2017

Polarized light is light that has waves oscillating all in the same direction. There are two basic ways to get polarized light: from reflection or by using a filter.

My name is Richard Evans, and I recently built myself a 4x5 camera. Here's a look at the camera and what I did.

The lens brand Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz has just unveiled a new 35mm f/2.8 "storyteller" lens. Called the Trioplan 35+, it's the 3rd and final lens in the rebooted Trioplan trilogy following the 100mm f/2.8 and 50mm f/2.9.

Here's an encouraging 14-minute video by landscape photographer Thomas Heaton about the truth of failure.

In November 2016, I was in a transitional part of my life (I still am) and was considering selling my Leica M2 and switching to a digital Ricoh GR. I listed the camera on several Facebook camera trading groups and the Australian/UK Craigslist alternative, Gumtree. Long story short, I was scammed while trying to sell it.

We're all familiar with the fuzzy circles that bokeh creates usually behind our main subject, but this lesson is about creating bokeh in front of the subject. And that is what Mark Wallace is about to show us in the 6-minute video above. This episode of Adorama TV is about getting a kind of outdoor feel and adding depth to your indoor portraits.

You can't. You can't be a photographer. You can't make money taking pictures. You can't capture good photos unless you have this camera, or this lens, or you go to this workshop. Aspiring photographers hear "you can't" a lot... and Casey Neistat has a message for you: it's total BS.

Photojournalist Mannie Garcia, known best for his famous portrait of former President Obama, has finally succeeded in winning a $45,000 settlement for his unlawful arrest by Montgomery County police in Maryland in 2011.

Another year and another controversy for World Press Photo. This year, photographer Ramin Talaie raised questions about the authenticity of Hossein Fatemi who took 2nd place in long-term projects with his An Iranian Journey.

As the winds charge through the mountain pass it takes every effort to forge onwards as your feet slip and your ankles twist. Rivulets soak the track ahead and the sodden-peat moulds itself around your boots. You trudge on under the watchful eyes of a Stag who appears un-phased by this sudden arrival of foul weather.

My name is Jessica Rosa, and I've been a professional photographer for more than 20 years. I feel cheated by Yelp's advertising services, and I want to help other photographers not make the same mistake I did. This is about my experience in purchasing Yelp "full-service" advertising, and you need to know this before you enter a contract with them.

Today is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women everywhere. So, we’d like to pay tribute to the women behind the lens—and also the women whose stories they tell.

Icelandic photographer Sigurdur William trekked to the Kerid volcanic crater lake at night a couple of weeks ago and captured this amazing photo of the northern lights and starry night sky reflected in the waters.

If you’ve read any photography website or stopped into a store recently, you probably know that the creative options available to photographers are as numerous as ever. One aspect of photographic gear that has seen the most rapid expansion in quality options as of late, is lens selection.

A couple of weekends ago I was playing about with some ideas for a new portfolio shot involving a wall clock. Now, this clock happens to look a bit like a pocket watch, and a pocket watch normally has a chain (see where I'm going with this?). So I figured: "what if instead of a chain, I use some wispy light trails?"

Wildlife photography and videography is more incredible today than ever before, thanks in large part to the last decade's amazing leaps in camera technology. This behind the scenes look at the cameras used by the BBC to shoot Planet Earth II shows you how advances in camera tech have allowed us to see the creatures of the night in ways never before thought possible.

After nearly 80 years, Popular Photography announced that the magazine would publish its final issue on March 10, 2017 while simultaneously ceasing updates to both PopPhoto.com and AmericanPhotoMag.com.

Despite its uncertain future, Flickr continues to add features, doing their best to remain a relevant part of today's photo sharing landscape. Their latest update adds something called "similarity search", a feature that helps you find visually similar photos without guessing at proper search terms and tags.

"What lens should I buy?" It's one of the most common gear questions that pops up in the PetaPixel inbox, and while there is no one-size-fits-all answer, photographer Peter McKinnon does a great job of explaining what's out there and what you need to know to decide on your next lens in this informative video.

A growing number of users are turning to Google's ever-improving Photos app to backup their ever-growing camera roll. But while the main function of Google Photos is storage, the app's automatic photo editing features are getting more and more robust. Today, that means auto white balance.

It's all over Internet by now: the baffling picture of 'red' Strawberries, and the claim it does not contain any 'red' pixel.

Sometimes when I go to new locations, they can be so awe-inspiring that I feel photographically challenged. When this happens, I need to take a step back and think about the location's special traits that fill me with such awe.

Need your vintage camera gear fix? This video ought to do it.

Taking pictures out of a helicopter is one of the greatest and most rewarding things I've done as a photographer. It grants you access to unparalleled views that you would never see otherwise.

Lomography is selling a new limited edition film called Color Negative F²/400. It's a film with an unusual concept and backstory: it was aged like wine in oak casks for 7 years.

Since the introduction of the Fujifilm X-Series line of cameras, reviewers and consumers have struggled to compare them directly to the competition. Fujifilm’s is a tightly integrated system, wherein everything is a little bit different.

The US Copyright Office is currently doing a study on the "Moral Rights of Attribution and Integrity." Want to play a part in the development of US copyright law moving forward? You can weigh in and share your views on the matter.