Explore how posture, shape, light, and composition can help wildlife photographers create striking backlit imagery that tells a powerful story.

The work of a pioneering female photographer, whose images remained hidden for decades until thousands of her negatives were discovered in suitcases, is being exhibited for the first time.

After numerous teases and even a sponsored YouTube hands-on video, Motorola has finally, thankfully, fully unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the Signature 27. It is being billed as the world's fastest Android smartphone. It's certainly among the most expensive slab phones.

The holiday season is ramping up and that once again means Canon is trotting out the same cash cow it has milked for the last three straight years. Costco (soon to be followed by other stores, surely) is offering a Canon EOS R100 kit for an enticing $520. Do not buy it.

Meike has announced yet another addition to its Mix series of primes, and this time it's a portrait prime for APS-C mirrorless cameras. The Meike 58mm f/1.2 Mix is a fast $449 prime for Sony, Fujifilm, and Nikon mirrorless systems.

The North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) will host its annual half-day event, NANPA LIVE, on Saturday, November 7, 2026, offering a free global livestream from 3:00 to 6:00 PM PT that includes giveaways worth thousands of dollars.

Apple's brand-new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display, the first Mac to ever feature a touchscreen, arrives today, and Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve 21 video editor is ready.

Not everyone is stoked that smartphones keep getting larger, offering ever-bigger displays. In fact, some people are very much in love with the small phones of years past. New smartphone company Enough believes there are, well, enough of those people to justify launching an all-new small smartphone in 2026.

B&H launched its Holiday Deal Zone this week, giving you an early jump on upcoming Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and holiday deals. We have a potpourri this week, with storage, memory cards, cameras and lenses, and computers.

The Canadian Liberal government's new Budget 2026 will carve out protections and support for Canadian artists, including photographers.

Earlier this year, Glyph pushed hard into the creator space with the launch of new SSDs and a line of CFexpress memory cards. It is continuing that trend with the announcement of memory card readers.

South Korean consumer electronics startup Lutra Inc. has launched a camera brand, Humans of Authenticity (HOA). HOA's first camera, the HOA A1, looks weird as hell.

In late July, news broke that Sony was trying to acquire Tamron, a fact Tamron itself confirmed shortly after. However, since then, it's been crickets.

In National Geographic's newest television program, Wolves Up Close With Bertie Gregory, the eponymous British wildlife filmmaker, acclaimed photographer, and ardent environmentalist heads to Hudson Bay, Canada, to film wolves in their harsh Arctic habitat. Gregory chatted with PetaPixel about filming the new documentary.

Wandrd's new Magnetic Camera Strap System is now available, bringing a redesigned approach to how photographers attach and switch camera straps.

VSCO has announced the second half of its The Fifty campaign, a nationwide billboard-based exhibition that is celebrating one photographer in every U.S. state via large-format public displays in their home markets.

Camp Snap is looping back around to its original target market with a miniaturized version of the CS-8 camcorder it launched last year that more easily fits into a child's hand. The CS-8 Mini is less than half the size of the original and is designed specifically to cater to kids.

The Sony World Photography Awards and the World Photography Organization have revealed that photographer James Barnor is the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography title at the Sony World Photography Awards 2027.

Laowa has officially announced the 24mm f/2 Zero-D Tilt-Shift lens. Built for architectural and commercial photography, the full-frame lens also works on Fujifilm GFX and Hasselblad XCD medium-format cameras thanks to its large image circle.

One person has been killed while two others were injured after a helicopter crashed during a photography flight in Miami, Florida.

Motorola debuted its brand new flagship phone, the Signature 27, at Qualcomm's annual Snapdragon Summit in September. However, at the time, Motorola unveiled just a few key specs and left much to the imagination. That changed this week, with the company revealing more information about its new phone.

Alongside new Cinema EOS firmware, Canon has announced some new accessories for its mirrorless EOS R System cameras, including timer remote controllers and a hotshoe microphone.

This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Sarah Teng and Chris Niccolls debate toy cameras: should they exist? Also, Digital camera sales are slumping, OM System execs reveal they did once consider expanding out of Micro Four Thirds, and Nikon announced a new $14,000 lens. All that and more!

Coral Spawning International (CSI), in partnership with Canon Medical Systems UK and Canon EMEA, has successfully conducted the world’s first ultrasound scan of living coral to identify developing eggs.

Video productions can quickly become very complicated. A startup has a new e-paper display designed to keep things organized on set.

It's a very busy day for Canon. In addition to marking the 15th anniversary of the Cinema EOS System, which began when the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR arrived with Full HD video recording, Canon has announced new Cinema EOS firmware updates and new Cinema EOS camera kits.

The Lomography MC-A 35mm point-and-shoot camera is celebrating its first birthday in style with a pair of new limited-edition designs, including one plated with real gold.

Nikon has unveiled more details about the Nikon ZR's first major firmware update. Firmware 2.00, slated to arrive before the end of the year, brings major improvements to Nikon's popular video-first camera.

Adobe Premiere mobile, which recently launched on Android after releasing last year on iOS, will soon include music from Universal Music Group (UMG) and Warner Music Group (WMG).

Nextorage Corporation has announced the NX-F2AE Series, a trio of new UHS-II SDXC memory cards that promise high-end speed and reliability for demanding video workflows.

Hong Kong smartphone maker Tecno has unveiled the winners of its third annual "Shot On CAMON" global photography contest. This year's edition, co-hosted with Lonely Planet, received over 13,000 entries from 40 countries.

NASA's longtime Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere tomorrow, November 4. While most of the telescope will burn up as it careens through the atmosphere, NASA says it expects some components to survive and potentially even cause harm, although that outcome is exceedingly unlikely.

Apparel brand Homage is living up to its name, putting arguably the defining photo from the Milwaukee Brewers' first-ever World Series title onto a shirt. It's an unusual way for Getty photographer Carmen Mandato's work to be seen, enabling Brewers fans to literally wear a photo of their long-awaited victory on their chest.

A group of food photographers has been given the green light to proceed with a copyright infringement lawsuit against Uber Eats.

An Airbnb host is accused of using an AI-edited photo of an overflowing, blocked toilet to claim $1,000 from a guest.

A majority of U.S. online shoppers say AI-generated product images make them less confident about buying a product, according to new research from e-commerce UX research organization Baymard.

Americans have the Fourth of July, but for Brits, fireworks are synonymous with November 5, also known as Guy Fawkes Night.