The world of photography has just been rocked by yet another sex abuse scandal. Renowned photographer Mario Testino is being accused by multiple male models of abusing his power and sexually exploiting them.
Looking to make your own DIY overhead camera rig? Well, look no further - here is a 9-minute tutorial from photographer and YouTube star Peter McKinnon that shows you how to do just that.
Hasselblad just announced a camera capable of 400MP photos. The new H6D-400C MS is a "Multi Shot" camera that can capture 100MP photos with single exposures or gigantic 400MP ultra-resolution photos using its Multi-Shot capture feature.
Episode 246 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Sony Artisan of Imagery, Robert Evans
Want to retouch your photos to look just like Pam Dave Zaring's amazingly bad family photos that have been going viral? Photoshop expert Antti Karppinen has just released a tutorial showing how you can achieve the exact same look in Photoshop.
Here's a beautiful 2-minute short film by Raphael Boudreault-Simard of Flow Motion Aerials that shrinks kayakers and the beautiful outdoors into a miniature world using a tilt-shift effect.
In this fast-changing age of digital photography, one ingredient missing is a full frame square format camera or digital back. Yes, you can always crop off for a square, but this is not the same as looking through a dedicated square format camera with full resolution. So, what does a photographer preferring the square format do? My option has always been to shoot square format film cameras.
Weather resistance is an important attribute of professional cameras that need to endure difficult shooting environments. To see how well some of the top cameras on the market would fare in the rain, Imaging Resource decided to conduct a water torture test, which you can watch in the 5-minute video above.
Using natural light in your travel photos can land you with some amazing images, even if you think the light might be "bad" from the offset. Here's an 18-minute video from photographer Mitchell Kanashkevich that shows how to harness natural light for powerful imagery.
This photo shoot just won the Internet... for how bad the Photoshop job was. Pam Dave Zaring says she got back her family photos from the professional photographer they hired... and nearly died laughing. She then posted the photos on Facebook, where they've been going absolutely viral.
Fujifilm may have a quality control issue on their hands. Two reports have emerged this month of new Fujifilm lenses arriving with sizable dust specks, cracks, and excessive variations between copies.
Over the last few months, I have been in contact with Phase One to test their latest medium format camera, the IQ3 100MP Trichromatic. The standard 100MP backs from both Hasselblad and Phase One, already have incredible colors, due to being able to produce 16-bit raw files. Phase One, however, decided this wasn’t enough and their latest sensor is a genuinely brilliant update.
The Internet is becoming a hectic and volatile place for photographers to share their work. Social media enables photos to be put in the hands of tens, thousands, and even millions in a matter of minutes. However, one small break in this sharing frenzy can lead to massive loss and frustration for the creators that dedicate themselves to doing their passion well.
If you're a Canon shooter who has been waiting for Canon to get serious about mirrorless cameras, here's some promising news: Canon has reportedly been asking its professionals what they'd like to see in a mirrorless camera.
Want to improve your selection game in Photoshop? Here's an 8-minute video from PiXimperfect that points out some "secret" sliders in Adobe Photoshop that will help you to make fast and smooth selections.
Facebook has announced that it will be introducing drastic changes to how its News Feed works, prioritizing content from family and friends and de-emphasizing content from publishers and brands. If you use business page for your photography services, you may soon see your reach plummet.
Canon generated some controversy this week by widely sharing a photo that contained portions taken without permission from a shot by photographer Elia Locardi using a Fujifilm camera. The company has now responded, but instead of issuing an apology, it's clear Canon can't tell that the infringement occurred.
If there's one photography video you should watch today, then this 7-minute piece of advice from photographer Jay Perry is the one. Perry explains why messenger camera bags may be very bad for your health.
There are fewer than 1,000 wet plate collodion artists practicing around the world, and as far as I know, I am the only one in the state of North Dakota. 5 years ago, I didn't own a camera and knew nothing about photography. I saw a wet plate online and I was immediately drawn to it, and thus my journey began.
The clothing giant H&M sparked controversy this week after people noticed a photo in its online store that showed a black child model wearing a hoodie sweatshirt with the words: "coolest monkey in the jungle." Now the boy's mom is speaking out and criticizing the critics.
Kodak has announced a new budget film scanner called the Scanza. Designed for consumers, the scanner can digitize a number of different film formats, from 35mm still photos to 8mm motion picture film.
Avedon: Something Person is a downright staggering account of legendary photographer Richard Avedon's career. Weighing in at 720 (yes, 720!) pages, no detail is left out. While it's jam-packed with interesting stories from his assistants and collaborators, this book has some issues with the facts.
Canon recently shared a beautiful Golden Hour landscape photograph on social media in Italy and Spain. Problem was, it was a composite photo in which a large portion of the image was taken without permission (and without giving credit) from a photo by well-known landscape photographer Elia Locardi.
Ever wonder how the iPhone's amazing Portrait Model is able to create "fake" bokeh? Some Stuff Explained created this simple 5-minute explanation video that explains how Apple's Portrait Mode works on iPhones with dual lenses.
It turns out the new KodakCoin isn't the only way Kodak is joining the cryptocurrency craze. Kodak has also created the Kodak KashMiner, a bitcoin mining machine that you rent for $3,400 and share the profits on.
Episode 245 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Panasonic Lumix Luminary, Levi Sim
You've heard of drunk driving, but what about drunk droning? That's what's on track to become a new crime in the state of New Jersey after lawmakers voted to approve the new bill.
A famous and rare stainless steel "fake Leica" camera sculpture has popped up on eBay. The asking price: $99,995 with $350 economy shipping.
Photographers Rachel and Daniel of Mango Street have released a 5-part video tutorial series that teaches how to plan a shoot, find a suitable location, secure the ideal model, conduct the shoot, and edit the results.
It was a classic NCAA Championship game. Perennial powerhouse Alabama comes back to tie the game in regulation and then win it in overtime. The game-winning play was a 2nd down, 41-yard heave-ho into the end zone that broke a lot of Georgia fan’s hearts. It was a play that will be etched in their collective memories for a long time. And one image, a screen grab of that play, will also be etched in the memories of a few people... for a totally different reason.
Ah, the joys of dealing with difficult clients as a wedding photographer. A dissatisfied newlywed couple in Hong Kong recently sent their wedding photographer a giant 30-page document to point out flaws in bad photos they had received.
Google has just unveiled two new VR point-and-shoot cameras that are capable of harnessing YouTube's VR180 format. The two cameras, the Lenovo Mirage and the Yi Horizon VR180, were announced at CES 2018.
Kodak made waves yesterday when it announced that it will be joining the cryptocurrency craze by launching a new cryptocurrency of its own, called KodakCoin. And because it's 2018, Kodak's once-hopeless stock price was up over 300% when the market opened today.
Photographer Sean Tucker made this 36-minute video that walks through editing dramatic portraits in Photoshop. Watch Tucker's entire process from start to finish as he brings his portraits to life.
While riding an ATV through snowy trails, photographer Peter McKinnon accidentally broke the mic input jack on his $6,000 Canon 1D X Mark II. Before sending the DSLR in to Canon for repairs, McKinnon decided to try his hand at blindly opening up the camera to see what's inside.
In January 2015, a 360-degree HD webcam was installed on top of the iconic Space Needle in Seattle. Ricardo Martin Brualla amassed still frames over the past 3 years and created this beautiful 4-minute time-lapse video showing how much Seattle has been developed over this period of time.
Structure is a new short film by photographer Drew Geraci, who used a microscope and 4K camera to capture the beauty of ordinary organic objects when magnified up to 1000x.
We didn't see this one coming: Kodak just joined the cryptocurrency craze by announcing a new "photo-centric" cryptocurrency called "KODAKCoin."
Canon has admitted that it's lagging behind other companies in innovation, and it's resolving to do better in the area.
Here's an informative 18-minute tutorial by photographer Dustin Dolby of workphlo that teaches how to blend speedlight exposures for water splash product photos. Dolby is shooting a pair of advertising posters.
The College Football Playoff National Championship was contested last night between Alabama and Georgia. After the game-winning touchdown throw in overtime -- an instant classic -- one photographer got a little too eager to capture the perfect shot of the unfolding celebration.
Nikon has announced the new Nikkor 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR lens, the successor to the Nikon 200-400mm f/4. It's Nikon's first-ever lens that features a built-in teleconverter.
The Korean camera equipment manufacturer Samyang has announced its new Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 EF lens. It's the company's first-ever autofocus lens for Canon EF-mount cameras.
Designing and manufacturing camera gear ain’t easy, as anyone who has invested in a Kickstarter project can attest. The amount of technology that’s stuffed into gear is astonishing, but that doesn’t mean each product meets the needs of the photographer. So in the spirit of “there’s always room for improvement,” here are a few of our hopes in the new year.
Panasonic has unveiled the new GH5S, a hybrid single lens mirrorless camera with improved photo quality and stronger video capabilities.
Following in the footsteps of Snapchat's Spectacles, there is a new kid on the block in the world of camera sunglasses: Acton. The company has created a new pair of sunglasses called ACE Eyewear that can shoot photos and videos and post them to Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.
DJI has announced the new Ronin-S, the company's first single-handed stabilizer for DSLR and mirrorless cameras. The 3-axis gimbal can help you shoot crisp photos and smooth video while on the move.
If you're just getting started in digital photography, you may be wondering about the choice between shooting JPEG files and shooting in raw. Here's a quick 2-minute video by B&H in which photographer David Flores explains the benefits of a raw workflow.
I see the posts. You see them, too. A session gone wrong because a photographer didn’t know want to do. And they didn’t know what to do because they hadn’t yet acquired the skills necessary to do that thing they were hired to do. They said “yes” before they knew what they were doing.
GoPro just announced that it's exiting the drone business and cutting 20% of its workforce, confirming earlier reports of major layoffs in the company's aerial division. The company's stock also plunged after it missed revenue estimates.
