Photographers pining for their very own Top Model-style reality show can stop now, Nigel Barker’s show Top Photographer has officially arrived. And you can already watch the first episode right here on PetaPixel.
The 5-episode web series, hosted by acclaimed fashion photographer... more
Instead of capturing a night sky time-lapse with the stars spinning overhead, Windston attached a GoPro HERO4 to his star-tracking telescope rig and shot the 1-minute video above that... more
DJI’s drone manufacturing factories are normally hidden from the public, but occasionally workers forget to delete test videos from memory cards before they ship in drones. These “found” videos offer a peek into the place where the world’s most popular camera drones are made.
Above is a newly surfaced 24-second video showing workers putting together... more
If you're worried that having to pull your smartphone out of your pocket might make you miss the decisive moment, the CMRA band for the Apple Watch could be just what you're waiting for. The watch band comes with not one but two built-in cameras. An upward-facing 2MP module is meant to be used for video calls, via a dedicated app, and the occasional selfie. The outward-facing camera captures 8MP images or HD-video clips right from your wrist.
To hear startup Glide tell it, your smartphone camera is just too difficult to reach at a moment’s notice, sitting there in your pocket. The next step in the evolution of the portable camera must be attached to you, which is why they developed... more
Loupedeck is a new physical console that’s designed specifically for editing photos inside Adobe Lightroom. Its goal is to enhance your editing by putting everything you need into an ergonomic,... more
Voltaic has launched two new backpacks on Kickstarter, the Array and Offgrid. Both models feature integrated solar panels and removable batteries that charge when the bag is in sunlight. The Offgrid model is the smaller of the two, featuring a 6W solar panel and a 4,000mAh battery, while the Array has a larger 10W solar panel and a 19,800mAh battery. Both... more
My wife and I have always loved photographing large, dramatic gowns. Anything big and flowy has always been fun to photograph, especially outside. We’ve always loved the contrast of the beautiful gown against the natural backgrounds we have nearby.
Our clients didn’t always have gowns like this so we decided to add one to our wardrobe collection. I commissioned... more
I definitely love do-it-yourself projects, especially those that help me out with a project in a niche way.
I recently had a story planned and I wanted the opening and closing shots to be of sunlight and moonlight streaming through a window, illuminating a girl who had fallen asleep reading… but how the hell was I going to do that without a window?
DIY Window Simulator Snoot to the rescue!
Ive used snoots in the past, though usually... more
When I was in college, I lived for a while in a crappy little rental house next to a cemetery. Neither I nor my roommate, Brad, knew how to cook anything, and we ate bologna sandwiches pretty much all the time. Eventually, someone gave us a cookbook so simple that even a half-starved English major could learn a few basic dishes–the first page actually had step-by-step instructions, with pictures, for making toast in a toaster.
