Photographer and father of two Chris Crisman wants his children—the 4-year-old boy and the 2-year-old girl—to know that they can do become anything they want... without caveats. His series Women's Work drives home this point with dramatic portraits of women who do what are traditionally considered "men's" jobs.
Starting this month, select Chromebook users will be able to download and use a full suite of Chromebook-optimized Adobe Android applications for free. From Photoshop Mix to Lightroom Mobile and more, Adobe wants to give students the tools they need to unlock their creativity inside the classroom and beyond.
Online photography community and licensing marketplace 500px announced an interesting new service today. It's called the 500px Directory, and it allows photographers to advertise their services, show off their work to prospective clients, and get hired, all in one place.
How do you make drones safer? The answer to that question, if you're this group of researchers from Virginia Tech, is on the other side of a few blunt crashes between commercial drones and a crash test dummy...'s face.
What began as a shaky video of an unknown group of filmmakers trampling on Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring in May of 2016 ended last week when the responsible parties were finally sentenced. All four will pay hefty fines and lose park privileges, two of them will spend a week in jail.
Using gigapixel technology, CNN managed to capture an ultra-high res, interactive, 360° photograph of the presidential inauguration on Friday—a great way to explore the crowd in detail and maybe (just maybe) spot yourself in the crowd.
When an object breaks the sound barrier—accelerates to the point where it's moving faster than the speed of sound—it creates pressure waves that result in what is called a "sonic boom" and Mach cone. Now, scientists have managed to captured a similar phenomenon for light itself.
The issue of businesses asking photographers to work for free has been a hot issue in recent years, and now we have some citable statistics that shed more light on it. According to a new study in the UK, 87% of photographers were asked to work for free in 2016, and 16% said yes.
In a single sentence, photographer and reviewer Jaron Schneider summed up the problem with Apple's new MacBook Pro: it's basically Apple's 5D Mark IV. Too much time and build-up meant insanely high expectations, and Apple didn't come close to matching them even if they did release a good product.
Photography beginners listen up, because we're about to drop some knowledge. This quick video by Mango Street Lab covers three of the most common mistakes photography beginners make, and then turns around and shows you what to do instead.
Even though everybody knows how important it is to insure their photography gear, few people ever get organized enough to actually do it. It's just too much of a pain in the rear... well, it was. A new app called MyGearVault makes organizing and insuring your gear so easy, you're out of excuses.
As Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on Friday and Pete Souza took his last photographs of the Obamas, Souza fans were left to wonder: who will take over? The answer, though not official yet, may be photojournalist Shealah Craighead.
Episode 144 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Rock photographer Mike Corrado
Yesterday, I went out to photograph the protests in Washington, D.C. during Trump's inauguration. I'm a professional freelance photographer, and I had never really taken a stab at photojournalism before, so this seemed like a good time to try.
Donald Trump officially became the President of the United States yesterday, and his official portrait has been published as well.
Commercial and advertising photographer Karl Taylor made this 20-minute tutorial on creating a cosmetics product photo with an emphasis on lighting rather than digital editing.
Check out this creative "2D" video of an urban parkour-style runner, shot top-down using a drone. It's like old video game views, recreated in real life. The 3.5-minute project was created over in Bulgaria by athlete and stunt artist Ilko Iliev and photographer Marin Kafedjiiski.
Holocaust memorials are somber places designed to honor the memories of the millions who lost their lives in the genocide, but tourists at the memorials can often be seen posing for lighthearted and disrespectful photos. Jewish artist Shahak Shapira has created a project called Yolocaust to speak out against this.
In 2016, I joined team Fuji after being extremely impressed with the X-T2 body. I had been watching mirrorless technology for a while, but this was the first time a system had everything I wanted in a camera body.
Photographer Alessandro Michelazzi recently attended the 91st "Pitti Immagine Uomo" male fashion fair in his city, Florence, Italy. While there, he shot a creative portrait project in which he asked attendees to pose for and hold up Instax instant photos of themselves.
At the beginning of 2016, I decided to stop digital photography for good and therefore sold my last digital tool, the Leica M Monochrom.
If you're thinking about moving to Micro Four Thirds or buying the E-M1 Mark II, read this first... it may actually save you money and headaches down the line.
One of the most common beginner mistakes in portrait photography is not separating your subject from the background. Fortunately, it's an easy skill to learn. Here are three simple ways to make your subject pop and give your portraits more depth.
People following the handoff of the coveted @POTUS Twitter account from former President Obama to newly sworn-in President Trump were treated to a bit of a gaff this morning. It seems the Trump administration accidentally used a photo from President Obama's inauguration in 2009 as Trump's new Twitter header.
In my mind, the process of creating a compelling composite image is as close to painting as a photographer can get: it allows you to create almost purely from imagination, not being constricted by physical locations as with traditional photography.
The Capitol was still under construction on March 4th, 1857, when photographer John Wood set up his wet plate collodion camera and captured the first known photograph of a US Presidential inauguration.
Flickr sent out a message to followers of the White House account today that says, more or less, "Say a fond farewell to Pete Souza." The account that Souza used to chronicle 8 years of the Obama Administration is changing hands. Starting today, the Trump Administration takes over.
About a year and half ago, after what seemed like a lifetime of living paycheck-to-paycheck (paying off student loans and other debts) my wife and I were sitting in the office of a financial advisor with money to invest. After hearing the options to best set us up for retirement, he asked, “What are your goals?”
I’ve had a copy of the x100F since early November. During that time I kind of made it my go-to camera for just about anything and everything—from my more artistic professional shots, to travel, to basic family vacation images.
SpaceX successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean this past weekend, and the company managed to capture the remarkable photo above of the rocket shortly before touchdown and directly in front of the sun.
A man I know as Jay reaches into his car to try to force his engine to kick over, leaning deeply into the door as if the weight of the world is upon him in this moment. Each detail, as frivolous as the last, lends itself to the mystery of the frame.
The New York Times just reported an incredible story of how a 23-year old recent college graduate created a fake news story about fraudulent Clinton votes in Ohio and netted $22,000 on a fake news website from ads.
Fujifilm today announced the X100F, a new rangefinder-style compact camera that combines powerful imagine with a sleek, retro design. The X100F is the fourth camera in the X100 series, following the X100, X100S, and X100T.
Tetyana Dyachenko is a Ukrainian photo retoucher who often does restorations of vintage photos that are extremely damaged -- often seemingly beyond recovery. Yet using her Photoshop skills, Dyachenko is able to recover (and recreate) extremely fine details in the photos.
Fujifilm today announced its new Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 R WR lens, a durable, weatherproof lens that's designed to be "perfect for any type of travel photography."
Fujifilm today announced the new X-T20 mirrorless camera, the successor to the X-T10, which was itself announced as a smaller and cheaper sibling to the X-T1/X-T2 line.
Fujifilm today finally revealed the pricing and availability of its new GFX 50S medium format mirrorless camera: the 51.4MP camera will start shipping in late February 2017 with a price tag of $6,500.
Many of us have done remote shoots where we’re miles from home (or a store) and we forgot one or more key pieces of gear that make or break a shoot. And it’s often the little things: batteries, SD cards, gaff tape/zip ties, plastic bags or specific tools we didn’t think to bring or didn’t think we’d need.
Episode 143 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photographer Keydrin Franklin
Calling something 10.2mm thick is a bit of an oxymoron. The better way to describe MS Optics' new Perar Ultra-Wide 17mm f/4.5 Retrofocus lens would be as 10.2mm thin. Either way, this ultra-light, ultra-thin lens for Leica M shooters is impressively tiny.
We're crazy about great one-light portraits, and fashion and portrait photographer Jeff Rojas is an expert at creating and honing these minimalist setups. In his latest video, he shows you how a single light placed above your subject makes for beautiful portraits in both color and black and white.
Leica today announced its new M10 digital rangefinder, the latest camera in the renowned M-System lineup. It's a camera that "embodies the essence of photography like no other camera before," Leica says.
To the uninitiated, landscape photography might seem like a pretty swell gig. You imagine traveling to incredible vista after incredible vista, reconnecting with nature, and feeling one with your surroundings. But that, as Thomas Heaton painfully illustrates, is rarely the case.
If you look at patents awarded as a measure of innovation, Canon is one of the most innovative companies on Earth. In 2016, Canon was granted the third most US patents of any company, beating out the likes of Intel, Microsoft, Apple, and even Google.
Those who have known me long enough are aware of my passion for Rolleiflex cameras. Back before I got deeper and deeper into alternative photography I used to shoot my TLRs all the time.
Just when we thought there was no possible way someone could capture flowers in a fresh and unique way, we stumbled across the work of Craig Burrows. Burrows uses a technique called ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence (UVIVF) to capture flower photos the likes of which we have never seen before.
Want to win at social media in 2017? The folks over at On Blast Blog did some research on tips, tricks, and best practices, and they've created a helpful cheat sheet infographic with all kinds of helpful nuggets of wisdom.
Photo lovers and travel enthusiasts looking for a new show to provide some inspiration, listen up. Photographers and YouTubers Tony and Chelsea Northrup have just debuted a new web series called Wanderlust 4K, a show dedicated to inspiring the travel photographer in all of us.
Drone sweaters exist. We'll give you a second to glance at your calendar and remember that it's January, not April, before moving on ... okay, welcome back to our strange reality where drone sweaters are an odd and oddly stylish reality.
