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Episode 281 of thePetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Did you know that before it became the most dominant photo editing program on Earth, Photoshop was first sold as “Barneyscan XP”?

After creating their original program, brothers John and Thomas Knoll began looking for investors and customers. The first company to bite wasn’t Adobe, but rather a Berkeley, California-based company called Barneyscan, which created and sold the first high-quality 24-bit desktop color scanner.

Barneyscan was having trouble... more

The Gemini Observatory on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea dormant volcano has a cloud camera that’s used to monitor sky conditions. But during the ongoing eruption of the Klauea volcano, the camera has also been capturing the eruptions dramatic and eerie glow through clouds. Above is a 48-second time-lapse of the glow in the night between May 21st and 22nd.

“During the sequence, multiple fissures expelled lava in the area in and around Leilani Estates in the Puna district... more

It’s the end of an era: Leica has discontinued the M7 film rangefinder, the last numbered M series camera before the Leica M8 brought the iconic line into the realm of digital photography.

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My mom was a florist. She used to say you can always tell a florist by their thumb. Each floral stalk must be cut prior to refrigeration and cut again when incorporated into a design, so if the inside of the thumb is rough and slightly discolored, with tiny slices lining the soft padding, like a hundred tiny paper cuts, youre talking to a florist.

She made incredible floral arrangements, from bouquets to centerpieces. She was a perfectionist in all things, especially her work.... more

If you’re a fan of Sigma Art lenses, this some big news today: the much-hyped Sigma 105mm f/1.4 “Bokeh Master” lens will cost just $1,600 when it hits store shelves in late June 2018.

$1,600 may not seem very “cheap,” but the equivalent... more

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Well-known photography educators Tony and Chelsea Northrup have published a new video that details the saga of a stolen photograph, and the eventual $40,000 settlement they received as a result of going after the offending party.

The image, a portrait of Chelsea originally taken for a book cover, was used by an Australian company to promote a smartphone selfie case with built-in LEDs. According to the duo, they... more

Sigma's special 'bokeh master' 105mm F1.4 DG HSM Art lens made quite a splash when it was first announced back in February, and now Sigma is finally revealing when it will ship and how much it will cost. If you're in the market for this behemoth of a lensseriously, we got a... more

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