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It was late, dark and eerie as I drove through the Swiss alps in my tiny rental car. I could barely see the road and was stuck in between two semi trucks. I should have been fearing for my life, but all I could think about was how excited my 3-year-old daughter, Nellee, would be after seeing what I was creating for her.

After traveling all over Europe for 1 week, I finally got all the shots I needed to create an epic Beauty and The Beast photo series for Nellee. I shot... more

The prestigious photojournalism contest World Press Photo announced its 2017 winners this week. A look at the data quietly published alongside the winning shots offers a glimpse into what cameras top photojournalists around the world are using these days.

The Spanish photo site... more

On May 2nd, 2016, Melbourne, Australia-based independent photo lab Hillvale developed its 50,000th roll of film since opening its doors in 2013. To commemorate the milestone, the lab decided to crush its massive stockpile... more

In September 2016, Vogue Espaa featured Kendall Jenner in a ballet-themed photo shoot. The ballet community was up in arms... more

Not only does it not often snow in Seattle, it's not often sunny either. Nor does it often rain babies. Precious babies made by staff members. So when you get a bit of all three, you can bet we're out there with a camera and lens. A weather resistant one, capable of subject isolation, and to-die-for sunstars no less. Have a look here to see how the weather-... more

Ten megapixels ought to be enough for anybody.

It was ten years ago this past September that Nikon introduced its 10 megapixel, twin-dial D80 DSLR. It was also ten years ago that my dad picked up a shiny new example of one to act as a backup to his workhorse studio camera, the D200. I didn't really know all that much about photography at the time, but that didn't stop me from drooling over it.

Apart from the increase... more

Episode 151 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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No doubt, Canon's CMOS sensors are capable of capturing some amazing low light video footage. And it's true that Canon cameras can create usable footage in literal darkness. But this new video from Canon... maybe takes it all a bit too seriously. Here's a glance at what the script (probably) looks like:

[Title: Moonbow / a rainbow born of moonlight]

[Scene opens with a dramatic time-lapse sunset ... more

In the annals of photography, few people have made the kind of impact that Oskar Barnack can claim. While working for Leitz, then a microscope manufacturer, the master entineer and photography... more

A quick trip to Morocco turned into another example of why panoramic travel photography is special. Using his Hasselblad Xpan for most of the shots, and cropping a few Canon shots for the rest, photographer... more

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