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Photographers know the difficulties of having to crop an image to a specific aspect ratio, and social media users are using this conundrum for a trend that is not exactly new.

Italian photographer Gianluca Rubinacci transforms vast landscapes and night skies into emotional narratives. A master of the panoramic composition, Rubinacci shares his journey and insights with PetaPixel.

The United States and China have reportedly agreed on the framework of a deal to bring TikTok under majority U.S. ownership.

National Geographic's new documentary series, Top Guns: The Next Generation, combines thrilling visuals and takes viewers inside the U.S. Navy's elite aviation program. Here's how the team brought the incredible sights and sounds of fighter jet training to the small screen.

Pixboom is set to release the Spark this week, a compact video camera that touts some seriously impressive specifications at an even more impressive price. Pixboom says the camera will be capable of shooting 4K resolution at up to 1,000 frames per second, even in low light, with unlimited record times via its global shutter.

Major Japanese camera retailer Map Camera just published its August sales rankings for new and used cameras. Not for the first time this year, Fujifilm has achieved the top spot in the sales rankings. In July, the X half was the most popular new camera. In August, Fujifilm retained its title but the X half dropped its crown.

MasterBeast, a new player in the display field, has launched an ambitious pre-calibrated 32-inch QD-OLED monitor designed to serve creators, gamers, and other professionals with a single, high-performance display.

An unexpectedly strong geomagnetic storm triggered aurora lights in skies across the US last night, seen as far south as Arizona.

Sirui has announced the Aurora 35mm f/1.4, the second lens in its lightweight and fast prime series that will eventually include five focal lengths, following the success of the Aurora 85mm f/1.4.

A wedding photographer says a bride asked for a refund for her photos after divorcing the groom just one month after the big day.

A new study has revealed a new type of cyber threat linked to AI agents, where ordinary-looking photos can be altered to secretly issue malicious commands.

A UK press photographer has spoken out after a conviction against him for assaulting a police officer was overturned just half an hour before his appeal was due to be heard.

Chris Steele-Perkins, the celebrated photographer who worked for Magnum Photos agency for over four decades, has died at the age of 78.

Baseball reporter Ken Rosenthal is taking serious heat after he collided with a photographer and then gave him "stink eye" as he walked away.

LaCie's latest Rugged series portable SSD combines the durability for which the Rugged series is known with improved performance.

Photographer Nicole Tung uses her camera to expose powerful, important stories from the hidden world of Southeast Asia's fishing industry, shining a light on the industry's human and environmental costs.

Here at PetaPixel, we love printing and hanging our favorite photos. One of the best ways to do so is by using online labs like WhiteWall. However, when it comes to picking the perfect materials, like paper, mats, and frames, it's hard to know which materials are the best choice for a specific photo. That's where WhiteWall's new sample kits come in.

The new Asus ProArt P16 notebook aims at the Apple MacBook Pro, promising to deliver the powerful performance high-end PC notebooks are known for while maintaining a sleek style that is much rarer in the PC space. Powerful PC notebooks aren't just for gamers, after all.

This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, things are a little bit different. First we're talking about making a documentary and then we time-travel down to Cupertino for a conversation about the new iPhone series.

It remains one of the most shocking photographs ever captured, igniting worldwide debates about the ethics of photojournalism. But what is the story behind Kevin Carter’s The Girl and the Vulture?

Henley Bailey of Akara Labs, whom PetaPixel wrote about last year after he built the Leica M Mount 6-bit Encoder to easily adapting old lenses to Leica M digital rangefinders, is back with another creation for the modern photographer. This time it is a "Slim Skin" case for the popular Fujifilm X-E5.

Atomos announced the Shinobi 7 RX Monitor today at IBC in Amsterdam, bringing a new super-bright HDR 7-inch monitor to the high-end video market.

Venus Optics announced a new anamorphic lens series for full-frame cameras. The Laowa Sunlight 2x FF Anamorphic Zoom Series brings the anamorphic look from Laowa's Proteus series to a broader audience and makes anamorphic filmmaking more accessible.

Scandinavian lighting company Kelvin has announced a strategic partnership with SmallRig, aimed at positioning the two brands as major players in the global photo and video lighting market.

Video editors have been discussing the widely speculated-on glitch that occurred in President Trump's address to the nation video regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Apple has announced Final Cut Camera 2.0, a major update to its professional video capture app that supports the advanced filmmaking tools introduced in the newest iPhone models, including the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max.

A SpaceX Starlink satellite was recently photographed passing over China’s secretive Dingxin Airbase, appearing in an image captured by a commercial Earth-observation satellite.

Godox has announced the MG4K, a powerful new lighting unit aimed at professional video productions and large studio environments.

Sony introduced two new CFexpress 4.0 Type A Tough memory cards, expanding its lineup of ultra-fast memory cards with more affordable, lower-capacity offerings.

The director of the hit horror movie Weapons has revealed how the photo “The Terror of War,” more commonly known as “Napalm Girl,” inspired the children's unsettling running pose.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has taken high-resolution images of unusual rocks on Mars that could represent the strongest evidence yet of possible ancient life.

Researchers have filmed an adorable, previously unknown species of deep-sea snailfish with oversized eyes more than 10,700 feet beneath the ocean surface.

A new BBC short documentary has uncovered the story of Lo Manh Hung, a 12-year-old photographer who covered the Vietnam War and is believed to be the world’s youngest photojournalist.

Fujifilm has fully announced the medium format cinema camera it has been slowly teasing over the past year. It will be called the GFX Eterna 55, will feature a huge list of recording formats and codecs, and will be priced at $16,499.95.

When Fujifilm announced that it was developing the GFX Eterna, now officially unveiled as the GFX Eterna 55, the company also revealed that it was making a Fujinon GF 32-90mm Power Zoom. However, Fujifilm first teased the a GFX power zoom lens way back in September 2023 on its lens roadmap. The long-awaited, oft-teased lens has been completely revealed today, and it is the Fujinon GF 32-90mm T3.5 PZ OIS WR.

Apple just unveiled its highly anticipated flagship iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max smartphones yesterday, and SmallRig quickly announced an accompanying series of cases and accessories for the new devices, including mobile filmmaking grips, cages, cases, and filter adapters.

The Camp Snap is all grown up. Camp Snap announced a new premium version of its super-popular point-and-shoot Camp Snap Camera, the Camp Snap Pro, also known as the CS-Pro.