Flickr has made some rather dramatic changes to the photo-sharing site in response to new safety standards put in place by the United Kingdom. While some of the new rules only affect citizens of the UK, the website is now acting like an adult website: in order to create an account, new users must be 18 years of age or older.
Photography Tools Co. is a new store and line of products designed to solve common, yet often unaddressed, problems encountered by photographers. Described as “developed by a commercial photographer with over 15 years of professional experience,” this small store offers a few products that might be beneficial to working photographers casually running into everyday problems in the studio.
Science and music YouTube creator Benn Jordan did something that sounds impossible: he saved a PNG image to a bird.
Despite no official ban on the company, DJI is having a difficult time selling drones in the United States. That is to say, it's having a hard time selling them under the DJI brand.
Speaking to PetaPixel at CineGear Expo in Los Angeles, Canon executives expressed their belief that the company remains an industry leader despite increased competition, especially when it comes to autofocus technology.
Since the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 launched in October 2023, it has been selling like gangbusters. Arguably, no single camera model has been anywhere near as successful as the Osmo Pocket 3.
Thanks to a new "massive" deal, camera companies will be subject to a new higher tariff starting on August 1. And because tariffs are import taxes, those prices will largely fall on the consumer if a company can't absord additional cost. Fujifilm appears to be the first of the camera manufacturers to inform dealers and retailers of a price increase.
Tea -- a viral app that allows women to post anonymous reviews about men they've dated -- has had 72,000 images, including women’s selfies and photo IDs, leaked online by hackers.
Yvan Bédard has been photographing the same elm tree for over 10 years, capturing it through the wind, the rain, the morning fog, and the fall; beneath the northern lights and under a solar eclipse.
A photography intern and the journalist he was shadowing were arrested while covering a pro-immigration protest in Cincinnati and reportedly “just doing their jobs.”
A museum director has been charged over a poster featuring a composite photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler merged into one face.
The UK recently introduced the Online Safety Act, which contains new requirements for social media platforms to protect users, particularly minors, from illegal or harmful content. As part of the regulation, users must now verify their age to access platforms that may contain adult content, including services like Discord and Reddit.
Sirui, makers of excellent photographic lenses, unveiled the IronStar series of anamorphic cinema lenses for full-frame cameras. The trio of lenses all feature fast T1.9 apertures and 1.5x squeeze ratios, enabling the capture of CinemaScope-style widescreen ratios (2.39:1 and 2.65:1).
The Sony RX1R II was such a unique product for its time, offering high resolution mated to a stunning Zeiss lens, all in a compact size. However, it was always a premium product that demanded an exorbitant price. The RX1R II debuted at around $3,300, and let’s keep in mind that was nine years ago.
Antigravity is the name of a new drone company. Launched out of "incubation" inside of Insta360, the company says its goal is to "redefine aerial exploration and storytelling" and will do so when it launches a sub-249g form factor, 360-degree drone with 8K resolution later this year.
A 17-year-old boy from Spain is being investigated by police on suspicion of using AI to create fake nude videos of his female schoolmates that he intended to sell online.
Floating 258 miles above, NASA astronauts on board the International Space Station have a view like no other and can therefore photograph Earth in unique ways.
A man who was photographed naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded $12,500 in compensation after a court ruled the images invaded his privacy.
A rare portfolio belonging to iconic British fashion photographer David Bailey has been discovered in the personal collection of a graphic designer who worked with Bailey.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the devastating Hurricane Katrina, which killed nearly 2,000 people, primarily in Louisiana and Mississippi. National Geographic's new documentary series, Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time, transports viewers back to the chaos and destruction Katrina wrought in New Orleans, and shines a much-needed light on the people and stories that were ignored back in 2005.
In Calgary, we have an annual Japanese festival aptly named Omatsuri. This is a fun event with lots of vendors, great food, and displays of Japanese culture. It's also an excellent testing ground for the new Samyang 85mm f/1.8 P FE.
The winners of the 2025 Mangrove Photography Awards have been announced, highlighting these unique and fragile ecosystems.
When Sony announced the a7CR in August 2023 alongside the a7C II, the compact high-res a7CR flew a bit under the radar. With the shock announcement of the highly anticipated RX1R III fixed-lens premium compact camera, the a7CR is getting more attention, and it's well deserved.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory may be relatively old space observatories, but that doesn't stop them from making groundbreaking cosmological discoveries. The two telescopes just spotted an extremely rare type of black hole currently eating a star in space.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. As a brand hailing from Britain, Nothing has been around since 2020, and the Phone 3 is its first true flagship aimed at taking on the best in the industry.
Although improving smartphone image quality has dramatically reduced the size of the entry-level camera market, Canon believes that this same, shrinking market can be revitalized by convincing a generation of mobile photographers they can create better photos and videos with a traditional camera. If Canon has its way, the entry-level market is not just alive, but also has genuine potential for growth.
It’s 7:30 PM. Sunset begins in Marblehead and a full moon starts to rise, right over the cast iron skeletal structured lighthouse, built in 1896. I’m standing next to several other photographers at Fort Sewall -- a great vantage point to view the lighthouse from -- and we all have our lenses pointed in exactly the same direction. Same spot. Same composition.
Unlike Viltrox's new "Air" lenses announced earlier this year, the company's latest lens really does take to the skies. Viltrox announced the AF 90mm f/3.5 for DL mount, the company's first lens explicitly built for drone-mounted aerial photo and video work.
The online discourse surrounding the Sony RX1R III has been up and down. When Sony surprise announced it 10 days ago, the Internet's immediate response was jubilant. But then, not long after, the asking price of $5,100 sank in. The whiplash was hard and fast, leading many to believe it wasn't going to sell well. That doesn't appear to be the case at all.
Camera traps have confirmed the first wild baby pine martens seen in over 100 years, showing the species is breeding again after being reintroduced to southwest England by conservationists.
