The Daily PetaPixel for 01/24/2023

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( [Man Drops GoPro into Water after Wondering ‘What’s Going on’ in Ocean]( By Matt Growcoot on Jan 24, 2023 06:49 am [fisherman]( A curious man dropped a GoPro camera into the waters of Navarre Beach, Florida to document the remarkable sea life in the Gulf of Mexico. [[Read More]( [UK Authorities are Receiving Badly Photoshopped Pictures by Fraudsters]( By Pesala Bandara on Jan 24, 2023 05:57 am [photoshop fraudsters]( British authorities are receiving badly Photoshopped pictures by fraudsters who are claiming welfare while living abroad. [[Read More]( [NFL Star Wipes Out Photographer, But Makes Sure She is Okay]( By Pesala Bandara on Jan 23, 2023 03:22 pm [stefon diggs photographer]( Buffalo Bills star wide receiver Stefon Diggs wiped out a photographer on the sidelines trying to make a play but immediately checked on her after the collision. [[Read More]( [GoodOnes App Sifts Out Your Bad Pictures, Recommends the Good Ones]( By Pesala Bandara on Jan 23, 2023 03:11 pm A new app aims to sift out the bad photos and recommend the "best" ones in a user's camera roll. [[Read More]( [Intel NUC 13 Extreme Review: Don’t Judge It by Its Size]( By Jaron Schneider on Jan 23, 2023 02:56 pm [Intel NUC 13 Extreme Review]( Apple's Mac mini and Mac Studio have set new standards for the kind of power and performance that can be expected from a small chassis. While Intel's new NUC isn't quite as small, it does show that PCs can get almost as svelte and still perform outstandingly well. [[Read More]( [Human vs AI: Who’s Better at Turning Marcel Proust’s Words into Photos?]( By Alexis Gerard on Jan 23, 2023 02:43 pm In July of 2022, my partner Annabelle Matter and I traveled to Normandy, France, to shoot a project for the weekly Le Figaro Magazine that we’d been researching for months: translating into photographs a text by French writer Marcel Proust, renowned for his highly detailed and soulful descriptions. [[Read More]( [Why You Have to Value Yourself for Clients to Value Your Photography]( By Brenda Bergreen on Jan 23, 2023 02:01 pm Photography is a competitive industry in which professional photographers are competing against anyone with an iPhone, which means pretty much everyone. How do you convince a client to pay you for your work when they can get something that’s ‘good enough’ from someone else for free? [[Read More]( [iPhone Caught on Camera Exploding into Flames as Family Slept]( By Matt Growcoot on Jan 23, 2023 12:35 pm [iphone]( An iPhone 4 exploded and caught on fire while charging in the middle of the night as a family slept upstairs, and the alarming incident was caught on a home security camera. [[Read More]( [You Can Take a New High-Res Satellite Photo of Any Place on Earth for $175]( By Jaron Schneider on Jan 23, 2023 12:33 pm [SkyFi]( With the goal of democratizing satellite images, SkyFi has launched a new app for iOS, Android, and web browsers that lets anyone access high-resolution photos of Earth quickly, easily, and affordably. [[Read More]( [Robert Pattinson Calls Out ‘Terrifying’ Deepfake with One Million Followers]( By Pesala Bandara on Jan 23, 2023 12:13 pm [robert pattinson deepfake unreal robert]( Actor Robert Pattinson has called out the "terrifying" deepfake of himself on social media -- which has over one million followers. [[Read More]( [James Webb Spots the Building Blocks of Life in a Dark Molecular Cloud]( By Jaron Schneider on Jan 23, 2023 12:05 pm [Webb Image of dark molecular cloud]( The James Webb Space Telescope has been used to identify a wide range of frozen gasses in a molecular cloud -- namely carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur molecules -- which are the building blocks of habitable worlds. [[Read More]( [Underwater Photographer Captures Al Capone’s Sunken Speakeasy]( By Matt Growcoot on Jan 23, 2023 11:51 am [al capone and the sunken keuka]( An underwater photographer documented a speakeasy boat that was supplied with booze by notorious gangster Al Capone until it sank in 1932. [[Read More]( [Light Pollution Might Be Worse Than Previously Thought]( By Lisa Marie Segarra on Jan 23, 2023 11:43 am [Light Pollution]( It turns out light pollution might be worse than it appears by satellite. The problem has been steadily increasing over the years, which creates added difficulties for night photography. [[Read More]( [Microsoft Extends its Multi-Billion Dollar Partnership with OpenAI]( By Jaron Schneider on Jan 23, 2023 11:37 am [Microsoft and OpenAI]( Microsoft is extending its multi-billion dollar partnership with OpenAI, the makers of the DALL-E AI image generator, for the third time. [[Read More]( [Canon’s New Divided Sensor Can Shoot HDR Photos in Single Exposures]( By Jaron Schneider on Jan 23, 2023 10:58 am [Canon CMOS Sensor]( Canon has developed a new sensor that takes a novel approach to high dynamic range (HDR) capture. Rather than taking multiple exposures and blending them into one image, the sensor is divided into sections that each capture its own exposure in a single image. [[Read More]( [Traffic Cameras in New York Are Watching You and Listening to You]( By Matt Growcoot on Jan 23, 2023 09:45 am [traffic camera]( Traffic cameras in New York are not only watching cars but listening to them, too. [[Read More]( [TikTok Admits Its Own Employees Can Decide What Videos Go Viral]( By Pesala Bandara on Jan 23, 2023 08:58 am [tiktokalgorithm]( TikTok has admitted that its own employees can decide what videos go viral on the platform. [[Read More]( [Stunning Photos of Comet with Broken Tail Streaking Through Solar System]( By Matt Growcoot on Jan 23, 2023 08:49 am [comet]( An astrophotographer has imaged the long-traveling comet that is currently making passage through the solar system, perfectly capturing its broken tail. [[Read More]( [Photos of Alien-like Cloud That Formed in the Skies Above Turkey]( By Matt Growcoot on Jan 23, 2023 07:33 am [lenticularcloud]( An extremely strange cloud appeared in the skies above Turkey last week. Stunned onlookers grabbed their phones to record the phenomenon. [[Read More]( .PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE OF THE MONTH [5050.photography]( When Scott Cramer of 50/50 Photography travels, camera in hand, he wants to share his love for our planet and every living thing in it, and help make the world a better place. [[Read More]( Earlier Stories: [Ghislaine Maxwell Says Prince Andrew Photo is ‘Fake’]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Copyright © 2023 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](.