Anthony Schmidt is a 12-year-old boy on the autism spectrum who is making a name for himself with his iPhone photography. His passion is photographing model cars so that they look life-sized, and he has raised over $42,000 on Kickstarter to have his work published as a coffee table photo book. “From an early age,
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In response to requests from educators, Adobe has announced that it will be providing free at-home access to Creative Cloud apps to those students who usually only have access on-campus. It’s one way the software maker is trying to empower students to keep learning amid campus closures caused by the novel coronavirus. “With many schools
An architect in Missouri was on the job at a shuttered photo studio recently when he stumbled across a trove of canvases containing family portraits. He’s now on a mission to return those previous pictures to the people seen posing in them. After the Charlotte-based company Portrait Innovations closed over 100 of its locations, 39-year-old
NAB 2020 has been cancelled. The National Association of Broadcasters has decided to follow in the footsteps of CP+, MWC, SWSX and others by cancelling the 2020 expo in April in the interest of “keeping the community safe and healthy.” The decision comes after Nikon, Adobe, and others officially pulled out of the show over
Ricoh has created a new company called Vecnos, a start-up that will create “360-degree and other specialized cameras, software and apps,” starting with a pen-like 360° selfie camera that’s about the size of a chunky fountain pen. Vecnos is a strange creation, partly because it seems to compete directly with Ricoh’s popular Theta cameras. At first,
Leica has announced a new “substantial partnership” with the Berlin-based eyewear brand MYKITA to create a new collection of photography-inspired sunglasses that bring Leica’s “finest lenses and optics” to your face. The handcrafted collection will launch with two designs, Hypebeast reports: one will feature pure stainless steel while the other combines stainless steel with MYLON,
A newly discovered Canon patent has photographers wondering why nobody thought of this before. The US Patent, filed on August 30th and published today, shows the company is working on a universal battery grip that could be fitted to multiple cameras using an adapter. The patent was uncovered by the folks over at Northlight Images,
Tokina has a lot in store for photographers in 2020. In an announcement that would have been made at CP+ 2020 (RIP), the company revealed that it will be releasing a total of six new lenses: one APS-C lens for Nikon and Canon DSLRs, two full-frame lenses for Sony E-mount, and three APS-C lenses for
The Australian Associated Press (AAP) has announced that it will be closing down in June, marking the end of the 85-year-old news agency and leaving many award-winning photojournalists out of a job as the Australian editorial landscape adjusts to the loss. The closure—which was announced on March 3rd by majority shareholders Nine Entertainment and News
Adobe has partnered with Google to release its very own Gmail add-on: a basic but useful tool that will make it much easier to share files from Photoshop or Lightroom over email… assuming, of course, that you use Gmail as your email client. The add-on, which you can find and install at this link, has
A Russian Instagram influencer’s birthday party left three attendees dead and seven in intensive care last Friday after the party’s host tried to create “an impressive steam show” by dumping 55lbs (25kg) of dry ice into an indoor swimming pool. According to the Moscow Times, Instagram influencer Ekaterina Didenko was celebrating her 29th birthday at
Apple has officially crowned the winners of its “Shot on iPhone” Night Mode photo contest, choosing six photos out of “thousands of submissions” that were all taken with the iPhone 11/Pro/Pro Max’ newfound low-light photography mode. The original terms indicated that there would be five winners, but apparently the judges just couldn’t eliminate any more
Smartphone lens and accessory maker Moment announced today that it would be discontinuing the Android version of its Pro Camera app, because it has simply become too hard to keep up with all of the ‘flavors’ of Android that various phone makers insist on using. The announcement is up on Moment’s Help site, and it
Spend your Sunday the way you’re supposed to, with some great reading. Here’s our roundup of interesting articles and content from around the Web for photographers. Enjoy! All the Weird Things You Learn As a Wildlife Photographer – VICE The Technology That Could Replace the CMOS Sensor – IEEE Spectrum Radical Street Photography, Defined by
The US Department of Justice weighed in on a controversial Kentucky lawsuit this week, when they backed a Christian wedding photographer who is suing the city of Louisville over a law that could, potentially be used to “force” her to shoot same-sex weddings. The lawsuit first made headlines in November, when conservative advocacy group Alliance
Despite MWC, then CP+, and now other major expos like them being cancelled due to fears about the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, the organizers of Photokina 2020 have announced that “there is no reason to cancel at this stage” and that the show will go on as planned. According to DC Watch, the news was
US documentary filmmaker Melissa Cox had a run-in with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) this week while trying to document an indigenous protest in British Columbia. Despite the fact that she is a member of the press, the RCMP chose to arrest Cox, allegedly using “undue force” and tampering with her camera equipment in
Fan’s of the Nik Collection plugin suite—formerly owned by Google, currently owned by DxO—got a new update today. With the Nik Collection 2.5, DxO has added five new film simulations to Color Efex Pro 4, as well as full compatibility for users of the popular program Affinity Photo. This update follows hot on the heels
Formerly disgraced, purchased, and reborn optics company Meyer Optik Görlitz is planning to officially re-enter the world of photography at Photokina 2020 in May, and it’ll be bringing six redesigned lenses along for the ride. In case you haven’t been following this saga, historic optics brand Meyer Optik Görlitz was first “brought back from the
An amateur photographer from Utah is facing charges of criminal trespass and arson after an ill-advised photo shoot during which he set a vacant home on fire multiple times “in order to photograph it,” and wasn’t able to put the fire out. According to Gephardt Daily, 48-year-old Thomas Shea of Woodland, Utah was discovered by
The Sony World Photography Awards is being accused of censorship by the photojournalist community this week after the renowned competition pulled down multiple photo series depicting the pro-Democracy protests in Hong Kong, blaming the photos’ “sensitive nature.” The story first broke in the Hong Kong Free Press, after photographer Ko Chung-ming pointed out that his
Google has announced that its computer vision algorithm will no longer tag photos with gender. According to an email sent to Developers yesterday, the AI-powered tool will no longer use gendered tags like “woman” or “man,” and will default to “person” instead. The change applies to the Cloud Vision API, which developers can use to
Canon USA cut 15% of its Authorized Dealers earlier this week. According to a report by Canon Price Watch, the company removed 71 online outlets and small stores—over 15% of its total network—in an effort to reduce operating costs. According to CPW, the original change took place on February 13th, though it was adjusted again
Japanese company Tone Mobile has released a very… special… new smartphone. Aimed at parents who want to keep their kids from making bad choices, the TONE e20 has an AI-powered “Smartphone Protection” feature that prevents users from shooting or saving “inappropriate” photos (read: naked pictures). The official Tone Mobile press release (translated) hails the TONE
A San Francisco-based photographer is facing some legal backlash from the Golden Gate Bridge District over a photo that they claim he took from a restricted area. The photographer says the District is simply “hunting for money” by searching the Internet for pictures that they believe were taken from restricted areas. Bruce Getty is a
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri recently revealed the answer to a question that many IG users have been asking for years. No, not “is the chronological feed coming back” (he already answered that one a while back). He explained why Instagram, after all these years, still doesn’t have a proper iPad app. The revelation was part
PetaPixel has learned that the CP+ 2020 expo in Japan—one of the largest photo industry trade shows in the world—has been cancelled due to fears over the recent coronavirus outbreak. An official announcement from the show is expected shortly. (UPDATE: Confirmed) We were tipped off to the news earlier this evening when social media consultant
Yesterday, Topaz Labs—the software company behind popular photo editing plugins and software like DeNoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Gigapixel AI—announced that it will start charging for product upgrades. Users are understandably upset. The announcement was made by CEO Eric Yang through the Topaz Labs community forum, and as of this writing, it’s already generated 444
A Washington woman was arrested after authorities say she posed online as a newborn photographer and drugged a mother in order to steal her baby. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department announced the Friday arrest of the 38-year-old woman and her 16-year-old daughter after conducting an extensive investigation in their alleged crimes. Authorities say the victim
In a political story that’s stranger than fiction, the home of a former official photographer for the UK Parliament’s House of Commons was raided by the Metropolitan police earlier this week. The cops were reportedly looking for “furniture from the House of Commons and a lamp.” According to The Guardian, the raid took place on