I love the beauty and simplicity of black-and-white photography, and there's little process simpler than setting a camera to your preferred black-and-white mode and running wild with straight-of-the-camera JPEG files. But not all black-and-white picture profiles are equal, so which is the best?
Photographer Edward Burtynsky has spent his career capturing stunning large format photographs that -- despite their beauty -- actually show the damage that's being done to the planet.
Film manufacturer CineStill is expanding its offerings for analog photographers. Its popular CineStill 400D will now be available in 4x5 large format sheets.
Hoya Corporation, a vast optics company known in the photography community for its lens filters, experienced a cyberattack last week that continues to disrupt its production and fulfillment systems.
On March 30th, SpaceX launched a pair of its Falcon 9 rockets. After these rockets are launched and deploy their payloads, the primary part of the rocket separates from its reusable boosters, which undergo controlled deorbit burns. Arizona-based photographer Jeremy Perez photographed the deorbiting debris, and his images have puzzled and amazed viewers.
Many of Sony’s cameras allow users to import custom LUTs, yet the excellent and video-oriented Sony a7s III is oddly missing from that list. A petition on Change.org aims to force Sony’s hand on the matter, though.
Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), a British robotics company owned by Nikon, has announced Cinebot Max, the newest addition to the company's Cinebot series of camera robots.
National Geographic photographer, Canon Explorer of Light, and friend of PetaPixel Keith Ladzinski is preparing for the total solar eclipse on April 8th and has plenty of tips to help other photographers capture great shots next Monday.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri claims that there are two reasons why your post isn't reaching all your followers and it's apparently got nothing to do with the algorithm.
Photographer Mark Harrison claims that Prince Andrew thought that his disastrous BBC television appearance -- where he was asked about his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein -- "went really well."
Rescuers have asked for local photographers to help in the efforts to reunite an orphaned baby orca with its pod.
With plenty of rain falling across the Eastern Seaboard of the United States this week and more forecast, the Library of Congress put out a timely selection of historic photos of precipitation.
In what may be the best argument for always having a camera on hand, a video captures a colossal hoard of fluffy huskies running through a shopping mall, and it's just as adorable as expected.
Ahead of NAB 2023, NiSi unveiled its new Athena series of full-frame cinema prime lenses. Ranging from 14mm T2.4 to 85mm T1.9, the five lenses are now joined by three new Athena primes, filling in a couple of gaps in the existing range while expanding it to 135mm.
The recently released $329 Godox V1 Pro is a round-head design speedlight that brings some subtle, and not-so-subtle updates to the already popular V1 system. The new flash adds features like an improved battery and charging system, the ability to take up to 100 continuous shots at full power, and it also has a detachable sub-flash for fill light use that effectively makes the system two lights in one.
Lomography is keeping fans engaged this spring with a continuous stream of releases.
Los Angeles-based designer, creative director, and photographer Marilyn Hue has wooed big clients and generated a large online following thanks to her unique style and creativity.
A series of images has combined AI and photography to give people living with incurable breast cancer a glimpse into the future that they may not see -- from their own wedding day to attending their son's graduation ceremony.
This week marked the end of lots of long-lasting deals with Sony and Fujifilm gear all going back to full-price. But, as of now, there's still plenty of discounts hanging around to help people save some money on high-quality camera gear and accessories.
It's 2024. Couples with partners of different races and ethnicities should not be an issue. However, it is a problem for Meta's AI image generator, according to a new report and PetaPixel's testing.
The first music video entirely generated by OpenAI's forthcoming video generator Sora has been released and it's predictably surreal.
A couple of weeks ago I upgraded from the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II to the OM System OM-1 Mark II. One of the reasons was for the OM-1 Mark II's greatly enhanced wildlife tracking functions.
This is the first photo of a new tiny deer species, that weighs the same as a dachshund dog or a Jack Russell Terrier.
Photographer Dan Martland is well-known for his exquisite photography of New York City but he outdid himself yesterday afternoon during a violent thunderstorm that saw a bolt of lightning strike the Statue of Liberty.
Reacher star Alan Ritchson reveals that he quit modeling after being sexually assaulted by a "very famous photographer" and says that models are routinely "passed off to a photographer to be trafficked."
OpenAI has rolled out a new function for DALL-E 3: Allowing users to edit the images they create on the AI image generator.
A photographer flew his drone into North Korea and captured fascinating images of the secretive country.
The Mobile Photography Awards (MPA) announced the winners of its 13th annual competition Wednesday, giving out thousands of dollars in cash prizes.
Astrophotography is hard enough as it is -- but one photographer makes it even tougher by capturing celestial events on 35mm film.
Although they held out until now, OnePlus is officially joining the AI revolution. The smartphone company's inaugural AI tool is the AI Eraser, which is a take on Google's Magic Eraser.
For those who may have somehow missed it, a historic total solar eclipse will be visible across much of North America on April 8. Photographing an eclipse can be tricky, but fret not. You'll surely capture some great photos next week with these helpful tips.
As many of you may have read, last week my father passed away. He left behind a lot of things, but those items that were most valuable to us were his photos -- and not the ones on his computer, but the ones on the walls.
After more than two decades and a few delays, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera is finally built and ready to be sent to the Rubin Observatory in Chile, where it will capture 3,200-megapixel photos of deep space and help scientists unravel the mysteries of the Universe.
My hobby is film photography, which involves collecting interesting cameras, taking photos, printing pictures, and so on. Within this fairly common hobby though I have a particular niche interest, which is tracking down and trying out cameras that feature in film and media.
Puerto Rican photographer and art director Jesse Echevarria ventured to the valleys surrounding Oaxaca, Mexico, to photograph a small but significant ancestral celebration, Diablos de Tilcajete. The event, steeped in the region's rich history, looks as spectacular as it is challenging to photograph.
A photographer is suing Napster for using his image of a musician without the proper license -- in a case that could set a precedent that would require record labels to verify what rights were secured from photographers when their pictures were licensed for use on album covers.
Mark Weir, Senior Manager of Electronics at Sony, retired this week after working for the company since 1986. He is, without a doubt, one of the smartest and friendliest people the digital camera industry has ever known and while we are so happy he finally is taking time for himself, we're still a bit sad to see him go.
Startling smartphone footage of a man being flung into the air from his vehicle after it flipped several times on a beach has surfaced and gone viral.
A start-up is selling a real-life "invisibility shield" for $878 that can make multiple people disappear in broad daylight.
A hardy whitetail buck was captured on a Wisconsin trail camera miraculously recovering from a severely broken leg in just a matter of weeks.
Artificial intelligence has amazed and terrified in equal measure but there's one seemingly simple task that it can't do: make a white background.
World Press Photo has announced the regional winners of its prestigious annual photo competition, highlighting the best photojournalism and documentary photography of 2024.
In the final moments before tragedy struck, these were the last photos that were taken.
Sometimes, artificial intelligence feels so smart it's scary. But when it misses details that should feel obvious, AI feels like it still has a ways to go. Apple's researchers may have found a way to jump over one more hurdle.
Israel intelligence officials are reportedly using cameras with facial recognition technology to surveil Palestinians and identify suspected militants. However, while the technology was initially used to search for kidnapped Israelis in Gaza, it is reportedly now being used, to mixed results, to flag members of Hamas.
Several type 1 photographs depicting significant moments and celebrities are up for auction, including a young Jeff Bezos and a candid Marilyn Monroe.
Photographers and videographers can finally get credited for their work on short-form videos, such as on TikTok, with a newly-launched "IMDb for Everyone."
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's newly announced photo-sharing app, Shine, has some around the internet asking, "What year is this from?"
Staff at British bakery chain Greggs will start wearing body cameras after a reported rise in thefts of pastries.
A photographer has captured spectacular photos of a rare wildflower superbloom covering the hottest and driest place on Earth: Death Valley in California.