Articles by Matt Growcoot at PetaPixel

Plandid App Allows You to Instantly Book a Photographer in New York

Matt Growcoot — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:58:02 +0000

An iOS app called Plandid allows people to book photographers in New York City for any occasion.

Famed Photographer Shows How Easy it is to Recreate His Photos With AI

Matt Growcoot — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:52:07 +0000

A photographer whose name was found on a list of artists whose style the AI image generator Midjourney wanted to emulate tells PetaPixel that "creatives must be remunerated."

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Trump Shares AI Image of Himself Praying With Six Fingers

Matt Growcoot — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:18:29 +0000

Bathed in church window light, head bowed while kneeling in the pews; Donald Trump looks to be in deep contemplation. The only problem? He has six fingers on each hand.

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Photographer’s 400-Megapixel Image of the Sun is Made up of 100K Photos

Matt Growcoot — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:06:06 +0000

Backyard astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has released his highest-ever resolution image of the Sun -- a 400-megapixel image made up of over 100,000 photos.

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Photographer’s Brush with Ultra-Venomous Snake Caught on Camera

Matt Growcoot — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:48:15 +0000

A nature photographer had a brush with a "very venomous" sea snake which appeared in the mud he was lying in while photographing mudskippers.

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Photographer Admits His Annual ‘Hot Priest’ Calendar Isn’t All Clergymen

Matt Growcoot — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:14:52 +0000

The "Roman Calendar," also known as the "hot priest" calendar, is one of Rome's best-selling souvenirs. But the photographer behind it has admitted that not all of the hunks in the photos are men of the cloth.

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Shutterstock and United Nations Launch ‘AI For Good’ Image Contest

Matt Growcoot — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:50:54 +0000

Shutterstock has teamed up with the United Nation's AI for Good initiative to launch an artificial intelligence image contest.

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Rare Footage of Florida Panther Captured on Trail Camera

Matt Growcoot — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:44:20 +0000

A trail camera has picked up the extremely rare sight of a panther prowling a preserve in South Central Florida.

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Hunters Posed as Nature Photographers to Illegally Take Deer

Matt Growcoot — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:21:22 +0000

Two hunters have pled guilty to illegally hunting deer after it was discovered they had posed as nature photographers online to find the location of mature bucks.

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Photographer’s Mind-Boggling 360 Image of Observatory Where World’s Largest Camera Will Live

Matt Growcoot — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:22:41 +0000

While this surreal image looks like a planet floating in space, it is actually a 360-degree image of an astronomical observatory.

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Kamikaze FPV Drones Are Now Regularly Being Used in Ukraine War

Matt Growcoot — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:15:18 +0000

Cheap kamikaze FPV drones, the kind more typically used by photography and racing enthusiasts, are now one of Ukraine's most valued weapons against the Russian invasion.

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The Awesome Winners of the 2023 Ocean Art Photography Competition

Matt Growcoot — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 16:41:52 +0000

The winners of the 2023 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition have been announced with a picture of a paddling monkey taking home the grand prize.

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NASA Shares Image of Penguin and Egg Shaped Galaxy

Matt Growcoot — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:32:42 +0000

NASA has shared an image of a pair of galaxies that look like a penguin and its egg millions of light-years from Earth.

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Google Looks Set to Add an AI Image Generator to Bard

Matt Growcoot — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:31:04 +0000

An AI image generator is reportedly coming to Google Bard after a tipster uncovered a set of unreleased patch notes.

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Photographer Captures New York at its ‘Worst and its Very Best’

Matt Growcoot — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:57:20 +0000

Wandering the empty streets of New York during the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic, photographer Phil Penman captured the city at one of its lowest ebbs.

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Photographer Encounters Enormous, ‘Alien’ Fish in the Deep Ocean

Matt Growcoot — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:18:53 +0000

A photographer has shared the story -- and a magnificent photo -- of his encounter with a huge alien-like ocean sunfish.

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Star Trek Symbol Photographed on Mars by Curiosity Rover

Matt Growcoot — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:22:57 +0000

An amateur astronomer spotted a familiar sight on the surface of Mars in a photograph taken by NASA's Curiosity Rover.

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The Winning Photos of the 2023 Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States

Matt Growcoot — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:47:48 +0000

The Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in the United States photo contest held by Wikipedia has announced its winners.

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Photographer Captures ‘Hidden World’ of Notes Placed Inside Jerusalem’s Western Wall

Matt Growcoot — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:54:16 +0000

There are more than one million notes placed in the cracks of Jerusalem's Western Wall each year and one photographer has captured them in a way not seen previously.

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Bear and Salmon Pictured Together in Canada’s Best Nature Photos 2023

Matt Growcoot — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:37:41 +0000

The winners of the 2023 Canadian Photos of the Year competition held by Canadian Geographic have been announced.

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