All the numbers have been pointing upwards for Instagram. In fact, a recent analysis shows that Instagram will be used by 1 in 3 person, in the US, by 2020. With 400 million active users today, it is the only platform where people exclusively take and share visual content and nothing else.
After launching its Skyport Transmitter Plus HS system for Canon, Nikon, and (in the future) Sony, Elinchrom today announced its new Skyport Plus system, a universal radio transmitter that works with almost every camera to trigger almost every flash system.
Here's a fascinating 6-minute video that explores how Ansel Adams went from being a rather mediocre amateur photographer and into the legend we now know and revere.
Panasonic just announced version 2.5 for the firmware of its flagship mirrorless camera, the GH4. The update adds a few powerful features to the already impressive camera.
Your Instagram feed is currently a chronological list of photos posted by those you follow, but that's about to change: Instagram says a Facebook-style curation algorithm is on the way.
If you think having your photography go viral online is always a good thing, be careful what you wish for. American documentary photographer Nina Berman found that it can be quite a nightmare.
On March 10th, 2016, I woke up with great expectations: I was heading to the White House to photograph Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and American President Barack Obama.
Have you ever cursed your camera for missing that special moment in the streets? Do you ever struggle to get the subject quickly in focus before the fleeting moment is lost forever in the aether? Well then why not try manual focus?
As one of the most famous athletes in the world, soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo can't go anywhere without being swarmed by fans. And instead of autographs or a conversation, fans these days are intent on just getting a photo with Ronaldo.
Some aspects of photography are easier to teach than others. Photographing an advertising campaign alongside of a TV production is not one of them.
Parachut is a new startup that wants to do for camera gear what Netflix did for movies. It gives photographers unlimited gear for $149 per month.
My name is Chaim Perl, and I'm a NYC-based photographer who specializes in large group portraits. If it's difficult to shoot, I like it. In this post, I'll share how I created a photo mosaic by shooting 1,000 portraits.
Nikon sure has a strange way of marketing its brand: one of its newest advertisements features a Fujifilm camera...
Want to see what it's like to shoot on the streets of the West Bank? Photographer Chris Hughes wants to show you.
Here's a clip from Episode 10 of Season 7 of the TV sitcom The Middle, in which the family finds out that all of their precious photos have been deleted. Agony ensues.
My name is Vitor Schietti, and I'm a Brazilian photographer who is combining fireworks and long exposures for my series "Impermanent Sculptures."
The iPhone 7 Plus is rumored to have a powerful dual camera module as its superior feature over the standard iPhone 7, and now the first photos of that component may have surfaced on the Web.
I like to keep the amount of kit I have to carry with me to a minimum. Every single pound counts when you're scrambling up the side of a snowy mountain, and if you've ever had to pay excess baggage charges at the airport you will probably appreciate my 'less is more' mentality!
I recently spent some time using a DJI Phantom 3 Pro camera drone to make a 3D printed model of a statue of Jesus that's by my house in Lima, Peru. The technology used to do this is called photogrammetry.
You're not a photographer if you haven't been somewhere (traveling light on a weekend excursion perhaps) when out for an evening stroll you spot it... the picture you thought you wouldn't need to take this weekend: a long exposure.
Dogs are said to be man's best friend. But they are often neglected and left to die by their owners in places around the world.
After shooting a wedding this weekend, Boston-based wedding photographer Francielle Santo had her car broken into. She lost not only $10,000 in camera gear, but all of her clients' wedding photos as well.
Photographer Matt Granger just posted this 16-minute video about why he's ditching Sony gear when it comes to his professional work. In short: horrible service.
Cheap lens aficionado Mathieu Stern just released this 2-minute video review of the Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm f/2 lens.
Here's an 8-minute video in which photographer Alexi Lubomirski shares the story of how he became a professional photographer.
When talking about the right kind of lenses, there are some characteristics that people should not be buying for most photographic practices. In this post I'll be discussing the problem with modern lenses.
"Slit-scan photography," as it's known these days, has a long history. It is related to focal plane shutter distortion in the film era and to the rolling shutter effect in the digital age.
To highlight human destruction of animal habitats in East Africa, photographer Nick Brandt shot giant panoramas of life-size animal prints in their former habitats. The project is titled Inherit the Dust.
In the spring of 2014, I started a long-term photography project focused on Syrian refugee children. I traveled through Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon and photographed children who fled Syria since the war started.
Episode 55 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Wedding photographer Cliff Mautner
Here's Instagram's latest celebrity: Juji the giant dog. His owner Chris Cline is making waves by using Photoshop to turn him into a giant fluffy best friend.
Today’s flash market offers a wide variety of options for anyone looking to dip a toe in the off-camera flash pool. While there are plenty of things to consider while shopping for a speedlight, one factor that doesn’t always receive the most attention is build quality.
Instagram is known as a place where people use photos to flaunt their lifestyles, both real and fake. 50 Cent may be one of the biggest names to do so on the "fake" side: he claims he's broke and that he takes photos of fake money for marketing reasons.
Here's a 3-minute video that explores why you almost never see portraits of smiling people from the early days of photography.
In February 2016, Fujifilm announced the end of its last peel-apart instant film, FP-100C. Now there's a growing effort to keep the film alive, and Impossible Project founder Florian Kaps is trying to help.
Could your smartphone camera one day be turned on and used by the government for surveillance? That's what Apple is warning the public about as it continues to battle the FBI in court.
My name is Ty Foster, and I'm currently on a mission of shooting portraits of every single purebred dog breed. The project is called Canine Collective.
Sony are back with the sequel to 2012s surprise hits, the RX1 and RX1R. The new RX1R II still packs a full frame sensor into a barely-larger-than-a-compact body, but this time it's the same sensor from their spectacular A7R II.
If you were into photography in the early days of digital cameras, you probably remember the "revolutionary" Sony Mavica line, which used 3.5-inch floppy disks as 1.44MB "memory cards".
This week, Flickr announced that they are taking away one of the key “free” functions: the ability to auto upload photos from your computer directly to Flickr. Now you need to sign up for a “pro” account for access to the same function.
During the total solar eclipse on March 8th and 9th, NASA had a camera documenting it from a very special perspective -- one that's 1 million miles away.
Photo & Go is a new photo-making concept retail store that launched in Las Vegas in August 2015. The store was launched by Polaroid Fotobar's founders to take the idea of liberating digital photos to the next level. We spoke to co-founder Dov Quint about the store and the industry.
What would you endure for the perfect shot? For Australian photographer Joshua Holko, the answer is "freezing blasts from a winter storm in the arctic." That's what he went through to capture incredible photos of the Arctic fox.
The band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros just released this music video for their new single "No Love Like Yours." Here's what's neat about it: it was created by actress Olivia Wilde using just the iPhone 6S Plus.
Imagine seeing a photograph of a baby zebra sleeping peacefully atop the head of an adult tiger. Sounds crazy, right? Now imagine that same crazy image winning grand prizes in prestigious photography competitions.
Episode 54 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photojournalist and Honl Photo founder, David Honl
When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited US President Barack Obama at the White House today, one Canadian photographer had the chance to document the historic meeting thanks to a simple online application.
My name is Chris McCann, and I'm a photographer based in San Francisco. In this post, I'm sharing a list of photography videos I've found that have been helpful to me.
The Canon 35mm f/1.4L II lens announced back in August 2015 was the first Canon lens to feature the company's new Blue Spectrum Refractive (BR) lens technology, a special lens element that corrects for color fringing.
Facebook is spending dough to battle Snapchat on the casual photography front: the company just acquired MSQRD, a face-swapping camera app that has been exploding in popularity among smartphone users.
