Reuben Wu's science fiction-inspired, drone-lit landscape photos have exploded since we shared them last week, and now Reuben is showing off exactly how these eerie images were shot in a behind the scenes video.
A great photo takes both the skill and creative talent of a photographer, but technology has also played a vital role in making that job easier (and in some cases, possible in the first place). Since the advent of the dry plate process to today’s astonishingly high sensitivity sensors, the craft of photography has advanced with improvements in technology.
It's a great day for lens lovers. First, Meyer-Optik resurrects the Trioplan f2.9/50, and now Zeiss is joining the fray by debuting the widest full-frame fixed focal length E-mount lens with autofocus: the Batis 18mm f/2.8.
Meyer-Optik is celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the Trioplan by resurrecting another iconic lens. Last year, the Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 brought back "soap bubble bokeh." Today, Meyer-Optik expands on it by bringing the legendary Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 back from the dead.
Episode 64 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photographer and host of The Photo Brigade, Robert Caplin
Kodak Alaris, the spin-off of Eastman Kodak that produces the photographic film products the Kodak name is known for, may be in trouble. The company plans to shut down one of its five major manufacturing facilities by the end of this year.
Wildlife and their habitat are facing a new threat—from unethical practices deployed by a new breed of nature photographers. An exponential surge in the popularity of nature photography is unknowingly altering species behaviour and creating habitat disturbances.
We can come to terms with the fact that that astronauts aboard the ISS get a view none of us can access and gear few of us can afford, but do they have to rub our noses in it!? We're joking of course, but the latest vlog from aboard the ISS does have us pretty jealous.
It’s perhaps ironic that it was during our Street Photography trip to New York that we chose Havana, Cuba as our next destination. Ironic because we didn’t know then that the two week period we chose would see the first visit of a sitting U.S. President to the city in 90 years and with it an air of expectancy and change in a country unlike any other.
Hawaii photographer Raiatea Arcuri was out shooting beautiful seascapes and putting together a tutorial video recently when he took a rather bad tumble. The video came out yesterday, but all people can talk about is the scary fall he captured.
Russian photographer and art student Egor Tsvetkov used his own photos and a facial recognition app to destroy any illusion of privacy we might have with his latest project "Your Face is Big Data."
We won't waste time hemming and hawing: this is just plain cool. Using a patented technology, Satellite Lab can move a light source around an object at 10,000 feet per second while capturing that same object in super slow motion, creating an effect we'll call "bullet time 2.0".
Photographer Serena Hodson of Dry Dog Wet Dog fame is back, and she's not stopped capturing adorable, viral photos of dogs. Her new series The Upside of Dogs is blowing up now too, and it's bound to put a smile on your face.
A French tourist was arrested in Rome last week when he tried to fly his camera drone over the iconic Colosseum to capture some aerial footage. According to Italian law, he could now face fines of up to 113,000 Euro ($127K USD).
Over 1.5 billion people worldwide use the Facebook app on a monthly basis, and all of those people have opted in to Facebook’s privacy policy by the act of creating an account.
In the latest installment of "crazy photography innovation to cross our desks," let us introduce you to the "sheet camera" by the engineers at Columbia University. This flexible camera array lets you change field of view by simply bending it.
On Friday, SpaceX made history by performing its first successful ocean barge landing following a resupply mission to the ISS. Today, they released the photos.
Ouch! Having gear stolen is always painful, but a photographer in Spain recently got it much worse than that. Apparently, he was robbed of some extremely expensive Canon gear he was testing, including a pre-production Canon 1DX Mark II.
Wish you could capture smooth, shake-free video or photographs on the move with your smartphone? Wish no more. The new "Smoovie" is an affordable, effective stabilizer for your smartphone or GoPro that literally fits in your pocket.
If you love old film cameras and constantly want to know more about them, then we've got the perfect YouTube channel for you. It's called, appropriately enough, "Old Cameras" and even veteran film photographers might learn a thing or two from a few of the videos.
The Canon EOS M line of mirrorless cameras hasn't been a big hit—at least not in the US of A—but Canon may do something big with it by the end of this year. We're talking "full-frame mirrorless" big.
Lytro has ditched the world of consumer cameras, and if the Lytro Immerge wasn't proof enough of this decision, their latest announcement should seal it. Yesterday, Lytro debuted "the world’s first Light Field solution for film and television," a 755MP cinema camera monster.
Often we feel like we need reasons why we take photos. We need a purpose; a sense of direction. But my tip for today is this: photograph for photography’s sake.
A little over a month ago, we shared some amazing drone photos of Hong Kong that truly captured the density of that megacity. Now, photographer Andy Yeung is back with the followup series Urban Fog: drone photos of Hong Kong shot at night as fog sweeps over the bustling metropolis.
We could just let the swirly bokeh of the photo above sweep us away, but alas, we have a new lens to tell you about. It's Lensbaby's exciting new Twist 60, and in case the portrait didn't already clue you in, it's Lensbaby's take on the iconic Petzval lens.
A group of tourist photographers in the UK found themselves in the middle of a tense, awkward situation this week when they were confronted, detained by, and accused of paedophelia by a group of angry mothers who thought they were photographing children. They were, in fact, taking photos of a fountain at the seafront.
No matter how lucrative it might be, maintaining your pets social media accounts can be a lot of work. But what if your puppy could shoot and share their own photos, without your help? With this vest from Pedigree, they can.
Everybody is "reinventing" things these days, but even still, we would be lying if we said we weren't at least intrigued by the all-new Impossible Project I-1. It's the company's very first camera, or, as they put it, "The Original Instant Camera. Reinvented."
Photographers lending their skills to try and help shelter dogs is nothing new, but Slovenian photographer Katja Jemec's series "I Looked Up and There You Were" offers a different perspective than we've seen before... literally.
When people say you should do "anything" to get the shot, getting decapitated or losing a hand might not be what they had in mind. But that's what one tourist almost did while trying to get a photo of a plane landing at the dangerous St. Bart's airport.
Getting a different perspective from your smartphone camera might soon be a much easier task thanks to the "Drone-in-a-Phone" case—a concept that comes with, you guessed it, a tiny drone tucked away inside.
The history of the Leica camera is one of revolution. Appropriately enough, the Leica M design has been with us for over 60 years and has documented revolutions in both times of peace and war throughout history as the idea of a simple, easy to carry camera enabling it to be carried anywhere.
Trying to copy an iconic fashion photograph by the great David Bailey is a daunting task in the best of circumstances. But how much more daunting would it be if you were doing this shoot with Bailey standing behind you, looking over your shoulder and making sure you do his work justice?
Episode 63 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photographer Jason Lanier, Sony Artisan of Imagery
When most people travel, they think of travelling to a destination. Whether it’s climbing Mt. Fuji, gawking at the frescoes in the Vatican, or relishing spicy cuisine in Thailand, most people think of the destination for what it has to offer, from culture to scenery to sensational experiences.
Memory card full? Just pull out some DNA storage and keep shooting. Scientists have figured out how to store digital photos in DNA and then perfectly retrieve them afterward.
The Canon 80D is the latest in Canon's line-up of mid-range, enthusiast level DSLRs. On paper, the 80D looks to be an improvement in practically every regard over the 70D of 2013, especially with the introduction of a new dual-pixel 45 point auto-focus.
DJI, the world's leading drone maker, has launched DJI+ Discover, a new mobile app that provides a social network for drone owners to connect with each other, with companies, and with clients.
Famed musician Phil Collins began reissuing some of his most loved albums in November of 2015 as part of a collection called "Take a look at me now..." But keen-eyed fans of Mr. Collins noticed something curious about the reissues: the Phil Collins on the new album covers looks quite a bit older.
Inside the bowels of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC you'll find something amazing. Classified, labelled, and impeccably organized, you'll find 90% of the Smithsonian's collections tucked neatly away in drawers and cabinets. Well... usually they're tucked away.
10 years ago, Fujifilm did something... strange. They started making cosmetics. But looking back now, not only does the decision make total scientific sense for a film company, it may have been one of the major reasons Fujifilm was able to survive the digital revolution.
This is a public service announcement.
I've been selling a lot of camera gear lately, changing systems, testing new lenses/bodies, etc. I've met up with a lot of different types of people, pro and amateurs, veterans and newbies, and guess what? We're all into photography. We all love gear, so why not treat the community as such?
With craigslist ads like this one going up all the time, it's easy to think things are looking pretty bleak for professional wedding photographers. But a new survey of nearly 18,000 brides married in 2015 paints a rosier picture.
Shooting the moon has been a little obsession of mine for a very long time (ever since I started photography). I guess it is my love of impossible images, science fiction, and science fact that drove me to want to take photographs of the moon.
Four portraits that, for decades, have been shown and sold as self-portraits captured by famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe are now at the center of a massive law suit by an artist who claims he shot the portraits, not Mapplethorpe.
When you think pinhole lenses, you probably think cheap, low-fi lenses created by hand for DIY photography projects. Zero Optik takes things in the opposite direction: it's a new line of high-quality pinhole lenses that are designed for professionals.
The Lomo’Instant Wide is an Instax wide format camera that opens the flood gates to an unprecedented level of creative Instax photography. Packed with more features than I can count, I immediately got to work snapping imaginative, fun, and downright hilarious photographs.
Digital photography can be incredibly empowering, but it can also help new photographers develop some really bad habits. And one of the oft-cited habits that digital photographers develop is "chimping."
Brazilian photographer Marcos Alberti's 'Wine Project' portrait series is dead simple: give your subjects some booze and photograph them between drinks. But the resulting portraits are taking the Web by storm.
Optical stabilization has slowly but surely continued to improve in recent years, but a new patent from Canon hints at a major change in the tech that may arrive in future lenses: instead of one image stabilized lens group, the patent describes a lens that uses two.