2016

All the numbers have been pointing upwards for Instagram. In fact, a recent analysis shows that Instagram will be used by 1 in 3 person, in the US, by 2020. With 400 million active users today, it is the only platform where people exclusively take and share visual content and nothing else.

After launching its Skyport Transmitter Plus HS system for Canon, Nikon, and (in the future) Sony, Elinchrom today announced its new Skyport Plus system, a universal radio transmitter that works with almost every camera to trigger almost every flash system.

Panasonic just announced version 2.5 for the firmware of its flagship mirrorless camera, the GH4. The update adds a few powerful features to the already impressive camera.

If you think having your photography go viral online is always a good thing, be careful what you wish for. American documentary photographer Nina Berman found that it can be quite a nightmare.

On March 10th, 2016, I woke up with great expectations: I was heading to the White House to photograph Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and American President Barack Obama.

As one of the most famous athletes in the world, soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo can't go anywhere without being swarmed by fans. And instead of autographs or a conversation, fans these days are intent on just getting a photo with Ronaldo.

Some aspects of photography are easier to teach than others. Photographing an advertising campaign alongside of a TV production is not one of them.

My name is Chaim Perl, and I'm a NYC-based photographer who specializes in large group portraits. If it's difficult to shoot, I like it. In this post, I'll share how I created a photo mosaic by shooting 1,000 portraits.

Want to see what it's like to shoot on the streets of the West Bank? Photographer Chris Hughes wants to show you.

Here's a clip from Episode 10 of Season 7 of the TV sitcom The Middle, in which the family finds out that all of their precious photos have been deleted. Agony ensues.

The iPhone 7 Plus is rumored to have a powerful dual camera module as its superior feature over the standard iPhone 7, and now the first photos of that component may have surfaced on the Web.

I like to keep the amount of kit I have to carry with me to a minimum. Every single pound counts when you're scrambling up the side of a snowy mountain, and if you've ever had to pay excess baggage charges at the airport you will probably appreciate my 'less is more' mentality!

I recently spent some time using a DJI Phantom 3 Pro camera drone to make a 3D printed model of a statue of Jesus that's by my house in Lima, Peru. The technology used to do this is called photogrammetry.

You're not a photographer if you haven't been somewhere (traveling light on a weekend excursion perhaps) when out for an evening stroll you spot it... the picture you thought you wouldn't need to take this weekend: a long exposure.

Dogs are said to be man's best friend. But they are often neglected and left to die by their owners in places around the world.

After shooting a wedding this weekend, Boston-based wedding photographer Francielle Santo had her car broken into. She lost not only $10,000 in camera gear, but all of her clients' wedding photos as well.

Cheap lens aficionado Mathieu Stern just released this 2-minute video review of the Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm f/2 lens.

Here's an 8-minute video in which photographer Alexi Lubomirski shares the story of how he became a professional photographer.

"Slit-scan photography," as it's known these days, has a long history. It is related to focal plane shutter distortion in the film era and to the rolling shutter effect in the digital age.

In the spring of 2014, I started a long-term photography project focused on Syrian refugee children. I traveled through Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon and photographed children who fled Syria since the war started.

Here's Instagram's latest celebrity: Juji the giant dog. His owner Chris Cline is making waves by using Photoshop to turn him into a giant fluffy best friend.

Today’s flash market offers a wide variety of options for anyone looking to dip a toe in the off-camera flash pool. While there are plenty of things to consider while shopping for a speedlight, one factor that doesn’t always receive the most attention is build quality.

Instagram is known as a place where people use photos to flaunt their lifestyles, both real and fake. 50 Cent may be one of the biggest names to do so on the "fake" side: he claims he's broke and that he takes photos of fake money for marketing reasons.

Here's a 3-minute video that explores why you almost never see portraits of smiling people from the early days of photography.

In February 2016, Fujifilm announced the end of its last peel-apart instant film, FP-100C. Now there's a growing effort to keep the film alive, and Impossible Project founder Florian Kaps is trying to help.

Could your smartphone camera one day be turned on and used by the government for surveillance? That's what Apple is warning the public about as it continues to battle the FBI in court.

My name is Ty Foster, and I'm currently on a mission of shooting portraits of every single purebred dog breed. The project is called Canine Collective.

Sony are back with the sequel to 2012s surprise hits, the RX1 and RX1R. The new RX1R II still packs a full frame sensor into a barely-larger-than-a-compact body, but this time it's the same sensor from their spectacular A7R II.

During the total solar eclipse on March 8th and 9th, NASA had a camera documenting it from a very special perspective -- one that's 1 million miles away.

Photo & Go is a new photo-making concept retail store that launched in Las Vegas in August 2015. The store was launched by Polaroid Fotobar's founders to take the idea of liberating digital photos to the next level. We spoke to co-founder Dov Quint about the store and the industry.

The band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros just released this music video for their new single "No Love Like Yours." Here's what's neat about it: it was created by actress Olivia Wilde using just the iPhone 6S Plus.

When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited US President Barack Obama at the White House today, one Canadian photographer had the chance to document the historic meeting thanks to a simple online application.

The Canon 35mm f/1.4L II lens announced back in August 2015 was the first Canon lens to feature the company's new Blue Spectrum Refractive (BR) lens technology, a special lens element that corrects for color fringing.