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Panasonic GX1 for $249 Deal Alert

21 Votes Comment  B&H has the Panasonic Lumix GX1 body for only $249. It retailed for $699 when it was new and is a great Micro Four Thirds camera. See my Panasonic Lumix GX1 review. Check out the GX1 deal here at B...
www.photographybay.com |  3h ago 
 

Camera Captures What Its Like to Get Eaten by a Grizzly Bear

12 Votes Comment  Categories:FindsNewsTags: bearcamerafootagegoprogrizzlyWhen Brad Josephs took his GoPro camera out in beautiful Alaska, he was probably trying to get majestic footage of Grizzly bears for the BBCs ...
petapixel.com |  3h ago 
 

Modern Kitchen: 1940

35 Votes Comment  April 17, 1940. When enameled steel was sexy. "Electric Institute of Washington. Display of ranges in lobby at Potomac Electric Power Co. building." 8x10 acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View...
www.shorpy.com |  4h ago 
 

Shooting Photos of 10K Runners with an Off

26 Votes Comment  Categories:InspirationWalkthroughsTags: 10kflashoffcamerapauleichengrunrunnersrunningLately Ive been looking for ways to photograph people besides just my friends and family. I was super inspired a...
petapixel.com |  5h ago 
 

Second

30 Votes Comment  Guys gone wild, 1860s style. "Unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each other's mouths." Ninth-plate tintype, hand-colored. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photograp...
www.shorpy.com |  9h ago 
 

Comedians Key and Peele Having a Blast Improvising at a Photo Shoot

30 Votes Comment  Categories:FindsTags: behindthescenescomedycentralfastcompanyfunnykeyandpeelemadtvphotoshootComedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele were recently asked to participate in a photo shoot for Fas...
petapixel.com |  9h ago 
 

Canadian Anti-Piracy Site Caught Using Photos Without Permission

37 Votes Comment  Categories:LawNewsTags: brianmoorecaniprecopyrightcopyrightinfringementcopyrightlawcopyrighttheftintellectualpropertysaschapohfleppstevehoukCanipre short for Canadian Intellectual Property Rights ...
petapixel.com |  6h ago 
 

Sony May Make A-Mounts Fully Mirrorless in 2014, Working on a A-E Hybrid As Well

36 Votes Comment  Categories:EquipmentIndustryRumorsTags: amountemounthybridhybridbridgecameramirrorlesspatentrumorrumorssonysonyalphasonyalphadslrsonyamountsonyemountsonyhybridbridgecamerasonymirrorlesssonynexA few...
petapixel.com |  7h ago 
 

The Invisible Man: Liu Bolin Talks About His Process and Motivation

36 Votes Comment  Categories:InspirationTags: invisibleinvisiblemanliubolintedtedtalktheinvisiblemanBack in March, we shared a time-lapse that showed photographer Liu Bolin also known as the invisible man disappea...
petapixel.com |  8h ago 
 

Olympus Shifting Focus Away From P&S Cameras, Kills Off Budget Lineup

36 Votes Comment  Categories:IndustryNewsTags: businesscompactolympuspoint-and-shootShoppers will soon have a tough time trying to pick up a cheap Olympus point-and-shoot compact camera. The company has said it is p...
petapixel.com |  10h ago 
 

How I Make Sure My Photos Are Backed Up and Safe From Harm

31 Votes Comment  Categories:TipsTutorialsTags: adambronkhorstadvicebackingupbackupdatafailsafeharddrivessecurityI had a hard drive fail on me once. It was a total nightmare. I lost two years of digital photos and a...
petapixel.com |  1d ago 
 

Leicas Largest Stakeholder Buys Stake in Photo Contest Website

26 Votes Comment  Categories:IndustryNewsWebsitesTags: andreaskaufmanni-shot-itleicashareholderstakeDr. Andreas Kaufmann, the majority shareholder and chairman of Leica, has apparently purchased a 25.1% stake in pho...
petapixel.com |  1d ago 
 

Scientist Creates and Snaps Photographs of Microscopic Crystal Flowers

14 Votes Comment  Categories:InspirationNewsTechnologyTags: electronflowersmicroscopicwimlnoorduinHarvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences postdoctoral fellow Wim L. Noorduin, along with his colleagues, ha...
petapixel.com |  1d ago 
 

Agency Films First Underwater Time Slice in South Africa for Mineral Water Ad

21 Votes Comment  Categories:IdeasNewsTechnologyTags: adbullettimecommercialfrogsquadtimesliceunderwaterunderwaterbullettimeunderwaterphotographyunderwatertimeslicePortugals Krypton Films, in collaboration with prod...
petapixel.com |  1d ago 
 

Time - Lapse Photos of Embryos May Lead to Heathier In

29 Votes Comment  Categories:NewsTechnologyTags: embryoimagingIVFmedicinetimelapseAn interesting new imaging technique in use by fertility experts at the CARE fertility clinic in the United Kingdom may be the key to...
petapixel.com |  1d ago 
 

Focus-Stacked Macro Photos of Bugs by Photographer Nicolas Reusens

34 Votes Comment  Categories:InspirationTags: bugsdepthoffieldfocusstackinginsectsmacromacrophotographymacrophotosnicolasreusensphotoseriesPhotographer Nicolas Reusens has always been interested in insects, so when ...
petapixel.com |  1d ago 
 

A Comparison of Burst Mode Speeds and Shutter Sounds of Canon DSLRs

7 Votes Comment  Categories:EducationalEquipmentTags: burstmodecanoncomparisoncontinuousshootingdochdslrfpsframerateinterestinginterestingfshuttersoundssoundsspeedCanons DSLRs come with a variety of continuous shoo...
petapixel.com |  1d ago 
 

Photographer Offers Video Proof that You Can Dig Up and Save Expired Snapchats

30 Votes Comment  Categories:NewsTechnologyTags: disappearingexpirednickkeckselfdestructselfdestructingsnapchatsnapsAfter reading our previous article on how Decipher Forensics had managed to find and restore expire...
petapixel.com |  1d ago 
 

ONDU: A New Line of Beautiful Wooden Pinhole Cameras

29 Votes Comment  Categories:EquipmentNewsTags: camerakickstarterONDUpinholepinholecamerawoodenSlovenian industrial designer Elvis Halilovi, who dubs himself a passionate lensless photographer is aiming to bring sev...
petapixel.com |  1d ago 
 

Google Glass Developer Lets His 2-Year-Old Give it a Go, Cuteness Ensues

20 Votes Comment  Categories:FindsTags: childspointofviewcutecutevideogooglegoogleglasspointofviewtoddlerFor now, if you want to get your childs point of view on anything, the best approach is to mount a helmet cam ...
petapixel.com |  1d ago