Flickr is one of those platforms that refuses to die, like a beloved old truck that leaks oil but still starts every morning. Flickr is one of the original photo-sharing communities, and if you’ve been around long enough, you probably remember when it was the internet for photographers. I've been on Flickr since the early days, and at one point, it genuinely felt essential. In fact, I had a pro account for over a decade.
As January nears its end, Fujifilm published its annual New Year Greeting video today, offering a recap of its 2025, discussing the GFX Challenge Grant Program, and, in news sure to excite Fujifilm photographers, teasing what's coming for Fujifilm. The company is even considering an upcoming fan vote to determine which X Mount lenses it should develop.
The U.K. increasingly looks like it will follow Australia and ban children and teenagers from social media.
Alongside being an aerospace engineering student, Tyler Staub and his brother, Calvin, also started a drone service company to capture aerial media for local businesses. Now you can add "inventor" to Tyler's list of accomplishments, as he has built a new adapter, the aptly named Dronebal, to turn a DJI Mini 4 Pro drone into an easy-to-use, high-quality handheld camera.
Yodobashi Camera shared its top 20 best-selling compact digital cameras of 2025. Fujifilm not only had the best-selling model, the X100VI, but numbers five and 11 on the list as well. However, the company with the most compact cameras on the list was Canon.
Photographers and filmmakers have joined forces with well-known Hollywood stars in a new anti-AI campaign.
The Leica M-mount is a dynamic arena for third-party lens manufacturers, even though the brand is considered quite exclusive. These prestigious cameras come with huge price tags and the easy assumption would be that Leica users would only stick to Leica lenses. However, as one of the oldest camera manufacturers around, third-party lens makers have been creating for this illustrious mount for almost a century, and I got to play with a piece of history for my latest review. Well, sort of.
PPP Cameras in the U.K. has come up with a stunning timepiece that is perfect for the Leica enthusiast who wants to make it to photo shoots on time.
An AP videographer found himself riding in a burning armored vehicle in Haiti on Monday after the police unit he had been filming was attacked with Molotov cocktails.
Lexar has announced the launch of its new TouchLock Portable SSD, introducing advanced NFC-based security and hardware encryption in an ultra-slim, MagSafe-ready design built for modern mobile workflows.
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team is in New York City and spend time chatting in different hotel rooms together! The big topic that has been on everyone's mind lately is pricing, and the idea that photography has become too expensive.
A photographer and journalist document the children’s bedrooms left behind by school shootings and the lasting grief in the Netflix documentary All the Empty Rooms.
Brooklyn Beckham's photography career lives in infamy -- who can forget that elephant photo? But amid a family drama, the photo book he released in 2017 is now surging in value.
Nikon has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Chinese lens manufacturer Viltrox, alleging intellectual property infringement related to the company's Z-mount lens technology.
Kodak continues to assume control of its film distribution, which it calls "direct-from-Kodak" films, after starting last year with Kodacolor. Two classics now join the line and new distribution arrangement: Kodak Tri-X Black & White Negative Film and Kodak Ektar Color Negative Film, both available in 135 and 120 format rolls.
The photographer behind the GlamBOT -- the high-speed camera that captures slow-motion videos on award-show red carpets -- has come under fire after alleged emails surfaced in which he questioned whether a bride could afford to book the camera for her wedding.
Website builder Wix has announced a new AI-powered website builder, Wix Harmony, that promises to combine human creativity and AI tools to "reinvent website creation."
Reports published yesterday suggest that smartphone maker OnePlus is shutting down. The company has responded to the rumors, though different markets have expressed varying degrees of denial about OnePlus' demise.
A Russian cosmonaut has captured dazzling aurora lights from onboard the International Space Station -- as a large coronal mass ejection (CME) supercharged auroras around the globe this week.
Attending the scene of a fatal accident is one of the more harrowing aspects of a press photographer's job, as they don't know what they will find upon arrival.
Legendary sports photographer Peter Read Miller passed away earlier this month in his sleep at his Manhattan Beach, California, home. Miller was 78 years old. Miller is one of the most accomplished and prolific sports photographers in history, with his photos gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated over 100 times during his long career.
It's one of the most eye-catching objects in the Universe, but now astronomers have identified an unexpected structure inside the Ring Nebula.
ProGrade Digital, maker of memory cards, storage, and workflow solutions for photographers and other creatives, has entered into a Space Act agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the agency's Artemis Moon missions with ProGrade Digital CFexpress Type B cards and readers.
A photographer in Japan has found viral success by handing out disposable cameras to strangers and making videos out of the photos they take.
The latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro has arrived, boasting a bevy of new AI-powered features, though it's no longer called Premiere Pro. Adobe Premiere 26, sans the "Pro" in the name, is fundamentally still the same nonlinear video editing (NLE) app, albeit with a bunch of new tools.
More than 50 brides say they paid thousands of dollars to a local wedding photographer who they claim failed to deliver photos or stopped communicating with them.
Emmy Award-winning cinematographer Bob Poole loves elephants. He not only loves elephants but is also a world-leading expert in filming them. Filming elephants is surprisingly challenging, and Poole uses every tool in his arsenal to capture their magic in a safe, respectful way.
While film has experienced a renaissance in recent years -- largely driven by younger photographers who appreciate its retro charm -- it is an expensive endeavor.
The Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55, Fujifilm's first digital camera built explicitly for professional filmmaking, is now IMAX-certified.
Photojournalist John Abernathy was tackled by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week and his last-ditch effort to save his camera was successful thanks to fellow photographer Pierre Lavie, who captured Abernathy's camera-saving toss in a now-viral image. Lavie's powerful portrait reflects the importance of photojournalism, captures the risks photographers face in the field, and, to the benefit of Leica, shows how rugged the company's cameras are.
Japanese retail analyst BCN+R has published its annual BCN Awards, detailing the best-selling photography brands across the majority of Japanese electronics and camera stores. There are some surprising results this year, although the major players have remained consistent.
WhiteWall is now a founding partner for the photography app, Irys, that celebrated photographer Alan Schaller launched last year. The app celebrates the art of photography over algorithms and prioritizes personal connection over virality. Irys is all about photography, and WhiteWall shares its mission.
Valentino Garavani, the legendary Italian couturier whose name became synonymous with timeless elegance, cinematic glamour, and visual storytelling, passed away on January 19, 2026, at his home in Rome at the age of 93.
The Sigma Foundation has released its first two photography books, Hanataba by Sølve Sundsbø and Songen by Julia Hetta, marking the foundation's debut publications. Together, the releases represent a significant step in Sigma’s evolving relationship with photography, shifting from product-focused storytelling to long-term cultural and artistic engagement.
On February 7, the Nederlands Fotomuseum, the National Museum of Photography of the Netherlands, will unveil its stunning new home in the Santos warehouse, a national monument perched on Rotterdam’s Rijnhaven. With a collection of over 6.5 million objects, it ranks among the largest photography collections in the world, offering a bold new vision for the way photography is experienced, studied, and celebrated.
Sigma has been on an f/1.2 kick of late, releasing great lenses like the excellent Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG Art II and 50mm f/1.2 DG DN Art. The company is celebrating its f/1.2 excellence with a new Power of F1.2 Photo Contest.
Sunspot 4341 erupted yesterday afternoon, producing a super-powerful X-class solar flare that lasted for hours. The resulting radiation hit Earth's atmosphere, even causing a temporary radio blackout at short wavelengths. However, of much more interest to photographers is the solar flare's Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that is headed toward Earth now. It may trigger a G4-class geomagnetic storm, which could, in turn, deliver incredible auroras as far south as California and even Alabama in the United States.
Google's recently released Veo 3.1 AI video generation model has received a significant new update, promising even better, more realistic AI-generated video.
Building upon the 105-megapixel Sony IMX927 square global shutter image sensor unveiled in September, Sony Semiconductor Solutions has announced two sibling sensors, the IMX928 and IMX929, offering fewer megapixels across smaller sensors. However, the promises of exceptional speed remain the same across the entire series.
Two companies are collaborating to create the “world’s first full AI-based image signal processor” to replace the hardware-based ISPs that have been core to digital imaging for decades. Chips&Media, a Korean IP provider for image processing, is working with Visionary.ai, an Israeli startup focused on low-light image processing, to develop this new ISP.
In 2010, Vampire Weekend released their second studio album Contra -- one of the band's most influential and critically acclaimed records. But the striking polaroid photograph on its cover and the tangled story behind it are almost as famous as the record itself.
Even before its release on Netflix, "The Stringer" was controversial. But there is much more to the conversation than just who took the famous "Terror of War" photo.
We can quickly acquire tens of thousands of photos. Therefore, managing them effectively is essential. Equally, we are becoming more demanding of our development and editing software. Recently, the most effective way of managing our workflow has changed dramatically, making our lives easier.
A new exhibition spotlights Gen Z photographers, exploring the distinctive themes and perspectives that define their generation’s creativity.
While most film shooters have to wait days, weeks, and sometimes even months to get their film back from the lab, Miles Myerscough-Harris of Expired Film Club recently shot an NFL game and posted the photos on Instagram before the game ended.
Photographer and YouTube creator Mathieu Stern loves vintage lenses. He also loves vintage analog photo booths. So Stern set out to find out exactly which lenses are used in old-school film photo booths so he could recreate the exact look at home. It was much harder than one might think.
Brightin Star has announced the MF 50mm f/1.05, a full-frame manual-focus prime lens designed for mirrorless cameras across E, RF, Z, and L mounts. Featuring an ultra-fast maximum aperture and a classic 50mm focal length, the lens targets photographers and filmmakers seeking expressive depth of field and strong low-light performance.
There has been speculation that the Fujifilm X-H2S might be on its last legs, but Fujifilm tells PetaPixel the camera remains an active product for the company.
The Honor Magic 8 Pro is part photography upstart and part AI canvas in how it approaches still photos, relying more and more on what machine learning can do along the way.
A few months ago, I traveled to Vietnam with my family, and I only had 11 days to experience as much of the country as I could. From the chaotic energy of Hanoi’s streets, to the preserved stillness of Hoi An, the calm waters of Ha Long Bay, and the temples of Da Nang, each place felt visually and emotionally distinct—almost like traveling through different worlds in a single trip.
