This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and Jaron Schneider unwrap the mysteries surrounding the application of content authenticity and how it works with cameras, photos, and online media.
With next year's presidential elections taking place in an unprecedented age: the age of artificial intelligence -- Facebook and Instagram have announced a new requirement that political ads generated by AI will need to be disclosed.
A Meta whistleblower testified before Congress Tuesday, raising concerns regarding safety issues at the tech conglomerate.
A new image of Earth may not look like much at first glance, but how it was captured is incredible.
Developed by its research division, Samsung Gauss is a ChatGPT rival that will also be able to generate images and will be at the core of several on-device technologies that will surely debut in the company's next smartphone.
A photographer is running "Stranger Sessions" which are couples' photo shoots -- except that the said "couple" have never met, seen, or spoken to each other before.
The origins of the image on the iconic album cover for Led Zeppelin IV have been discovered by a photo researcher.
Moment made a name for itself through first lenses for smartphones before expanding to accessories, bags, and even a smartphone app. Today, it released its first camera: the Long Weekend 35mm Reusable Film Camera.
The International Photography Hall of Fame (IPHF) honored four remarkable female photographers in its 2023 awards.
Former Cincinnati Bengals running back Giovani Bernard has returned to the Paycor Stadium but in a very different role -- as a photographer.
Telling a cohesive story by putting together a series of photos or video clips can be a complicated task. Changing the camera angles and perspective can significantly influence your viewer's reaction to the project, and leave you with a much more impactful image. This is where a horizontal tripod can provide you with a wider array of shooting angles.
It is difficult to overstate just how big of a deal the Sony a9 III is, at least on paper. As is always the case with press events, and especially ones where hands-on time is limited, pre-production firmware is installed, and shooting opportunities are cultivated, you should consume pre-release content with (many) grains of salt. Hypertension be damned.
A new app called "Wrapped for Instagram" -- that claims to show users who are looking at their profiles -- has gone viral this week. However, the app is already causing privacy concerns.
The Euclid space telescope, an instrument designed to solve the greatest mystery of the Universe, has sent back its first stunning images.
Sony's new a9 III is the first full-frame interchangeable lens mirrorless (ILC) camera to use a global shutter, which unlocks some serious performance like 120 frames per second shooting. It doesn't however, have support for the latest CFexpress specification.
A Christian wedding photographer has won a settlement in a lawsuit against the state of Virginia after he refused to shoot same-sex marriages.
Gyms in the U.K. are starting to ban members from taking photos and recording workout videos in facilities -- amid growing privacy concerns.
Move over "duckface," there is a new selfie pose that has taken over Instagram in 2023. Featuring squinted eyes, a crumpled-up nose, and a furrowed expression that looks like you smelt something bad: meet the "scrunch face."
Photography is unique, as far as artistic media is concerned. Behind the camera, we can freeze time, turning once-in-a-lifetime moments into indelible mementos that have a good chance of outliving the gear that created them.
Skylum, the makers of Luminar Neo photo editing software, announced an expansion for its Luminar Adventures project by adding six new destinations over the next year.
The photographer who won an intellectual property case at the United States Supreme Court against the Andy Warhol Foundation has revealed the financial damage it did to her.
Ikea announced the six young photographers selected for its artist in residence mentorship program led by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz and Ikea creative director Marcus Engman.
In what is perhaps the most significant Sony camera announcement, well, ever, the dominant force in the mirrorless market has introduced the a9 III, the world's first full-frame camera with a global shutter system, which promises massive benefits for high-speed photography.
Moment updated its Pro Camera iOS app to support all of the iPhone 15 Pro's new features in a more usable interface for professionally-minded photographers and filmmakers.
As part of OpenAI's DevDay, the company that makes ChatGPT and DALL-E announced that it will protect customers from legal claims surrounding copyright infringement.
A set of photos featured in the World Press Photo exhibition showing an LGBT community in the Philippines has claimed the job of a museum director in Hungary.
At the tail end of its presentation for the new global-shutter-equipped a9 III full-frame camera, Sony announced that it would finally be bringing some of its new software features to select older cameras via firmware updates.
The world of mirrorless camera lenses is strangely devoid of professional 300mm lenses. That is, until now. Sony has released a brand new full-frame 300mm f/2.8 G Master lens and I had a chance to test it out.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the first Sony Alpha 7, the first Alpha full-frame interchangeable lens mirrorless camera. Sony is marking the occasion by announcing a breakthrough advancement in imaging technology -- the Sony a9 III, the first full-frame ILC to incorporate a global shutter image sensor.
Sony announced the 300mm f/2.8 G Master OSS, a new $5,999 telephoto prime that simultaneously promises new heights for image quality while also becoming the lightest lens in its class. In fact, it is the world's lightest large-aperture telephoto prime.