Photographer’s Genius Strategy to Avoid the Crowds on Manhattanhenge
Manhattanhenge is one of the biggest events in the New York photographic calendar, and it gets very, very crowded.
Manhattanhenge is one of the biggest events in the New York photographic calendar, and it gets very, very crowded.
Adobe has added two popular AI image models to Photoshop Beta, including Google's viral Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, otherwise known as Nano Banana.
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that outlines how the China-based Bytedance divestiture from TikTok in the United States will play out, laying the groundwork for the app to be majority-owned by U.S. persons and leaving Bytedance with a minority stake. This move only applies to the U.S.-based version of the app.
Canon EOS R series camera owners with ProGrade Digital SD cards should take notice of a new update to ProGrade's free Refresh Pro software. A newly discovered issue using ProGrade SD cards in certain Canon cameras has been resolved, but photographers will need to update their cards to ensure proper performance.
Peak Design has teamed up again with the hunting and outdoor gear company Sitka for a limited-edition camouflage Slide Lite camera strap. If photographers slap camouflage on their telephoto lenses, and even wear a full-blown camo cloak, a camouflage camera strap is the next logical step for shutterbugs who want to blend in.
Zeiss Loxia lenses have been officially discontinued according to a public notice published by Kenko Tokina and confirmed to PetaPixel by Zeiss.
It's typical for Android smartphone makers to compare their latest products against the Apple iPhone. However, Chinese company Xiaomi has taken the rhetoric up a notch -- or two -- with its new Xiaomi 17 series, which comprises the Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max.
A filmmaker has put the new iPhone 17 Pro to the test and created a beautiful 4.2K short video of San Francisco, capturing amazing colors and dynamic range for a smartphone.
Controversial photographer Sally Mann has warned of “a new era of culture wars” and predicted further attacks on the arts.
OnePlus teased its newest flagship phone, the OnePlus 15, at today's Snapdragon Summit China, revealing two key pieces of information. The new handheld will be powered by the brand-new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, and it will feature a new camera system that ditches Hasselblad's engineering and participation.
A trial will finally decide the long-contested fate of Billy Name's estate, who was Andy Warhol's photographer, including the rights to his significant archive of images.
Two things that I love are 85mm lenses and Tokyo, Japan. I was fortunate to experience both, and PetaPixel's Jeremy Gray joined me for a week in Japan to visit Canon headquarters and the Utsunomiya optical factory. We missed Jordan on this trip, but Jeremy had never before visited Japan, and we wanted him to experience all that it has to offer for the first time.
Viltrox has announced the Spark Z3, a new on-camera flash that combines portability with practical power in a design that nods to futuristic aesthetics. Aimed at photographers seeking a reliable yet compact lighting tool, the Spark Z3 is designed to provide straightforward illumination for everyday shooting, portraits, and travel photography.
Insta360 has announced the Wave, a beamforming "professional-grade" voice recorder designed for large rooms and groups of people. In short, it's a very high-end speakerphone with the ability to either connect with teleconferencing services or be used standalone with onboard storage.
The BBC, AFP, AP, and Reuters have collaborated on a film that uses powerful news photographs from past conflicts to demand access to Gaza.
President Donald Trump has hung a photo of an autopen to represent President Joseph Biden in the newly designed presidential portrait gallery in the West Wing Colonnade.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) latest images reveal a colorful array of stars in the relatively nearby Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud, the most active and massive star-forming region in the Milky Way galaxy.
I sat on the floor surrounded by backpacking gear like I was in the middle of a summoning circle, carefully setting a headlamp on a gram scale in front of me. 47 grams. Not bad. I kept weighing items one by one, trying to find any unnecessary weight to cut, before I hefted my heaviest single piece of gear onto the scale and winced. 915 grams.
The highly anticipated Sony PlayStation 5 action video game Ghost of Yōtei launches next week, and the game's developer, Sucker Punch Productions, has taken the wraps off a very promising in-game photography mode that gives photographers a mythical zoom lens.
Earlier this month, Fujifilm finally fully revealed the GFX Eterna 55, a camera that it had been teasing through smaller releases over the course of the year. This slow reveal of the Eterna 55 was unusual for Fujifilm, but it afforded the company unique opportunities to tailor the product to its intended users.
New York City-based photography and lifestyle company Manual has announced the Holo, a new $95 point-and-shoot digital camera that sports an eye-catching Y2K-inspired translucent design.
Photographers may mourn Instagram’s move from a photo-first platform to one dominated by Reels, but the strategy seems to be working for Meta.
An extraordinary collection of photographs, including rare works by Ansel Adams, Helmut Newton, and Diane Arbus, will be offered at auction by Christie’s this fall.
A history professor at the University of Zurich is working with a computer expert for an unusual project: building a historically accurate AI image generator.
Previously unseen footage from a 1990 Nirvana concert -- filmed for fun by two videographers before the band rose to fame -- is being offered at auction, where it is expected to sell for up to $150,000.
The 15th annual Nikon Small World in Motion winners showcase the world's best and most dynamic microscopic videography. The first-place video shows the self-pollination of a thymeleaf speedwell, while another prize-winning video captures actin and mitochondria in mouse brain tumor cells, demonstrating the diversity of the microscopy on display this year.
Panasonic has announced the Lumix S 100-500mm f/5-7.1 OIS, the company's first ultra telephoto zoom lens for full-frame L-mount.
The Xiaomi 15T Pro and 15T are driven by their cameras and Leica co-engineering, and continue to outperform established competitors in North America. As these are global launches, obtaining either of these still requires importing them from online vendors. Or, if you happen to be in Europe, Asia, or one of the other available markets, buy it and bring it back.
Conceptual and advertising photographers planning a shoot often turn to mood boards to help sculpt the aesthetic of their project; with that in mind Google Labs has released an intriguing new tool called Mixboard.
Remember the days when swapping out a background in a photo meant hours of work on Photoshop? They are well and truly behind us now as Google continues to roll out its editing by voice feature in Google Photos.
Controversial photographer Sally Mann has recently released a new memoir titled, Art Work: On the Creative Life, which CBS describes as a reflection on the photographer's creativity and loss.
Many photographers know firsthand the great deals they can score by purchasing used cameras and lenses, but an oft-ignored benefit of used photography marketplaces like KEH is their circularity. The more pre-owned cameras and lenses people buy and sell, the less equipment that sits useless or, worse yet, ends up in landfills. KEH's partnership with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons demonstrates the power of photo gear circularity.
Professional photographer Darin Ashton explains how he elevates his photography business and delivers gallery-quality prints using Lumaprints.
In Mark Gurman's latest "Power On" newsletter, the longtime Bloomberg analyst speculates that this year's ultra-thin iPhone Air offers an early look at Apple's highly anticipated, oft-rumored foldable phone slated to arrive in 2026.
The Godox X3 Pro TTL wireless flash trigger builds upon the popular X3's dependable flash control capabilities while adding a larger touchscreen, promising even better control over complex wireless lighting setups.
Canon appears to have discontinued the EOS 1DX Mark II, its last professional-level DSLR that it first announced in 2020 and has been steadily supporting via firmware updates as recently as last year.
The Penn Museum in Philadelphia has discovered and digitized historic photos of the Yazidi people in northern Iraq during the 1930s.
Continuing to fulfill its promise to bring third-party AI models into its Firefly ecosystem, Adobe has added Luma AI's newest generative video model, Ray3, to Firefly.
Alaska’s newest island can now be seen from space in recently released satellite photographs from NASA.
President Trump's polarizing and potentially illegal tariff policies strike again. Sony has increased the prices of numerous cameras and lenses by as much as $400.
The civilian pilot who flew his drone into a firefighting aircraft operating above the Los Angeles wildfires has been sentenced to two weeks in prison and ordered to pay $156,000 in fines.
GoPro's new Max2 360° camera combines Emmy Award-winning technology and 8K video capabilities. GoPro promises better resolution than the competition, easy-to-replace lenses, and professional workflow features.
The GoPro Lit Hero is a new miniature lifestyle camera with a built-in light to help creators capture their favorite moments anywhere, at any time.
Fat Bear Week comes around each year and the unusual competition has turned into a global event with fans across the United States and beyond voting for their favorite massive mammal.
DJI announced the Osmo Nano, a compact and lightweight hands-free wearable camera that promises professional-level imaging performance.