The Daily PetaPixel for 04/07/2020

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( [Tamron Unveils Extremely Affordable 70-180mm F/2.8 for Sony E-Mount]( By [DL Cade]( on Apr 06, 2020 11:00 pm After announcing the lens as “in development” [way back in October]( Tamron has finally officially unveiled the 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD for the Sony E-mount—a 70-200mm f/2.8 competitor for full-frame mirrorless that costs just $1,200. That’s less than half the price of [Sony’s $2,600 70-200mm f/2.8 GM](. … [[visit site to read more]( [Photographer Goes Stop-Motion Skiing on His Living Room Floor]( By [DL Cade]( on Apr 06, 2020 05:28 pm [Watch the Video]( Barcelona-based photographer, filmmaker, and skiier [Philipp Klein Herrero]( was going to go on a ski trip with his family before lockdown hit and they all got stuck inside. But Herrero decided to go skiing anyway… on his living room floor, that is. … [[visit site to read more]( [Drone Photos Capture a Fresh Take on Tuscany’s Iconic Landscapes]( By [DL Cade]( on Apr 06, 2020 04:24 pm In October of 2017, photographer [Gabor Nagy]( took his new drone with him on an adventure to Tuscany, to see if he could capture this instantly-recognizable Italian landscape from a different perspective. The result was a beautiful series of eye-catching aerial photos called “[Tuscany from Above]( … [[visit site to read more]( [Hacker Discovers Apple Cameras Can Be ‘Hijacked,’ Earns $75K Bug Bounty]( By [DL Cade]( on Apr 06, 2020 03:49 pm A security researcher is being rewarded handsomely after he discovered a massive iOS and MacOS camera flaw that would allow bad actors to hijack the camera and microphone in any iPhone or Mac computer, and use it to spy on you. … [[visit site to read more]( [Why I Will Never Give Up on My Travel Photography Dream]( By Chris Gouge on Apr 06, 2020 02:53 pm [Watch the Video]( After a recent [bad experience in Ukraine]( I returned to the UK upset, fed up and tired of things not going my way. I can’t get into details about what happened in Ukraine and although it was personal, it acted as a catalyst which then got me reflecting negatively on other areas of my life too. … [[visit site to read more]( [Fox Steals Phone While It’s Recording, Cuteness Ensues]( By [Michael Zhang]( on Apr 06, 2020 02:49 pm [Watch the Video]( If you’re feeling down and need a smile, check out this 1-minute video of a fox stealing a phone from a human and running away with it. … [[visit site to read more]( [How to Shoot Portraits Through FaceTime]( By Tim Dunk on Apr 06, 2020 02:12 pm If anything good has come out of the current lockdown, it’s the many wonderful ways people have been finding to stay creative. When the coronavirus began to take hold and necessary government instructions rendered my wedding and portrait photography business inoperable, I had to deal with the shock and financial implications of it like any other photographer. It also threw up another challenge: how do we as creatives stay creative? … [[visit site to read more]( [How to Capture a ‘Dramatic’ Food Photo Using Cheap Gear]( By [DL Cade]( on Apr 06, 2020 02:07 pm [Watch the Video]( Food photographer Joanie Simon of [The Bite Shot]( has put together a helpful tutorial that shows you how to capture “dramatic food photography” using an extremely cheap DSLR. Specifically, she picked up [a used Canon Rebel T2i]( with a kit lens for just $200. … [[visit site to read more]( [This Photographer Shot a Wet Plate Portrait Over Video Chat]( By [Michael Zhang]( on Apr 06, 2020 01:28 pm Photographers around the world have been getting creative to keep their skills sharp during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and widespread home quarantine. While many photographers are experimenting with doing remote photo shoots over video chat, [Shane Balkowitsch]( took it to a new level by capturing a wet plate portrait. … [[visit site to read more]( [This Old Photo Technique Shows How Masks Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19]( By [DL Cade]( on Apr 06, 2020 01:00 pm [Watch the Video]( Advanced imaging company [LaVision]( has released a new video that shows just how effective a face mask can be at preventing the spread of infections like COVID-19. The video lends visual support to [the CDC’s recent recommendation]( that everyone wear a mask in any situation where it is difficult to maintain social distance. … [[visit site to read more]( [39,000+ Photos Were Shot for This 3-Minute Timelapse of Flowers Blooming]( By [Michael Zhang]( on Apr 06, 2020 12:24 pm [Watch the Video]( Slovak photographer [Majo Chudý]( has released a new timelapse short film of flowers blooming. A whopping 39,000 photos were shot over a year to capture the 1,276 hours that were condensed into the 3.5 minutes you see here. … [[visit site to read more]( [Context Matters When Viewing COVID-19 Photos]( By Allen Murabayashi on Apr 06, 2020 11:52 am Since mid-March, various policies have been implemented at the state and federal level in the U.S. to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. … [[visit site to read more]( [Is There Such a Thing as ‘Fake’ Travel Photography?]( By Oli H on Apr 06, 2020 11:36 am [Watch the Video]( I have sometimes [been critical]( when landscape photographers combine two or more photos not taken at the same time to make one great photo — adding northern lights or beautiful skies to a photo that did not have them, for example — and then making people believe it was something that really happened. … [[visit site to read more]( [Cultivating Diversity in My Photography]( By Simon King on Apr 06, 2020 10:44 am There is an excellent quote regarding practice attributed to legendary martial artist Bruce Lee that I think provides a great framework for many pursuits but also highlights one of my earliest struggles with ideas around “style” in photography: “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” … [[visit site to read more]( Earlier Stories: [Great Sunday Reads in Photography]( [A Look Into White House Photographer Pete Souza’s Camera Bag]( [TikTok Star Draws Heat for Crashing Wedding Photographer’s Shoot]( [How to Easily Remove Color Casts in Photoshop]( [I Shot Military Survival Training with a Holga Toy Camera]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Copyright © 2020 PetaPixel, All rights reserved. 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