The Daily PetaPixel for 06/18/2020

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( [Confirmed: Olympus Officially Pulls Out of PhotoPlus 2020]( By [DL Cade]( on Jun 17, 2020 05:57 pm [The PhotoPlus Expo]( in New York City won’t take place until late October, but companies are already deciding whether or not to commit to going. First up: Olympus, who has officially pulled out of this year’s show because of the ongoing pandemic. … [[visit site to read more]( [These are the Winners of NASA’s Own ‘Photographer of the Year’ Contest]( By [DL Cade]( on Jun 17, 2020 03:47 pm [NASA photographers]( don’t get a lot of love. Since they work for a government agency, their images are released into the public domain and are often only credited as “Photo by NASA.” The agency’s internal Photographer of the Year contest aims to provide some well-deserved recognition. … [[visit site to read more]( [NiSi Unveils Its First Macro Focusing Rail for Precise Focus Stacking]( By [DL Cade]( on Jun 17, 2020 02:54 pm Cinema lens and filter maker [NiSi]( continues its expansion into strange product categories. This time, the company has released its first macro focusing rail: a competitively-priced addition to the market that gives macro enthusiasts a lot of control and some nice-to-have features for precise focus stacking. … [[visit site to read more]( [Cambridge Uploads Powerful Archive of Photos by Jewish Doctor Exiled by Hitler]( By [DL Cade]( on Jun 17, 2020 02:11 pm The [Cambridge Digital Library]( recently uploaded a powerful collection of images captured by Albert Eckstein in the 1930s. Eckstein, a German Jewish doctor, was exiled by Hitler and the Nazi party in 1935 and he chose to spend his exile in Turkey helping to fight the scourge of infant mortality in the country’s poorest communities. … [[visit site to read more]( [Robot ‘Spy Pig’ Camera Destroyed by Territorial Komodo Dragons]( By [DL Cade]( on Jun 17, 2020 01:14 pm [Watch the Video]( The BBC/PBS show “[Spy in the Wild]( continues to be a never-ending source of [robot camera hijinks](. This time, a ‘spy pig’ robot ended up on the wrong side of a some territorial male Komodo dragons who didn’t take kindly to its presence. The interaction didn’t end well for the pig… … [[visit site to read more]( [Nikon USA Reopens Repair Facilities for Mail-In Service]( By [DL Cade]( on Jun 17, 2020 12:42 pm As states around the country begin the process of re-opening after COVID lockdown, Nikon USA [has officially re-opened]( its service facilities. Service centers are still closed for walk-in service, but if your camera needs fixing, you can now send it in by mail. … [[visit site to read more]( [Photographer Selling Copyright to Nirvana’s First Major Magazine Cover Shoot]( By [Michael Zhang]( on Jun 17, 2020 12:17 pm Want to own a piece of music photography history? A rare opportunity has popped up. Photographer [Greg Watermann]( is [currently selling]( the entire photo shoot he did with Nirvana for their first major magazine cover, and the auction includes copyright and all. … [[visit site to read more]( [This ‘DeepFaceDrawing’ AI Turns Simple Sketches Into Portrait Photos]( By [DL Cade]( on Jun 17, 2020 12:12 pm Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have created [a deep learning algorithm]( that can turn rudimentary “freehand sketches” into hyper-realistic photographs that are nearly indistinguishable from real-life portraits. … [[visit site to read more]( [Photographers on Facing Up to Mental Health in a Pandemic]( By Andy Hudson on Jun 17, 2020 11:36 am For someone like [myself]( who suffers from quite bad anxiety during normal times, it’s safe to say facing potentially a whole calendar year of no work or income isn’t exactly a great tonic for one’s mental health. I have joked with my wife for a while now that at some point I want to take a year off — this isn’t quite what I had in mind! … [[visit site to read more]( [Kiano Lets You Visually Explore All the Photos on Your Mac or iPhone]( By [Michael Zhang]( on Jun 17, 2020 10:51 am If you enjoy novel ways of browsing through huge collections of photos, check out [Kiano](. It’s a new app for Mac and iOS that lets you visually navigate through all the photos in your photos library. … [[visit site to read more]( Earlier Stories: [BTS: Boston Red Sox Photographer Shoots Player Portraits Over FaceTime]( [Lensbaby Omni Color Expansion Pack Review: Adding Foreground Interest]( [NASA Shares Beautiful Satellite Photo of Madagascar Bay that Looks Like a Giant Octopus]( [5 Simple Tips to Improve Your Landscape Photography]( [Calculating the Distance of Wildlife in a Telephoto Shot]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Copyright © 2020 PetaPixel, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. PetaPixel · 2944 N 44th St Ste 100 · Phoenix, AZ 85018-7258 · USA You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.