A Canadian couple has turned their engagement shoot into the stuff of "epic" Internet fame. Cici and Clement were determined to get one-of-a-kind pre-wedding photos, and so they flew an entire photography and videography crew out to Iceland for a week-long photo excursion.
I recently shot a wedding with a buddy of mine where there were other hired professionals doing what they do: videographer, musicians, coordinators... you get the idea. My friend and I do our best to stay out of each other's shots, but just in case it's unavoidable we both wear formalwear so we can easily blend in as guests.
Photographer Brian Maneely just shared one heck of a "commercial" for Pentax DSLRs. In a story posted on Ricoh Imaging's Facebook page, he shares how he and his camera got doused in pink fire retardant by a firefighting plane... and then kept on shooting.
Now that a little time has passed I thought I would put together a post on my experiences covering “the crazy” at the recent Republican and Democratic Conventions in Cleveland and Philly respectively.
Some poor photographer in Kansas City, Missouri, accidentally left their camera bag outside city hall yesterday. Someone noticed the "suspicious package" and alerted police, who then sent a bomb squad and blew the camera bag up. Oops.
Here's a little video that will no doubt fulfill at least a few readers' childhood dreams. Using a GoPro Hero4 Session, the clip puts you in the driver's seat of a Hot Wheels car as it hurtles down 8 expertly crafted pieces of track connected by 'teleporting tunnels.'
If you subscribe to Adobe's $10 per month Creative Cloud Photography plan for access to Lightroom and Photoshop, there's a sale going on today that you might want to take advantage of. For today only, Adobe is selling a prepaid year-long subscription to the plan for just $95 instead of $120, a savings of 21%.
The European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) has been giving out awards for the best photography equipment for 34 years, so they know a thing or two about what makes a good piece of gear. And this year, Canon and Sony cleaned up receiving 8 of the 19 photography awards EISA gives out.
Datacolor today announced Spyder5CAPTURE PRO, a new calibration bundle that's geared towards pro photographers. The tools in the pack allow you to optimize your photos from shooting them through post-processing them.
Olympic Games often produce iconic photos, and that's what happened this Sunday during the men's 100 meter semifinals. Getty Images photographer Cameron Spencer managed to capture a remarkable photo that shows Usain Bolt flashing a "cheeky grin" as he comfortably wins the race.
A massive aerial TV camera suspended by cables outside the Olympic baseball venue in Rio came crashing to the ground on Monday afternoon after both the camera's guide cables snapped. The camera fell approximately 65 feet, injuring 7 people in the process.
Ever since they were first announced in May, people have been dying to get their hands on Samyang's new Autofocus lenses. Well... you don't have to wait long. Samyang announced both price and ship date for their AF 14mm f/2.8 FE lens earlier today.
This beautiful short film reminds us about a part of the photographic process that most of the people reading this will have never experienced: hand-tinting. Revisit the age of hand-tinted photography through the eyes of 83-year-old Grace Rawson, a professional colorist from the 1950s.
Want to see light pollution changes photos of the starry night sky? Photographer Sriram Murali's new time-lapse short film will show you. Titled "Lost in Light," it shows different locations with progressively lower levels of light pollution.
There is no shortage of technical photographic advice out there on the Internet—buy this camera, read this book, and memorize these rules of composition and you'll be great! But the process of becoming a great photographer is more subtle than that.
The mesmerizing macro dance above was created by video artist Thomas Blanchard (previously featured here) using only paint, oil, oat milk, paint thinner, bleach, and soap liquid. And it's spectacular.
One hundred and nineteen dollars. That's it. That's all you need to open a door to a world of photography previously known only to the most extreme DIYers and commercial photographers for whom purchasing decisions are usually made for them by client requests.
I’m not sure what motivates other photographers, but for me there’s usually a good bit of wanting to do something established—something that I’ve been drawn to and respect or even love—in a different way. In a better way, if I dare aspire.
In July 2016, the UK-based initiative Cafe Art handed out 105 Fujifilm disposable cameras to homeless individuals in London. Of the 99 cameras and 5,000+ street photos returned, 20 were chosen by a panel of expert judges.
Remember that amazing automatic colorizing algorithm we told you about back in March? It was just put to an interesting test. As a fun "what if?" hobbyist Amir Avni tried the neural network-powered colorizer on a B&W video.
It may seem counterintuitive, but even a sports action photo can tell a story in a 1/1000th of a second, and the Rio Olympics men’s 200m butterfly final provided a perfect opportunity to analyze the role of not only the decisive moment, but decisive position in telling a story.
If you've been interested in trying your hand at real estate photography for some spare cash between assignments, this short video guide by photographer Troy Nikolic a great place to start.
Excire Search for Lightroom is a new Lightroom plugin that lets you search for photos using powerful image recognition technology. Want to find a photo of your family on a beach? Just type in "beach," and the software will search for photos based on the content.
The UK's Ministry of Defense is being sued by eight soldiers who are suffering PTSD after a Royal Air Force pilot's Nikon DSLR caused a Voyager transport plane carrying 198 soldiers ti plummet towards the sea.
If you want to own one of the rarest Nikon lenses in existence, now is your chance. A Nikkor stereo 3D lens from the 1950s has surfaced in an eBay auction.
If you’re like me, you might have a hard time staying inspired in your photography. Here are 7 tips that have personally helped me.
Great photos can come out of annoying or unfortunate situations. Case in point: this surreal sunset photo from 35,000 feet wouldn't have happened if the photographer hadn't been stuck in the airport, delayed due to bad weather.
Canon's on a roll with these crazy patents, and while they may not amount to much in the end, an editor can dream can't he? They already made headlines with their insane 40-800mm f/4.5-5.6 patent, and now Canon has developed an optical formula for not one, but two EF 28-560mm f/2.8-5.6 lenses.
Episode 98 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Here's a new comic by xkcd about the rise of compact cameras with ridiculous zooms. Titled "Superzoom," the hidden caption reads: "*click* Let him know he's got a stain on his shirt, though."
Some photographers find editing simply dull, but what if you could turn it into entertainment? Mike Larremore is a portrait photographer from Colorado who broadcasts his photo-editing on Twitch’s Creative Channel with the subjects of his photos sometimes sitting in the audience.
Like many other photographers, I’m always on the lookout for gear and techniques that will stimulate my interest in photography and lead to new ways of shooting. Usually this means getting the latest camera and imaging software. But sometimes it is the opposite—going “old school” by getting an older camera and not using any software. With thoughts like these, I decided to embark on a new photography project, and travel down Memory Lane with the camera that sparked my passion for …
The Nikon. Why do I use The Nikon? The only real answer is that if you don't already know, I can't explain it, you just have to do it yourself. But I'll try.
There's big news that's making waves in the world of photography education: the well-known photo school Brooks Institute has announced that it will be closing, ending a 70-year run.
We've shown you Getty's Olympic stockpiles and Canon's massive gear room, it's only right you get a peek inside Nikon's operation as well. These photos by Photo News photographer Vincent Kalut show, yet again, the amount of gear these companies have to haul to massive sporting events like this.
Every time the Olympics roll around, there are more photographers and less spots from which to shoot the games. Not an ideal way to express your creativity. If you are not a member of the pool photographers gang it’s even worse... everybody huddled in the same pen shooting the action with the same lenses.
Parks Canada has been forced to make it illegal to carry a special type of radio receiver into three parks in Alberta and British Columbia, because wildlife photographers have been using them to locate collared animals in search of better photos.
In a creative and refreshing new campaign, British designer and retailer Wren Kitchens teamed up with 5 popular parent bloggers to show the world the mess behind those perfect Instagram food photos. The campaign is called A Kitchen Lived In: Perception vs Reality.
Mabuasehube in the Kalahari Desert region of Botswana, known as the place of big lions was to be the destination of our biennial “Legends” trip and my 1st real bush trip with my Fuji X-series kit.
The challenge would be reach - as all photography is from the vehicle and unlike private game lodges and East African parks, vehicles may not leave the track.
The Inuits in the region call them "American Flowers," but in reality they're old, rusted, leaking fuel containers; ten thousand of them scattered across the otherwise-pristine Greenland landscape on what used to be an Air Force base during World War II.
Beloved New York Times photographer and lover of fashion Bill Cunningham left a gaping hole in the photo world when he passed away at 87-years-old in June. There's no way to put a dollar value on what we lost when he passed, but the work he left behind has just been valued at $1 million.
This morning we woke up to an interesting bit of data from Canon Professional Services in our inbox. A week after sharing some crazy photos of their Rio stockpile with us, Canon is sharing the top 10 pieces of gear they're loaning out to sports photographers at the Olympics. Can you guess what they are?
Fujifilm ambassador (and author of this rather controversial article) Samuel Zeller is lending a helping hand to all the Fuji users out there. In a bid to help fellow photographers get the most out of their photos, he's giving away a whole collection of custom Lightroom presets for free!
Hands up, cheeks bulging, food properly presented to the camera, if we didn't know better we'd say this squirrel had been perfecting her photobomb skills ahead of the big moment. When Dorota and Marcin Karpowicz of BDFK Photography clicked the shutter, months of training paid off... Olympics style.
Well it’s here, and whether you like it or not, Instagram’s new Stories feature is taking direct aim at Snapchat and the minutia of our daily lives. I, for one, am loving it. Stories allows us to share things with our followers that we might never post, humanizing our digital personas and connecting with the community in a totally new way.
The Auto Insurance Center used Instagram hashtags to put together another study about people and driving. Last time, they tackled road rage, this time, they wanted to see where people take the most selfies while driving.
Even for the most seasoned photographers, understanding the value of a photo editor can be fleeting. Photojournalists regularly work with photo editors, but the average photographer relies on their own eyes to edit even in situations where an editor could add value (e.g. a book project, exhibition).
Want one of the coolest and priciest pieces of art for your home or studio? Leica's "Family Tree" camera display will soon be hitting the auction block. The display features 107 cameras arranged in a tree, and is expected to sell for about half a million dollars.
Virtual reality... from space. That, in a nut shell, is the appropriately named startup SpaceVR's goal. And in 2017, they will have achieved that goal when they launch the Overview 1 virtual reality satellite into low-Earth orbit.
ESPN W recently hired editorial and commercial photographer Gina LeVay (@ginalevay) to capture environmental portraits of first-time Olympians. The assignment took Levay to six countries around the world over a two month period, and resulted in a stunning set of images.
