Articles by Matt Growcoot at PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/author/mattgrowcoot/ Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:58:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 191656271 Plandid App Allows You to Instantly Book a Photographer in New York https://petapixel.com/2024/01/24/plandid-app-allows-you-to-instantly-book-a-photographer-in-new-york/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:58:02 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=724017 Plandid app

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

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Famed Photographer Shows How Easy it is to Recreate His Photos With AI https://petapixel.com/2024/01/24/famed-photographer-shows-how-easy-it-is-to-recreate-his-photos-with-ai/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:52:07 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723962 Real photos versus AI image

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/24/trump-shares-ai-image-of-himself-praying-with-six-fingers/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:18:29 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723947 AI image of Trump praying

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/23/photographers-400-megapixel-image-of-the-sun-is-made-up-of-100k-photos/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:06:06 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723810 High resolution image of the sun

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/23/photographers-deadly-brush-with-venomous-snake-caught-on-camera/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:48:15 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=722835 Photographer scared by snake

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/23/photographer-admits-his-annual-hot-priest-calendar-isnt-all-clergymen/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:14:52 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723770 Hot Priest Calendar

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/23/shutterstock-and-united-nations-launch-ai-for-good-image-contest/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:50:54 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723752

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/22/rare-footage-of-florida-panther-captured-on-trail-camera/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:44:20 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723627 Florida panther

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/22/hunters-posed-as-nature-photographers-to-illegally-take-deer/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:21:22 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723622 Illegal hunter captured on trail camera

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/22/photographers-mind-boggling-360-image-of-observatory-where-worlds-largest-camera-will-live/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:22:41 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723578 LSST Camera

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/22/kamikaze-fpv-drones-are-now-regularly-being-used-in-ukraine-war/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:15:18 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723603 Ukraine FPV drone targets Russians

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/19/the-awesome-winners-of-the-2023-ocean-art-photography-competition/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 16:41:52 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723293 Ocean Art Photo Contest 2023

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/19/nasa-shares-image-of-penguin-and-egg-shaped-galaxy/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:32:42 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723285 Penguin and Egg Shaped Galaxy

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/19/google-looks-set-to-add-an-ai-image-generator-to-bard/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:31:04 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723269

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’ https://petapixel.com/2024/01/18/photographer-captures-new-york-at-its-worst-and-its-very-best/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:57:20 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723162 Phil Penman New York photography

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/18/photographer-encounters-enormous-alien-fish-in-the-deep-ocean/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:18:53 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723138 Giant sunfish and photographer

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/18/star-trek-symbol-photographed-on-mars-by-curiosity-rover/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:22:57 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=723122 Star Trek symbol spotted on Mars

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/17/the-winning-photos-of-the-2023-wiki-loves-monuments-in-the-united-states/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:47:48 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=722914 Wiki Loves Monuments United States

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/17/photographer-captures-hidden-world-of-notes-placed-inside-jerusalems-western-wall/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:54:16 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=722853 Notes in the Western Wall

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 https://petapixel.com/2024/01/17/bear-and-salmon-pictured-together-in-canadas-best-nature-photos-2023/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:37:41 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=722771

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

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