project that shows summer monsoon season covering landscapes with rain, lightning, and dust. The 8-minute... more
The children of wealthy people often flaunt their opulence through Instagram photos, spawning a popular blog called Rich Kids of Instagram. Now those Instagram users have an... more
Over the past several months, Adobe has been promoting Photoshop at major sporting events with its “Adobe Photoshop Fan Cam,” which shows fans in attendance being Photoshopped on the big screen. Adobe recently invited PetaPixel to a game for a behind-the-scenes look at how the Fan Cam is done.
Based in San Jose, California, Adobe runs the... more
