Mountain Photo Shoot Turns into Horror Show After Lightning Strike
A bridal photo shoot turned into a nasty experience after lightning struck near a group of people, and several of them required hospital treatment.
Matt Growcoot spent ten years as a news photographer in the UK, carrying out assignments for the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, and many others. Aside from shooting breaking news and Premier League soccer, he began to write as well, getting bylines as well as photo credits. Matt has since produced photography-focused books for Penguin Random House and dabbled with video too, with his story-led camera work seen on the BBC, ABC, and NHK.
A bridal photo shoot turned into a nasty experience after lightning struck near a group of people, and several of them required hospital treatment.
A police department in Maine has been tripped up by modern photo editing after it posted an AI-generated image of a drug bust.
While studying photography at university, Claudio Piccoli became fascinated by capturing his family's agile border collie as it jumped and played. It inspired him to explore the world of action dog photography and he has not looked back since.
It is the film Charlie Chaplin never wanted audiences to see that has been painstakingly restored to 4K for a project that has taken literal decades to complete.
In Somerset, Kentucky, crowds have been gathering to watch a General Lee car jump over a fountain. However, the stunt almost ended horrifically for one cameraman.
AI has an image problem. Hollywood won't admit to using it -- even though it is. Copyright battles are taking place in law courts, and things aren't going well for creators.
Joanna Steidle from the United States has been crowned the inaugural winner of the International Aerial Photographer of the Year competition.
After declaring bankruptcy in 2012, Kodak has bounced back to respectability in large part thanks to a resurgence in film photography. But that's not the only reason.
Photographer Alan Schaller has announced Irys, a new social media network geared toward photographers that has been set up as a response to big tech firms burying photos in their algorithms.
It has been heavily promoted for IMAX, but the F1 movie is available to watch in 4DX as well. Which one is better?
Photographers are going to struggle to get pictures of the latest psych-rock sensation The Velvet Sundown since they don't actually exist.
It is that time of year when mosquitoes are buzzing around at night time but before swiping them away, it might be worth checking that the bug eyes don't have cameras inside them.
Facebook is quietly testing a new AI-powered feature that edits users’ photos -- even ones that haven't been uploaded and remain on a user's device.
There's a certain charm to the 1990s Nintendo Game Boy camera that seemingly never goes away. Last year, it was reborn as a webcam, and now it's coming to the iPhone.
After Brian Doben hit an impasse in his professional photography career, he spoke to his wife about quitting. But she encouraged him to go back to basics.
Before George Lucas became one of the most influential figures in modern cinema, he was a teenager immersed in Modesto, California’s street racing culture during the early 1960s. In fact, his original aspiration was to become a professional race car driver.
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has officially entered the smart glasses market with the launch of its first AI-powered eyewear, positioning itself as a rival to Meta’s Ray-Ban collaboration.
A photographer was sentenced to sixteen years in a Russian prison for sharing a publicly available book and declassified archival photographs of Soviet bunkers.
A photographer has captured high-quality images of the majestic Sumatran tiger in its natural habitat of the Indonesian jungle after four years of back and forth to Southeast Asia.
The much-hyped F1 movie has been released in theaters this week and the production has been a bonanza of innovation and risk-taking. Here are five of the best stories from the making of F1.
Getty Images has dropped its primary copyright infringement claims against AI image company Stability AI in a high-profile legal battle at London’s High Court.
An astrophotographer has been capturing spectacular images of solar eclipses taking place on Saturn -- capturing Titan's shadow on the surface of the planet.
A storm chaser captured adrenaline-inducing video of a tornado raging in Nebraska and compressed it into one awesome timelapse.
The Landsat 7 satellite has signed off on its 25 years of taking photos of Earth with one last image of Las Vegas showing that the City of Sin has almost doubled in size since the spacecraft first snapped it 25 years ago. Since its launch on April 15, 1999, Landsat 7 has captured over 3.3 million images, including the first image of Las Vegas, which was captured in July 1999.
The Wellcome Photography Prize has unveiled its Top 25 entries, selected for the 2025 edition of the awards. The competition showcases powerful images that capture urgent global health challenges.
Frontier by Jim Krantz blends cinematic portraits of cowboys and expansive landscapes with experimental works to create a visual representation of the mythical American West.
A photographer is going viral on Reddit after he turned away at the wrong moment and missed an epic shot at an air show.
Photographer Edward Burtynsky has dedicated his life's work to documenting the impact humans have on the planet, producing stunning photographs that evoke both awe and concern.
Jimmy Donaldson, widely known as MrBeast and the most-subscribed creator on YouTube with over 400 million followers, is facing criticism following his promotion of an AI-powered thumbnail generator.
Researchers have captured the first-ever image of every single satellite streak blocking out the Arctic sky on one night.
A photographer traveled thousands of miles from the U.S. so he could capture ethereal photos of Japan's sacred bird, the red-crowned crane, that are now on display in New York City.
The National Park Foundation has announced the winners of its 2024 Share the Experience photo contest -- the official competition of America's national parks.
The founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, took to X this weekend to share an AI-generated video of himself and his mom from when he was a young boy -- provoking debate and criticism.
Google is reportedly using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its AI models like Gemini and Veo 3, shocking many content creators.
Today marks the general theatrical release of 28 Years Later, the third installment of the zombie film series. The new movie, directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland, has already made headlines for using iPhones to shoot the film which is actually a nod to the very first movie, 28 Days Later.
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured a "once in a lifetime shot" on Sunday when the International Space Station (ISS) crossed the Sun just as a solar flare erupted from the star's surface.
Midjourney, best known for its AI image generator, has just announced its first video generation model called V1 Video which will animate still images into short video clips.
A photographer got his timing and positioning all wrong at a sports meeting in China and ended up interfering with the show.
The number of photographs taken this year is expected to exceed two trillion for the first time, according to research.
The popular YouTuber known as Cr1TiKaL demonstrated the terrifying power of AI video this week after fooling regular viewers.
The winners of the Earth Photo 2025 Award have been announced and a photographer whose work focuses on a huge open-pit copper mine in Chile has taken home the top prize and £1,000 ($1,350),
Apple built a camera module made out of iPhone components designed to withstand the intense conditions of professional motor racing for the upcoming F1 movie.
When photographer Nikolay Bakharev was born in the Soviet Union in the late 1940s, he entered a strict world where artistic expression was tightly regulated.
At the beginning of the 19th century, it was becoming apparent in scientific circles that it was possible to "draw with light" and fix real-world images onto paper. In 1826, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took what is widely believed to be the first-ever successful photograph, an exposure that may have lasted several days.
An AFP photographer was shot in the head by a rubber bullet during the Los Angeles protests on Saturday -- at least the third photographer who has been injured by less-lethal weapons since the unrest began.
Ever since the release of AI video generator Google Veo 3, there has been an avalanche of novel videos making use of the cutting-edge technology; bringing bible influencers to life and even an AI ad ran on the NBA Finals.
Two tourists in Italy have been roundly criticized for sitting on a "Van Gogh" chair and badly damaging the artwork.
Shutterstock is launching a major rebrand today, accompanied by a host of generative AI offerings that leverage its vast library of multimedia content.
A 17-year-old who filmed crucial footage of the Air India plane crash that has so far killed 270 people has been left traumatized by the event.
Each week, there are thousands of incredible photographs taken in space by NASA, ESA, telescopes, satellites, rovers, and beyond. Sometimes it feels like there is too much space content so PetaPixel has devised a handy article where you can see all of the best images of the cosmos this month.