The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019

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[View it in your browser](. to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast!]( [25683aad-fd15-4681-b999-25b47f86a370.jpg]( TODAY'S POSTS [Watch Timelapse Footage of a ‘Snow Squall’ Swallowing Up NYC]( [Drone Photos Capture Spinning Steel Wool from a Cool New Perspective]( [Compelling Photos of Firefighters in Action Win First ‘Portraits of Protection’ Contest]( [5 Ways You Can Use a Softbox to Shoot Stunning Portraits]( [What Does Your Photography Mean to You?]( [From Homeless to Pro Photographer: What it Actually Takes to Make it as a Photographer]( [Photographer’s Photo Goes Viral After He Sends Prints to Pro Athletes]( [Pixelmator’s New ML Super Resolution Feature is a Real Life ‘Enhance!’ Tool]( [A Brief History of the Fisheye Lens and How it Became a Music Photography Icon]( [SD’s Response to CFexpress is Pretty Much Dead on Arrival]( Watch Timelapse Footage of a ‘Snow Squall’ Swallowing Up NYC Dec 18, 2019 03:44 pm | [DL Cade]( Earlier today, a “snow squall” quickly engulfed the island of Manhattan in dramatic fashion. Fortunately, there are plenty of cameras set up around NYC, ready to capture something like this when it comes along. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Drone Photos Capture Spinning Steel Wool from a Cool New Perspective Dec 18, 2019 03:05 pm | [DL Cade]( During one of his recent Aurora and Night Photography workshops, Alaska-based photographer and instructor [Frank Stelges]( had an interesting idea: what if you tried to photograph spinning steel wool from above? … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Compelling Photos of Firefighters in Action Win First ‘Portraits of Protection’ Contest Dec 18, 2019 01:04 pm | [DL Cade]( A couple of months ago, Pelican launched the “[Portraits of Protection]( photo competition, a monthly contest that encourages photographers to “immortalize heroes who’ve stepped forward in the face of danger.” And the very first winner of that contest was just announced. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( 5 Ways You Can Use a Softbox to Shoot Stunning Portraits Dec 18, 2019 12:06 pm | [DL Cade]( { "error": { "errors": [ { "domain": "usageLimits", "reason": "dailyLimitExceeded", "message": "Daily Limit Exceeded. The quota will be reset at midnight Pacific Time (PT). You may monitor your quota usage and adjust limits in the API Console: "extendedHelp": " } ], "code": 403, "message": "Daily Limit Exceeded. The quota will be reset at midnight Pacific Time (PT). You may monitor your quota usage and adjust limits in the API Console: } } Portrait photographer [Miguel Quiles]( is back with the third part of his series on various lighting modifiers. [Part one]( covered the beauty dish, [part two]( covered the umbrella, and part three is all about the different ways you can use a softbox to capture distinctive portraits. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( What Does Your Photography Mean to You? Dec 18, 2019 10:50 am | Rick Sammon At the end of my photo workshops, and during my seminars, I often ask the participants a simple question: “What does your photography mean to you?” … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( From Homeless to Pro Photographer: What it Actually Takes to Make it as a Photographer Dec 18, 2019 10:22 am | Christopher James Hall Perhaps you have a dream of becoming a professional photographer or you have already started your professional photography business. If for you it’s still a dream what is it that’s holding you back? If you have already started how was it for you? Did you start part-time, nervous about taking that first step or did you, like me, jump straight in? … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Photographer’s Photo Goes Viral After He Sends Prints to Pro Athletes Dec 18, 2019 09:59 am | [Michael Zhang]( After the Seattle Sounders professional soccer team won the 2019 MLS Cup on November 10th, local photographer [Chris Fabregas]( shot a photo of downtown Seattle as the city was celebrating. He then had a brilliant idea: he would send prints to Sounders players as a gift. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Pixelmator’s New ML Super Resolution Feature is a Real Life ‘Enhance!’ Tool Dec 18, 2019 09:52 am | [DL Cade]( Pixelmator Pro [just released]( a new tool called “ML Super Resolution”: a machine-learning-powered feature that “makes it possible to increase the resolution of images while keeping them stunningly sharp and detailed.” In other words, the real-world equivalent of all those movies where someone yells “Enhance!” at their computer screen. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( A Brief History of the Fisheye Lens and How it Became a Music Photography Icon Dec 18, 2019 08:59 am | [DL Cade]( { "error": { "errors": [ { "domain": "usageLimits", "reason": "dailyLimitExceeded", "message": "Daily Limit Exceeded. The quota will be reset at midnight Pacific Time (PT). You may monitor your quota usage and adjust limits in the API Console: "extendedHelp": " } ], "code": 403, "message": "Daily Limit Exceeded. The quota will be reset at midnight Pacific Time (PT). You may monitor your quota usage and adjust limits in the API Console: } } The folks at Vox recently put together a fascinating photography history lesson on a subject we’ve honestly never seen covered: the fisheye lens, and why it’s been so widely used in music photography. Specifically, why we’ve seen it used so often for album covers throughout the decades. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( SD’s Response to CFexpress is Pretty Much Dead on Arrival Dec 18, 2019 08:41 am | [Jaron Schneider]( Though we went into great detail recently into [why the SD card isn’t going anywhere anytime soon]( the format’s days are likely still numbered. Positioned as a response to CFexpress, the SD Association [published an initiative]( about a year ago for the next generation SD card called SDexpress (SDx). … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 12/18/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( [b82dce33-4a48-4869-a135-1d67d5dd676a.jpg](  YESTERDAY'S POSTS [NPPA Sues California Over Law that Forces Freelancers to Become Employees]( [Watch the DPReview TV Hosts Play a Drinking Game and Crown the Best and Worst Gear of 2019]( [My Last Visit to Antelope Canyon: Why I Agree with the Photo Tour Ban]( [Instagram’s New ‘False Information’ Warning Will Tell You if a Photo is Fake]( [Sony a7R IV Full Disassembly and Teardown: Improved in Every Way]( [Spellbinding Super Slow Motion Macro Footage of Bubbling Hydrogen]( [Canon 1DX Mark III Will Shoot No-Crop 4K and (Maybe) 6K RAW Video: Report]( [Telephoto Street Photography in India]( [The Story Behind a Photo Project: ‘State of Decay’ by Alejandro Cegarra]( [Nikon Releases CFExpress Update and $200 ProRes RAW Upgrade for the Nikon Z6 and Z7]( Copyright © 2019 PetaPixel, All rights reserved. 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