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My name is Jos Ignacio, and I’m a commercial and wedding photographer from Spain. I read a lot of blogs and magazines in search of inspiration — in this job there is a constant search for new ways of... more

What's it like to ride the waves with champion surfer Kelly Slater? This VR video from Teton Gravity Research gives you a taste. Director Taylor Steele gave Slater a VR camera in hopes that it would let the audience 'feel right there with us.' (The actual surfing part starts around 1:30.)Note: you may need to use the Google Chrome browser in order to watch in VR.

The German start-up behind the Panono panoramic ball camera has filed for insolvency proceedings in Berlin, making it very unlikely that backers of their $1.25... more

Episode 179 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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In 2007, after several years of lagging behind Canon in the enthusiast and professional DSLR market, Nikon was doing alright. Not spectacularly, but they were hanging in there. The D200 was a popular and capable enthusiast model, and the professional D2x was a significant advance on the muddled 'h' and 's' releases of the past. But it was their biggest competitor that seemed to have... more

LomoChrome Purple 400 -  first announced in 2013 - has been reformulated and should now have improved sensitivity at ISO 400, a more refined grain and better rendering of red hues. Inspired by classic infrared film, it uses C41 processing, making it an accessible way for analog shooters to try their hands at this style of photography.

Are these improvements to LomoChrome Purple 400 related to an overall... more

Before you read the rest of the article, and it will be a long read, please allow me to share a few thoughts with you. Visiting the abandoned city of Pripyat and the disaster site of Chernobyl was an experience that I was looking forward to for a very long time.

While I was there I had many mixed feelings. On one hand, I was having laughs with my friends and found everything “amazingly beautiful” to shoot, while on the other hand I realized I was in and nearby the... more

Ricoh has introduced a new rugged compact camera - the WG-50 - which replaces the WG-30. The WG-50 offers a 28-140mm equiv. F3.5-5.5 lens. The WG-50 uses a 16MP BSI-CMOS sensor and is capable of recording Full HD video at 30 fps. It is waterproof for two hours at a depth of 14m/45ft, and can cope with being dropped from a height of 1.6m/5ft, will operate at temperatures as low as -10C/+14F and can withstand 100kg/220lbs of force.

As with Ricoh's other... more

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DJI unveiled the Spark mini drone this morning, an entry-level product aimed at casual users and enthusiasts. It is capable of 1080p HD video capture, features a 2-axis gimbal and uses a 1/2.3-inch 12MP CMOS sensor.

The size of a soda can, the unit... more

My wife, Vicki, and I are full-time portrait and wedding photographers. But when we aren’t shooting these things, some of our favorite concepts are creating dramatic images of people in fantastic surroundings.

After years of doing this kind of work I now find it difficult to photograph landscapes without placing a human subject into the image. In fact, some of our work of this type has been... more

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