An old video published by Charlie Dean Archives on YouTube shows a dramatization of how photographs were captured in the field and transmitted by wire in the 1930s, fueling fast-paced news decades before the internet was even an idea, let alone the global communications network it is today. [Read More]
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How long do photographs last? The answer to that question is not as simple as we might think. There are many variables such as the process used, environmental issues, as well as at what point do we consider the photograph unusable? [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-05-05 23:11
"Squares is different from my other works," explains photographer Adam Magyar to us in an interview. "It has no layers. I barely talk about it. " If you spend a long time interviewing hundreds of photographers over a decade, this last statement will really shock you. thephoblographer.com »
2022-03-06 14:00
I’ve often been asked that question and it’s relevant, so let’s examine it for a while. Let’s start at the very beginning -- the actual exposure of a negative. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-03-04 21:15
Cased daguerreotypes are among the oldest photographic images in Australian gallery, library, and museum collections.
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How does renowned portrait photographer Albert Watson light his photos? With a foolproof three-light setup that makes his photos look amazing, of course! Except… he doesn’t. In fact, setups are very far from what professional photographers do when they light their work. petapixel.com »
2021-10-13 20:55
When you see the term “colorized photo” you probably imagine skilled retouchers working in Photoshop, or perhaps a machine learning algorithm that does that same work automatically. But the original colorized photos were hand-painted prints made from glass plate negatives. petapixel.com »
2020-10-08 21:45
Each corner is incredibly different and you'll constantly find yourself in nature out of this world. boredpanda.com »
2020-08-25 00:53
A total of 10,367 photos have been submitted to free-to-use photography app Agora, but only one photo has been voted ‘World’s Best Photo of #Architecture2020’ boredpanda.com »
2020-04-29 16:54
I think that one of the hardest elements to incorporate in a street photograph is humor. Unlike other themes in street photography, I think that naturally occurring “funny” scenes are harder to stumble across, as they often involve a lot of interpretation and may involve playing with elements in the composition rather than being able […] petapixel.com »
2020-03-04 19:14
I traveled to northern Italy in the summer of 2018. A summer road trip filled with awesome memories. I zig-zagged across the country, following our map chaotically littered with pins. boredpanda.com »
2020-02-27 16:32
The problem with technology is that it can look dated the older it gets. How good does a VHS tape look on your 4K TV? The same thing can happen with cameras. While 24-megapixel cameras are making great pictures, what they are going to be compared to is about to change… radically. You need to […] petapixel.com »
2019-09-19 19:44
Is it snapshot photography or street photography? We find out in Daido Moriyama’s new book How I Take Photographs. How I Take Photographs is an insight into the workflow and creative thinking of Daido Moriyama. thephoblographer.com »
2019-08-20 13:00
I often hear my students lament about how if only they could travel to the rainforest they would find something really interesting to photograph. I tell students “look around where you live – there are wonderful things to photograph everywhere”. petapixel.com »
2018-10-10 17:25
In the film world, there is positive and negative film, but each must be converted into a print form. But one method being used by Dieter Kohn on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach Florida skips the film phase altogether - directly exposing the paper for a ready to go full-size print moments after capture. thephoblographer.com »
2017-01-30 23:05