The EISA Awards 2017-2018 has announced the winners of the year's best technology and products throughout the electronics industry, and Sony has dominated the Photography category in the latest awards.
Rebecca Hayes and David Ward didn't do a newborn photo shoot with their son Clayton when he was born, so this year they decided to make up for it... 21 years later.
Gerta Pohorylle was born in 1910 in the German state of Stuttgart to a middle-class Jewish Galician family. She attended a Swiss boarding school, where she learned English and French and grew up receiving a secular education. In spite of her bourgeois origins, she became part of socialist and labor movements while still very young.
Here's a 12-minute video in which photographer Steve Perry shows how to use the relatively new "Auto AF Fine Tune" feature from Nikon.
Ever wonder what it is that makes Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment" photos "work"? Photographer Tavis Leaf Glover put out a two-part video series in which he explores Cartier-Bresson's famous photos and shows how they conform to various ideas and principles of composition.
Here's a 7-minute lesson by photographer Dustin Dolby of workphlo on how to improve your product photography shots by giving them a silky, soft, pleasant light.
If you're a Fujifilm X-Pro2 photographer who also shoots video, here's some huge news for you: according to a new report, 4K video recording is coming to the X-Pro2 through an upcoming firmware update.
It was about time that another company released a "Story Mode" on a camera device, and this time it's a company called Ubiquiti Labs that has released a new wearable camera that will let all your friends know what you're up to. The product is called FrontRow.
Twitter just announced that a photo and quote Tweeted out by former President Barack Obama has become the most liked Tweet of all time on the social media platform.
As the saying goes, sometimes the best camera is the one that you have with you. With some clever tools and techniques, Kai Wong shows how your smartphone can be used to create usable video in the 5-minute video above.
Qualcomm, which creates mobile processors, is pioneering a new active depth sensor that will probably make its way to Android phones next year via their upcoming 2nd generation Snapdragon processor.
The Zeiss Biotar 75mm f/1.5 is a legendary lens that's currently one of the most expensive vintage lenses, available at over $1,000 for a usable one. The original was made in Jena, Germany.
The US Army recently said that it was removing all DJI equipment from its operations due to "cyber vulnerabilities," in what was a blow to the public image of the Chinese drone manufacturer. In response, DJI has now developed an option to fly without any Internet data transfers in an effort to appease sensitive corporate and government organizations.
Here's an incredible series of underwater photos showing a diver being dwarfed by the gigantic structure of an oil rig. They were shot by award-winning Mexican photographer Anuar Patjane Floriuk.
Macphun, the creator of the popular photo editing software Aurora HDR, has announced a new version of the program: Aurora HDR 2018. Best of all, it's coming to both Mac and Windows users.
My name is Daniel Tjongari, and I'm a photographer based in Surabaya, Indonesia. I recently journeyed to Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java, Indonesia, and shot a series of black-and-white fine art photographs there.
Edward Weston is considered to be one of the most influential American photographers of the 20th century. One of his most famous works, titled Pepper No. 30, is a B&W photo of a single green pepper with beautiful, soft lighting. Here's a fascinating, little-known fact about the piece: it was shot at an aperture of f/240 with an exposure time of 4-6 hours.
Composition can make or break a photograph. Here's a 7-minute video by photographer Peter McKinnon in which he runs through three tips to help you improve the composition of your photographs.
cinnac is a new social network for photographers who want to filter out poor photos, ensuring that they only upload the best of the best, using means-tested ratings from a community.
Yesterday, we reported that Amazon has been issuing refunds to photographers who purchased LEE's Solar Eclipse lens filters, warning that they were not sourced from a recommended manufacturer. Now it looks like the whole thing was a mistake on Amazon's part and that a lot of photographers just got free pricey $150+ lens filters.
My name is Mark Fitzgerald, and I'm a photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. In this post, I'll be discussing basic model poses for female models. Whether you are a model choosing a pose or a photographer posing your model, this is a decision that can shape the look of the image and therefore the success of the campaign.
Sharpening gives your images a bit of pop by increasing the edge contrast, but it’s easy to go too far and end up with an over-sharpened mess. In this 10-minute video, Tony Northrup demonstrates how sharpening works in Lightroom and how to know how much is enough.
After early camera tests of the new Canon 6D Mark II were published, photographers balked at the fact that the dynamic range of the camera performed so poorly against other modern cameras. Now yet another review is showing that if you often shoot at high ISOs, you may be better off sticking with the original 6D from 2012.
A Tennessee man named Blake Henderson was recently flying in a small plane and recording some video of another plane on his Samsung Galaxy S5 when his phone suddenly got sucked out of the window. It survived the fall and was soon discovered by a very confused man who was working on his yard.
For a few years now, I’ve had in my collection one very strange lens. I bought it primarily for its value as a collectible so, up until now, I haven’t really spent much time playing with it. Made in 1975, this manual focus Minolta MC Rokkor-X 40-80mm f/2.8 lens is one strange puppy.
If you recently purchased a $160 Lee Solar Eclipse filter to photograph the upcoming solar eclipse, beware: Amazon has sent out emails warning photographers not to use it. Amazon is also refunding the full purchase price without requiring that the pricey filters be returned.
Photographer Rob Whitworth has created some of the most popular timelapse videos ever using his trademark "flow motion" techniques. His whirlwind tour of Dubai has been viewed millions of times across the Web. For his latest flow motion, Whitworth focused on a much smaller subject: a cathedral built in 1096.
Over in Singapore, there's a 49-year-old man who's known by photographers as "The Camera Whisperer." He's a camera repair whiz who helps photographers revive broken equipment that professional repair centers won't (or can't) bring back to life.
Here's a beautiful new short film by time-lapse photographer Tyler Hulett of Discover Oregon. Titled "Oregon Trails," it shows stacked star trails swirling over the beautiful landscapes of Oregon.
Episode 202 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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