We did it: The PetaPixel Podcast has reached 100 episodes! Come celebrate with us as we recap the biggest news stories from the last two weeks before Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and Jaron Schneider recap their best and worst memories making the PetaPixel YouTube show over the last three years.
Lensrentals' founder Roger Cicala is back after a lengthy hiatus to deliver another of his legendary camera teardowns. This time, the camera going under the proverbial knife is the Sony PTZ FR7, a $10,500 cinema-grade E-mount PTZ camera and a very popular rental choice.
Instagram has introduced 'Reposts,' which allows users to reshare public content, including Reels and grid posts from creators, that will show up in a new profile tab or in their friends' recommendations.
Insta360 announced the X5 Satin White Limited Edition 360-degree camera, a sleek new design for its flagship camera. To mark the occasion and test new accompanying neutral density (ND) filters, Insta360 promptly launched its white X5 camera into the upper stratosphere, nearly 25 miles above Earth's surface.
There’s something to be said about carrying a camera that doesn’t feel like a burden. One that disappears into your day, quietly ready to document whatever unfolds. For the past few weeks, that camera has been the Panasonic LUMIX S9 paired with the new 18–40mm f/4.5–6.3 kit lens, and I’ve found myself reaching for it more often than expected.
A video showing the violent arrest of a Black college student in Florida has led to calls for drivers to install in-car cameras to document interactions with police.
Eighty years ago on August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay aircraft dropped a 9,000-pound uranium-235 bomb named ‘Little Boy’ on the city of Hiroshima -- devastating it and the lives of hundreds of thousands.
Google announced Genie 3, a new general-purpose AI-powered world model that can generate diverse, photorealistic interactive environments.
Xencelabs unveiled the Pen Display 24+. It is the industry's first drawing display with built-in Calman Ready color calibration technology, promising unprecedented color accuracy for demanding creatives, including photographers.
For photographers hired by travel companies, it's all about getting epic shots to encourage potential tourists to visit -- but do people still trust glossy pictures?
The executive producer of The Stringer documentary has suggested that photo editor Horst Faas changed the credit on the famous Napalm Girl photo out of loyalty to Nick Ut.
Two men were arrested for flying a drone over a terminal on the runway of an airport while allegedly trying to take a photo of a food stand.
An image of a tourist lifting a large piece of ancient marble to pose for a photo at a historic site in Greece has sparked backlash online.
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is one of the most iconic space photos of all time, showing nearly 10,000 galaxies of diverse ages, sizes, shapes, and colors in a single frame. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revisited the same region of the sky, capturing its longest exposure of an extragalactic field with a single filter yet and revealing one of the deepest views ever of the ancient Universe.
In the world of custom photography prints, where options are plentiful but often overwhelming, Lumaprints stands out by offering a straightforward, user-friendly service that focuses on quality and convenience. PetaPixel interviewed Lumaprints CEO Kenneth Li to learn more about the company and how professional photographers can use Lumaprints to automate selling prints online.
The reFocus Awards announced the beautiful winners of its annual Color Photography Contest. A remarkable image of daredevil glacier climbers illuminated by a fiery eclipse took top honors.
Long before Elon Musk bought Twitter and rebranded it to X, the platform was known for allowing users to post a wide range of explicit content. Under Musk's anti-censorship stewardship, the social media platform has only become more of a Wild West. xAI's new Grok Imagine AI image and video generator is poised to take that reputation even further, and the alarm bells are already sounding.
Audio company Boya released Boya Magic, which it describes as "the world's first AI-powered, shape-shifting wireless microphone."
Monaco has reportedly passed a new law that explicitly bans unauthorized photography and filming of guests inside Monte Carlo’s casinos and hotels.
Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist Michael S. Williamson has retired from The Washington Post after an incredible, impactful career. Williamson, orphaned at an early age, grew up in a series of foster homes and has been lauded throughout his career for his highly personal, powerful photographic work exploring poverty.
There is a new experience coming to the Sphere in Las Vegas: a novel version of The Wizard of Oz that has been upscaled, reimagined, and modified with AI technology for the unique theater.
Photographer Paul Nicklen is one of the most famous nature documentarians of the age, but he recently revealed how his career was nearly cut short.
The first trailer for Naked Ambition has been released -- a documentary about Bunny Yeager, the pinup model-turned-photographer once hailed as America’s most famous woman behind the camera.
Photographer Bill Lemke began capturing the Grateful Dead community on a large format camera in the 1980s when he documented 150 'Deadheads' -- as the fan base is known. But little did he know that it wasn't the end of the project.
A British tourist is facing a $231,000 fine for flying an unauthorized drone at a festival in Spain last month.
A former photographer has gone viral this week after he shared his 1996 photo of a random kid posing with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich from Metallica, asking if anyone knows who the young person is.
KhanØptic's newest filter system, KineticGlass, is a fluid-filled lens filter that promises unique creative filter effects unlike anything else on the market.
Filmmakers and visual creatives seeking in-camera effects are in for a treat as Prism Lens FX has launched two new handheld filters: the Phantom FX and the Spectre FX. These tools are designed to help achieve stylized, motion-driven visuals without relying on post-production techniques.
Camp Snap, known for its old-school Camp Snap Camera for still photography, went back to the nostalgia well for its new CS-8 digital video camera based on the Kodak Super 8 motion picture camera.
The United States Senate is hiring a photographer, and applications are open now until this Friday, August 8th.
