The Daily PetaPixel for 04/28/2023

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by Aftershoot Automate your Culling & Editing with Aftershoot Save time, money, and stress by automating your post-shoot workflow with the power of Aftershoot's AI culling & Editing app. Get your free 30-day unlimited trial. [Try For Free]( [A Collaborative Quest to Save an Endangered Toad from Extinction]( By Kristi Odom on Apr 27, 2023 04:13 pm The boreal toad is Colorado’s only alpine species of toad; this high-altitude amphibian lives at 7,000 to 12,000 feet of elevation in mountain ponds and lakes. They used to thrive, but are now facing a severely declining population. [[Read More]( [Incredible Aerial Photo of Mars Shows Blue Sky and Perseverance Rover]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 27, 2023 04:05 pm [NASA Ingenuity Photo of Perseverance]( During its 51st flight, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter snapped a striking shot of Mars, showing an apparent blue sky -- a far cry from the typical dusty, dull sky seen from Mars' surface -- and captured a special guest in the frame, the Mars Perseverance rover. [[Read More]( [RED’s Lawsuit Against Nikon Dismissed: Z9 Gets to Keep Compressed RAW]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 27, 2023 03:31 pm [Red vs Nikon]( RED's lawsuit against Nikon for infringing on its video compression patents has been dismissed, effectively giving Nikon permission to continue allowing compressed internal RAW video recording in its cameras. [[Read More]( [55 Creatives Win $18K Each for GoPro Million Dollar Challenge]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 27, 2023 03:20 pm GoPro has announced the winners of its Million Dollar Challenge -- a competition that sees contestants enter short video clips. [[Read More]( [Exclusive: A Look at the Ultra-Rare Cameras in the 2023 Leitz Photographica Auction]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 27, 2023 02:43 pm [42nd Leitz Photographica Auction]( The biannual Leitz Photographica Auction will take place on June 10 in Wetzlar, Germany. In anticipation of the auction, Leica hosted PetaPixel as part of a special one-on-one preview in New Jersey, the home of Leica's North American operations. [[Read More]( [Canadian Man Jailed for Creating AI Child Porn in Country’s First Ever Case]( By Pesala Bandara on Apr 27, 2023 02:40 pm [Man using a keyboard]( A man in Quebec, Canada has been sentenced to three years in prison for using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate images of child pornography -- the first ruling of its kind in the country. [[Read More]( [Photographer Takes a Person’s Portrait in all 50 States in a Single Day]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 27, 2023 01:59 pm [Photographer's portraits of a person in every single state]( A photographer has achieved the seemingly impossible task of photographing a person in all 50 American states in a single day. [[Read More]( [Report: Meta Struggling to Stop Child Sex Trafficking on Facebook and Instagram]( By Pesala Bandara on Apr 27, 2023 01:50 pm [meta]( A new report by The Guardian reveals Facebook and Instagram have become marketplaces for child sex trafficking and parent company Meta is struggling to take sufficient action to prevent criminals from using its platforms. [[Read More]( [Is it Ethical to Edit a Guest’s Pink Hair Out of Your Wedding Photos?]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 27, 2023 01:30 pm [Pink Haired girl at a wedding]( Yesterday, ethicist Kwame Anthony Appiah published his response to a parent of the bride's question: would it be ethical to digitally alter the hair color of a guest at the wedding? Appiah argues yes, but I think that answer misses the mark. [[Read More]( [Luminar Neo Update Adds Undo/Redo Feature and Improves Performance]( By David Crewe on Apr 27, 2023 12:46 pm Skylum has released update 1.9 update Luminar Neo that brings a heavily-requested Undo/Redo functionally to the artificial intelligence-powered photo editing application. [[Read More]( [TikTok is Testing a Lensa-Like AI Avatar Generator]( By Pesala Bandara on Apr 27, 2023 12:38 pm [tiktok]( TikTok is jumping on the artificially intelligent (AI) photo-editing trend, popularized by Lensa last year and is working on its own new AI avatar generator. [[Read More]( [Photographer Captures Biden Holding ‘Cheat Sheet’ During Press Conference]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 27, 2023 12:13 pm A press photographer captured President Joe Biden's "cheat sheet" which gives him advanced knowledge of a journalist's question. [[Read More]( [Leica’s New ZM Watch Variants are Inspired by the M11 Monochrom]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 27, 2023 12:12 pm [Leica Watch]( Leica has announced the new Leica Watch ZM 1 and ZM 2, designs that it says were inspired by the M11 Monochrom that was launched earlier this month. [[Read More]( [‘The Tuner’ by Module 8 is World’s First Variable-Look Cinematic Lens System]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 27, 2023 12:02 pm [Moment Module 8 The Tuner]( Photography accessory and equipment company Moment has announced The Tuner by Module 8. The Tuner products deliver the world's first variable-look cinematic lens system to "bring a classic film aesthetic to your mirrorless digital camera." [[Read More]( [Fujifilm’s X Summit and Fujikina Events Will Be Held in Bangkok in May]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 27, 2023 11:43 am [Fujifilm X Summit Bangkok]( In January, Fujifilm announced that it would hold its X Summit in April. That was delayed and the company has said that it instead intends to hold the event on May 24 in Bangkok, Thailand. [[Read More]( [Meta Says Users Spent 24% More Time on Instagram Because of Reels]( By Pesala Bandara on Apr 27, 2023 10:53 am [People in front of instagram logo]( Meta says users are spending over 24% more time on Instagram because of its TikTok-clone, Reels. [[Read More]( [BeReal Owns Your Photos for ’30 Years’]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 27, 2023 10:41 am [BeReal App]( A cybersecurity software company claims that photo-sharing app BeReal owns the rights to users' photos for "30 years." [[Read More]( [Is This The Worst Question You Can Ask a Photographer?]( By Pesala Bandara on Apr 27, 2023 09:37 am [Photographer holding a camera]( A photographer has gone viral on social media after he revealed "the worst question" that a shooter could be asked. 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