The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017

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[Listen to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast!] TODAY'S POSTS [Jarob Ortiz, the Next ‘Ansel Adams’ of the National Park Service] [I Used a Smartwatch to Turn a Vintage Camera Into a Digital Slideshow] [Black and White Photos of the Wildlife in ‘The Mara’ in Kenya] [A Crash Course in Low Angle Photo Composition] [This Guy Printed a Flipbook of Himself Flipping a Flipbook] [3 Mistakes Film Photography Newbies Make and How to Avoid Them] [Jollylook is the First Cardboard Folding Instant Film Camera] [Apple Shows Off iPhone 7’s Low Light Ability in New ‘Shot on iPhone’ Ads] [That $1,300 5K LG Monitor Apple Sells is ‘Unusable’ Near WiFi Routers] [This Photographer Shoots Gorgeous Wildlife Photos… in His Room] [Couple Turns 1 Year of Hair Growth Into a Time-Lapse Music Video] [‘Eric Cartman’ Lens Flare Photo Becomes an All-Time Top Reddit Post] [How to Be a Spartan Photographer] [Fruit Ninja IRL: Guys Attach GoPros to a Sword and Cut Stuff in Slow Motion] [R.I.P Triggertrap: Trigger Pioneer to Close Shop After Kickstarter Fail] [Jarob Ortiz, the Next ‘Ansel Adams’ of the National Park Service] Jan 31, 2017 03:24 pm | Allen Murabayashi In December 2015, the Internet was abuzz with a National Park Service (NPS) job listing [that was considered the search for “the next Ansel Adams”]: a position for a black-and-white large format photographer with a salary up to $100,000 per year. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [I Used a Smartwatch to Turn a Vintage Camera Into a Digital Slideshow] Jan 31, 2017 02:33 pm | Aaro Keipi Last fall, in preparation for a fair for my [wedding photography business in Helsinki], I wanted to create something out-of-the-ordinary that would attract attention to my booth. A friend of mine suggested a type of vintage camera that visitors could look through. Vintage camera with a mini slideshow inside? Sounds like a plan! … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [Black and White Photos of the Wildlife in ‘The Mara’ in Kenya] Jan 31, 2017 02:28 pm | Michael Zhang Raised in Kenya, UK-based wildlife photographer [Anup Shah] grew up surrounded by wild animals that captured his imagination. For his latest photo book, [The Mara], Shah returned to his homeland and shot close-up portraits of those creatures. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [A Crash Course in Low Angle Photo Composition] Jan 31, 2017 02:02 pm | DL Cade [Watch the Video] Camera angle as composition isn’t talked about as often as, say, how the elements in your photos are arranged. But changing your camera angle can completely transform the message an image sends, something [Ted Forbes] explains beautifully in this crash course on low angle photography. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [This Guy Printed a Flipbook of Himself Flipping a Flipbook] Jan 31, 2017 01:52 pm | Michael Zhang [Watch the Video] YouTube user [StupotMcDoodlepip] created this video turned an animated GIF into a flipbook, shot a video of himself flipping that flipbook, printed the still frames of that video into a new flipbook, and recorded the above video. It’s an 11-second video of himself flipping a flipbook that shows himself flipping a flipbook. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [3 Mistakes Film Photography Newbies Make and How to Avoid Them] Jan 31, 2017 12:43 pm | Vincent Moschetti Patience is not one of my many virtues and I’ve always preferred practice to theory. Instead of taking the time to learn the essentials before starting, I usually jump in head-first… come what may! This behavior has caused me disappointment, loss of time and money. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [Jollylook is the First Cardboard Folding Instant Film Camera] Jan 31, 2017 12:28 pm | Michael Zhang [Jollylook] is a new vintage-style folding camera for shooting Fuji Instax Mini instant film. It’s also the first camera of its kind to be made of cardboard and recycled paper. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [Apple Shows Off iPhone 7’s Low Light Ability in New ‘Shot on iPhone’ Ads] Jan 31, 2017 12:06 pm | DL Cade By now, you’re familiar with Apple’s “Shot on iPhone” ads: giant billboards and posters showing off high quality photos taken with Apple’s latest smartphone. But for their latest version of the campaign, Apple upped the ante, showing off the iPhone 7’s low light chops with a series of nighttime images. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [That $1,300 5K LG Monitor Apple Sells is ‘Unusable’ Near WiFi Routers] Jan 31, 2017 11:22 am | DL Cade Remember the powerful 5K LG monitor that [Apple announced] alongside their MacBook Pros? It’s been marketed as the perfect companion for Apple’s newest pro-level laptops, but users are reporting a major issue with the new monitor: it doesn’t work near WiFi routers. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [This Photographer Shoots Gorgeous Wildlife Photos… in His Room] Jan 31, 2017 11:19 am | Michael Zhang Egyptian photographer [Amr Elshamy] has shot photos showing whales and dolphins in the sea and polar bears and seals in snowy landscapes. But here’s what makes his wildlife photography different than most others: they were all shot indoors on a table in Elshamy’s room. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [Couple Turns 1 Year of Hair Growth Into a Time-Lapse Music Video] Jan 31, 2017 10:27 am | Michael Zhang [Watch the Video] Back in August 2015, musicians Tom Hughes and Anna Silver had their heads shaved to raise money to support cancer patients. They then had the idea of turning photos of their hair growing back into the creative and trippy music video above, titled “The Changing Man” by [Colonel Dax]. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [‘Eric Cartman’ Lens Flare Photo Becomes an All-Time Top Reddit Post] Jan 31, 2017 10:24 am | DL Cade From the “weird but also kind of fun” department comes one of the strangest and now most popular photos ever shared on Reddit. No, it’s not some epic landscape or a mind-blowing wildlife photo… it’s a shot of the London skyline with a lens flare that looks exactly like the South Park character Eric Cartman. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [How to Be a Spartan Photographer] Jan 31, 2017 09:53 am | Eric Kim I’ve been really into Spartan culture lately. I’m impressed with their physical fortitude, their obedience and duty to the state and their frugal lifestyle, and I find myself wondering what kind of Spartan attributes we could apply to photography. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [Fruit Ninja IRL: Guys Attach GoPros to a Sword and Cut Stuff in Slow Motion] Jan 31, 2017 09:28 am | DL Cade [Watch the Video] Step 1: Attach 2 GoPros to a katana. Step 2: Cut stuff in slow motion. Step 3: There is no step three. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] [R.I.P Triggertrap: Trigger Pioneer to Close Shop After Kickstarter Fail] Jan 31, 2017 09:09 am | Michael Zhang Camera trigger pioneering [Triggertrap] announced today that it’s going out of business. [Founded in 2011], Triggertrap was notable for offering a wide range of options using an intervalometer, laser sensor, sound sensor, and Aux input for custom triggers. … [[visit site to read more]] [Read More] [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 01/31/2017 on Facebook] [share on Twitter] YESTERDAY'S POSTS [NASA Releases Most Detailed Photos of Saturn’s Rings Ever Taken] [Creating Environmental Portraits During a Protest] [One Year with the Pentax 645Z] [Shooting with the iPhone in Antarctica] [Lighting Tutorial: Basic Single-Light Techniques] Copyright © 2017 PetaPixel, All rights reserved. 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