The Daily PetaPixel for 08/28/2024

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by Skylum [Get Color Transfer, Smart Search, and more]( Boost your editing capabilities with Luminar Neo, the AI-powered photo editor that will help you easily create fantastic photos. Luminar Neo is evolving every day, and this October a fantastic upgrade will be available, full of new features and improvements. [GRAB THE DEAL]( [Instagram Now Lets You Layer Photos and Add Text to Images]( By Pesala Bandara on Aug 28, 2024 07:04 am [Instagram Now Lets You Layer Photos and Add Text to Images]( Instagram has introduced new tools that let users add text to photos and layer images together. [[Read More]( [Venezuelan Journalists Are Using AI Stand-Ins to Combat Media Crackdown]( By Jaron Schneider on Aug 27, 2024 04:46 pm [A person with short dark hair and a beard, wearing a red plaid shirt, stands against a green background. Next to him, a person with long dark hair is shown in a brown sleeveless top, standing against a purple background. Both are facing the camera.]( Journalists in Venezuela are under increased scrutiny amid a shift towards dictatorship under President Nicolás Maduro -- but they aren't giving up. Instead, they're deploying AI stand-ins to report the news while avoiding the spotlight. [[Read More]( [Wedding Photographer Charged with Secretly Recording Bride]( By Jeremy Gray on Aug 27, 2024 04:31 pm [A photographer in a plaid shirt crouches in a grassy field, focusing his camera on a newly married couple in wedding attire who stand together in the blurred background against a natural, rocky landscape.]( A Minnesota wedding photographer is facing criminal charges for allegedly secretly recording a bride in a dressing room. [[Read More]( [DaVinci Resolve Is Now So Good It’s Impossible for Competitors to Ignore]( By Jaron Schneider on Aug 27, 2024 04:11 pm [The image shows the DaVinci Resolve logo, which features a rounded square with a dark background and three colorful, teardrop-like shapes in the center, arranged in a triangular pattern. The shapes are blue, yellow, and red, against a blurred, multicolored background.]( Last week, Blackmagic announced DaVinci Resolve 19, an upgrade to the popular video editing software that added over 100 new features. It's just the latest example of how the editor has become so reliable and feature-complete that it can't be ignored, even by direct competitors. [[Read More]( [Photographers Can Protect Their Images Against AI With Overlai App]( By Jeremy Gray on Aug 27, 2024 01:41 pm [A purple gradient background displays five smartphones. Each screen illustrates a different app interface, including a home screen with app icons, two login screens, an album of protected photos, and a notification screen confirming weekly photo protection.]( AI is among the most significant concerns for photographers. Whether worried about AI taking their jobs or AI models being trained illegally using their work, the technology is at the forefront of many's minds. Enter Overlai, an app that aims to keep photographers' work safe from AI scraping. [[Read More]( [Steve Jobs Foresaw the Collapse of the Camera Market 6 Years Before it Happened]( By Jeremy Gray on Aug 27, 2024 11:25 am [A bearded person with glasses smiles in the left half of the image, which has a light blue and purple background. The right half shows a close-up of the three camera lenses on the back of a smartphone with a metallic finish.]( Although Steve Jobs remains a complicated figure for many who knew him best, nearly everyone agrees that the successful inventor and businessman was a legendary visionary. Jobs was on the ground floor of many technological innovations, including personal computers, digital music players, and smartphones. His work also had a massive impact on photography. [[Read More]( [ProGrade’s New 120GB CFexpress 2.0 Type A Card Is Its Cheapest Offering]( By Jeremy Gray on Aug 27, 2024 11:00 am [Two ProGrade 120 GB CFexpress memory cards are standing side by side on a wooden surface in front of a camera lens. The cards have a read speed of 900 MB/s and a write speed of 450 MB/s. The labels on the cards display these specifications prominently.]( ProGrade Digital, a fully compliant member of the Compact Flash Association, has announced a new capacity for its popular CFexpress Type A Gold-class memory card series. Joining the existing 240GB and 480GB cards is a more affordable 120GB option. [[Read More]( [Enhancing Photography Portfolios with Canvas Prints: A Guide for Aspiring Photographers]( By PicaNova on Aug 27, 2024 10:59 am [A large framed photograph of a dramatic mountainous landscape with snow-covered peaks and a coastline with a sandy beach leaned against a white-paneled wall. It’s positioned beside a wooden chair stacked with several books.]( If you’re an aspiring photographer, you’ll know the presentation of your work is just as crucial as the images themselves. In a competitive field, your portfolio serves as a visual resume, showcasing not only your technical skills and artistic vision but also your understanding of presentation mediums. [[Read More]( [Photographer Receives $437K Payout After Police Shot Him With Pepper Spray During Protest]( By Pesala Bandara on Aug 27, 2024 10:43 am [A group of protesters, diverse in age and ethnicity, kneels in solidarity with their fists raised. Some hold signs with messages such as "No More Black Genocide" and "Marine Corps Vet = Willing to Die." The atmosphere is tense and passionate.]( A photographer will receive a $437,500 payout from the city of Denver, Colorado after police officers shot him in the face with pepper balls during a George Floyd protest in 2020. [[Read More]( [Bride Asks Photographer if He Will Commit Fraud to Lower Fee]( By Matt Growcoot on Aug 27, 2024 10:29 am [A person in a grey shirt is holding a DSLR camera with a long zoom lens up to their eye, capturing a photo. The person has short hair and uses a camera strap around their neck. The background is plain white.]( An outrageous request from a bride asking if a wedding photographer would be willing to defraud her employer to lower the overall cost of his invoice has been shared on Reddit. [[Read More]( [Videographer Robbed of Camera Gear After Being Tricked into Filming Fake Music Video]( By Pesala Bandara on Aug 27, 2024 09:49 am [Videographer Robbed of Camera Gear After Being Tricked into Filming Fake Music Video]( A New York videographer was robbed of $5,700 worth of camera equipment at knifepoint after being lured to film a fake music video at that location. [[Read More]( [Gymnast Falls to Death While Taking Selfie at Castle That Inspired Disney]( By Pesala Bandara on Aug 27, 2024 08:46 am [gymnast-falls-to-death-disney-sleeping-beauty-castle-selfie.jpg]( A professional gymnast plunged to her death while taking a selfie near the castle that inspired Disney's Sleeping Beauty. [[Read More]( [Sports Fans Hail Incredible Photo of Rainbow and Lightning Above Stadium]( By Matt Growcoot on Aug 27, 2024 08:29 am [A twilight scene at a baseball stadium shows an impressive rainbow arching across a darkening sky, with a lightning bolt visible near the right side. The city skyline and lit-up stadium scoreboards enhance the dramatic atmosphere.]( The Minnesota Twins have shared one of the best sports photos of the year showing dramatic skies above Target Field in Minneapolis. [[Read More]( [Adobe and OpenAI Support California Bill Requiring Labels on AI Images]( By Matt Growcoot on Aug 27, 2024 07:10 am [A 3d-rendered image of the openai logo, which consists of interlocking circles and letters, mounted on the exterior of a modern glass building under a clear blue sky.]( Adobe, OpenAI, and Microsoft have backed a bill in California that requires tech companies to clearly label AI-generated content. 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