PetaPixel Thursday August 7, 2025
“Newborn photography is one of the most beautiful yet delicate branches of photography. It is a field that combines artistry with significant ethical responsibility. Newborns are among the most vulnerable subjects to photograph.” So notes Toronto-based maternity and newborn photographer Zari Khorshidnia at PetaPixel. Khorshidnia offers advice on photographing newborns, starting with a critique of the popular but controversial “froggy pose,” in which the baby rests its chin on tiny hands with legs tucked in. If performed without professional safety techniques, this pose can be extremely dangerous, Khorshidnia notes.
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COLOSSAL Thursday August 7, 2025
Was Walter Chandoha the 20th century’s greatest pet photographer? There is certainly a case to be made that he was. Though he was known for his pictures of cats, Chandoha also photographed dogs, and now Taschen is bringing out the book Walter Chandoha. Dogs. Photographs 1941–1991—a 269-page collection featuring over 60 breeds, photographed is a variety of ways, from color studio and environmental portraits to black-and-white street scenes. Colossal recently spotlighted Chandoha’s superlative pups.
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THE VERGE Thursday August 7, 2025
Elgato's newly launched Facecam 4K webcam brings the price of 4K resolution and 60fps recording down to $199.99—$100 less than the earlier Facecam Pro. The Facecam 4K also has support for optional lens filters — a first for a webcam, notes The Verge. The Facecam 4K will support any 49mm lens filter, allowing owners to apply cinematic effects like diffusion or reduce reflections from glasses with circular polarizing filters. Elgato is pairing its latest webcam with its Camera Hub software, which lets you manually adjust ISO, exposure, and shutter speed settings, as well as pan, tilt, and zoom.
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Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Thursday August 7, 2025
In the late morning hours of August 6, 1945, a single camera shutter clicked in Hiroshima, Japan, and recorded what no camera had ever captured before, and none has again: the immediate, lived aftermath of a city annihilated by a nuclear weapon. Equipped with one camera and two rolls of film, Yoshito Matsushige, then a 32-year-old photojournalist, recorded the unfathomable effects the bomb dropped by a US B-29 Superfortress. On the 80th anniversary of the bombing, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists tells his story.
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