A Swedish photography magazine was recently contacted by lawyers who claimed that a photo it downloaded from the free photo service Pixabay violated a client’s copyright. But it turned out the law firm and the client were both fake, and the real photographer had never uploaded it to Pixabay either.
After it was approached by lawyers that claimed to represent the owners of a photo it…
The Viiu Rota-Strap is a new take on the camera strap that is not only highly resistant to “slash and grab” style theft, but the creator has also designed multiple additional functions that make it one of the more versatile options on the market.
Viiu is a new…
What is Focus Breathing in a Camera Lens?
April 28, 2022
Focus breathing is a term that is often used when discussing the features and specs of a camera lens. It is an issue that occurs across a wide range of lenses, and it is one that can negatively affect your photography and videography in certain situations. In this article…
OWC’s Copy That for macOS promises quick, verified file transfers for photos and video
April 28, 2022
Other World Computing, better known as OWC, has announced its Copy That software is now available as a beta program for macOS computers.
The iOS and iPadOS versions of Copy That were presented as a quick and effective way to transfer media from your mobile device to external storage. OWC’s new macOS version of Copy That does the same thing, but offers even more features for ingesting content…
Retouch4.me offers a collection of nine plug-ins that it says use AI to capably and effectively retouch photos and target specific retouching tasks to quickly automate what would normally take much longer to do by hand.
For many photographers the most time consuming part of…
The Best Microscopic Life Science Photos of 2021
April 27, 2022
Olympus Image of the Year Award 2021 has announced the winners of its annual photography competition that recognizes the best worldwide talent in life science photos taken with a microscope.
The annual competition is run by Evident Scientific, formerly Olympus…
The cool, blue tones of the ice combined with otherworldly features, shapes, and light can lead to portfolio-worthy photos. How to find and photograph remote ice caves safely, however, is often the most challenging aspect of ice cave photography.
Photographer Stanley Aryanto didn’t always have an obsession with ice caves, and PetaPixel readers may recognize him as the photographer who…
The Leitz Phographica Auction House is about to celebrate a historic milestone at the upcoming the 20th anniversary auction event with the estimated $3.2 million dollar sale of an extremely rare Leica 0-Series camera (No. 105) originally owned by Oskar Barnack.
The Los…
Capturing the right angle while focusing on not being injured while grabbing some air is probably the toughest thing about using an action camera. Sure, there are selfie sticks, or simply just holding the camera, but all too often they get in the way more than they help…
A new nanophotonic light field camera based on the eye of a Cambrian-era sea creature can combine macro and telephoto magnification into one lens with unlimited depth of field.
Inspired by the optical structure of a Cambrian-era sea creature, the Dalmanitina socialis trilobite, researchers have developed a camera that can focus on the near and the far at the same time. The nanophotonic…
