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Jaron Schneider
A person standing next to a vehicle, flying a drone in a desert landscape. The person holds a remote control, and the sky and distant hills are visible in the background.

DJI Urges US Government to Start the Mandated Security Audit of Its Business

Last December, the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by US Congress outlined a structured approach for evaluating the security concerns of Chinese-owned companies such as DJI. With less than nine months before the deadline for such an evaluation remaining, DJI is urging any of the five national security agencies to start the process.

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Surreal Photos Taken Inside the Sprawling Nike Factory

A person holds a giant light blue sneaker with a blue swoosh. To the right, two mannequins, dressed in athletic wear, are on treadmills in a metallic lab environment.

Photographer Alastair Philip Wiper is no stranger to entering spaces rarely seen by others -- having previously visited a cryogenic chamber and a doomsday underground house. Wiper continued his modus operandi of taking viewers inside restricted locations when he was invited to document the inside of Nike.

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How to Craft a Lightroom Keyword Hierarchy

Words play a significant role in photography in many ways as we talk and write about them. I created the above image many years ago using an online app, Wordle, which used text content and analyzed the significant words. The larger the word, the greater the frequency of use.

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Jeremy Gray
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How Four Award-Winning Women Change the World Through Photography

On March 8, International Women's Day, Leica announced the four winners of its annual Leica Women Foto Project Award. Each woman's award-winning project demonstrates the power of visual storytelling and exemplifies this year's competition theme, unity through diversity. PetaPixel spoke to each winning photographer to learn more about their work.

Jaron Schneider
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SD Express Finally Has a Use, But It Dumped Its Biggest ‘Advantage’

SD Express, a format that has been completely ignored by the camera industry, finally has a use case. In today's Nintendo Direct, the company said the new Switch 2 would make use of microSD Express for the faster transfer speeds. Unfortunately, it dumps the biggest "advantage" originally touted by the SD Association: backward compatibility.

Jeremy Gray
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Compact and Interchangeable Lens Camera Demand Is Diverging

The resurgence of compact cameras is well documented, with consumers flocking back to small, pocketable dedicated cameras. Even as smartphone image quality has continued to improve, photographers are again seeking a special, bespoke photographic experience. A new report from BCN+R in Japan notes that not only are compact camera sales increasing, but interchangeable lens camera demand is starting to wane.