PetaPixel was born in May of 2009, and is a blog about photography geared towards tech-savvy digital photographers. Our goal is to inform, educate, and inspire in all things related to photography.

In case you didn’t know, the “peta” in PetaPixel is the prefix that denotes 10¹⁵, just as the “mega” in megapixel denotes 10⁶.

Our Fantabulous Team

Michael Zhang

Michael (the larger of the two siblings) is an entrepreneur, photographer, and programmer based in Davis, California, an hour east of San Francisco.

He is the founder of Photoblog.com, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with two degrees in computer science.

Jessica Lum

Jessica is an experienced photojournalist, writer, and editor who has worked for the UCLA Daily Bruin and Los Angeles Metromix.

Jessica has also dabbled in web and print design, arts and entertainment reporting, marketing and public relations. She graduated from UCLA with a degree in English and Geography/Environmental Science, and is currently studying at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.