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How to Create ‘Accidental Renaissance’ Photos: Light and Composition

Photography, film, and art YouTube channel Chroma published this 8-minute video detailing what it takes to capture what are colloquially known as “Accidental Renaissance” photographs. The term “Accidental Renaissance” was popularized by the Reddit community with the same name and refers to a photo that takes a modern situation and captures it in a way that mimics the master artists of…
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Best cameras for landscape photography in 2021

Landscape shooters have a unique set of needs and requirements for their gear. Image quality is critical, and benefits from plenty of resolution and lots of dynamic range; from a physical standpoint, it should be weather-sealed and well constructed. Features like in-body…
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App That Bans Selfies, Only Allows Photos of Others Balloons in Popularity

Poparazzi has launched a new photo-sharing network app that bans selfies, image filters, hashtags, and instead focuses on users taking and sharing photos of others has skyrocketed to the top of the app store. Poparazzi is a photo app with a similar user interface to Instagram, with the major exception that it only permits users to take photos of others and has no options to add captions…
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Macro Photos of Freezer Ice Accumulations Reveal Beautiful Shapes

After a series of experiments, an art director has created a macro photo series of ice crystals after he happened to notice the interesting way they formed on the inside of his freezer. Montreal-based Christopher Dormoy has previously shared his ice-based photography and video work with PetaPixel. In 2020, during the pandemic, Dormoy created “Black Ice,” a visually soothing timelapse that…
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Photographer Discovers Undeveloped Film Inside 1920s Kodak Camera

Photographer Mychal Watts recently stumbled across an old 1920s-era Kodak Series II camera in a small shop in New York. Enamored with the piece of history, he bought it after he found that it still held an undeveloped roll of 120 format film inside. Watts, who is a professional photographer based in New York City, tells PetaPixel that he was on his way home after photographing a protest when he…
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