The team from ACD Systems, maker of ACDSee post-processing software, took time out of their busy schedules to give PetaPixel the full rundown on the company's approach to the ethics of artificial intelligence.
Newly surfaced security camera video has provided the first-ever view of the Earth's surface shifting along a major fault line during a powerful earthquake.
World-renowned photographic cooperative Magnum Photos, founded in 1947, announced a Kickstarter whose goal is the release of Magnum Generation(s), a graphic novel regaling the true and fascinating stories behind its founding.
For the first time, high-resolution cameras have captured the destructive process of bottom trawling as it unfolds beneath the waves -- revealing environmental damage that has largely remained hidden from public view.
Pro Camera Film Lab in Virginia and photographer Levi Cyr-Redcross teamed up to create One Roll Project, one of the most exciting and unusual analog photography contests PetaPixel has seen.
A cameraman who was killed in a mid-air paramotor crash during the filming of a Guinness World Record attempt had previously expressed concerns about stress leading up to the incident.
In a special bonus episode of The PetaPixel Podcast, we spoke with award-winning veteran photojournalist Doug Mills about his latest Pulitzer Prize -- his third -- which he won for his series of photos showing a speeding bullet whizzing past now-President Donald Trump during an attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last year. Mills discussed how he captured the winning photos, how the latest gear empowers photojournalism, and the rapidly changing political landscape in which he operates.
On March 15, photographer Philip Holsinger captured arguably 2025's most sensational photographs when a group of Venezuelan prisoners arrived in El Salvador from the United States.
A judge has ruled that most reasonable customers "would be vexed" by Burger King's ad photos, which allegedly made the Whopper look bigger than what they were served up in reality.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured brilliant new details of the auroras on Jupiter, the Solar System's largest planet. The auroras observed on Jupiter are a staggering 100 times brighter than the auroral displays observed on Earth.
President Donald Trump reportedly fired the leader of the United States Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter, on Saturday.
An influencer has been left in a coma for months after she was thrown off her bicycle while trying to take a selfie.
U.S. and Chinese officials had their promised trade talks over the weekend, emerging on Monday morning with a significant reduction in tariffs for 90 days while negotiations continue. The 90-day pause is good news for many tech and photography companies, although it remains unclear how each will navigate the turbulent waters.
I’ve been searching for a better way to back up my photos on the road for over two decades -- basically since I made the jump from film to digital.
I love the 75mm focal length. In fact, anything around 70mm to 90mm is more like a normal lens for me than a 50mm. And if the lens has a fast aperture, I'm even more enamored.
What would you do to create unique wildlife footage? Build a robotic spy Dung Cam, of course.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first public planetarium, which was founded in Munich, Germany, NASA and its partners created a 3D version of the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) iconic "Cosmic Cliffs" image.
Leica has published a firmware update for its SL3 mirrorless camera that adds the ability to record in Cinema 4K and Cinema 6K in ProRes 422 HQ internally to a CFexpress card.
A video artist has created the first-known film that began life as an AI video but was finished on analog film.
Last year, Nico Rahardian Tangara went to a flea market in Sydney, Australia, and found an old, non-functional Canon 514XL-S Super 8 movie camera for just $5. Tangara bought the camera and converted into a working 4Kp60 camcorder using a Raspberry Pi system.
TTArtisan announced a new tilting lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras, the Tilt 35mm f/1.4.
The vibrant winners of the 2025 Color Photography Contest by the 1839 Awards celebrate a veritable rainbow of hues and genres.
As part of its global Shot on iPhone campaign, Apple released Last Scene, a new short film shot entirely on the iPhone 16 Pro by acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Many photographers and photography businesses have been feeling the impact of the Trump administration's 145% tariff on China. Ahead of a weekend meeting between top American and Chinese trade officials, President Trump has tossed around the idea of an 80% tariff on China.
In a birthday tribute to the legend himself, Sir David Attenborough, who turned 99 today, BBC Earth shared over six hours of the naturalist's "most iconic moments."
An AI-generated video avatar of a man shot and killed in a 2021 road rage incident was presented in court as an unprecedented type of victim statement. The presiding judge claims the video moved him.
Panasonic posted a teaser on its YouTube channel and Instagram today, outlining plans to announce a new Lumix product on May 13.
After going radio silent for about a year following the reveal of Capture One Studio, Capture One is back with entirely new branding and revamped photo editing software.
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy, whose fantastic work PetaPixel has featured many times, recently captured an incredible photo of a rocket launch from right near the launchpad. McCarthy's lens was destroyed in the process, but the resulting image looks well worth the steep price.
The entire world has felt film photography’s resurgence, and Japan is no exception. Home to a majority of the major photography brands, the country has re‑embraced analog photography but not without growing pains.
