Bisambar is a new Austrian-based leather camera strap company that has a focus on sustainability as well as traditional craftsmanship. The company says its products are made to last for a lifetime.
One night in 2018, I was watching videos on YouTube and came across a man capturing great photos of Saturn from his backyard. I was amazed. I had no idea that was even possible.
Academy award-winning software developer Boris FX has launched a new version of the Optics plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic that the company says will add "the same high-end cinematic look and effects to photos that the film and television industry has relied on for over twenty years."
In 2003, Sony launched the Cyber-Shot DSC-F828, its 8-megapixel camera that featured a novel four-color CCD sensor that it promised would provide improved color accuracy. It was the first and last camera to feature this technology.
Tokina has announced the SZ 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens for Fujifilm X and APS-C Sony E-mount cameras. This ultra-wide manual focus prime covers the full image area of crop sensors for what the company calls a "unique perspective."
NFL star quarterback Matthew Stafford is being slammed on social media for his reaction to seeing a photographer fall off a high stage during the Los Angeles Rams' Super Bowl victory parade and rally. The woman broke her back and her camera equipment.
Episode 363 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Autonomous drone maker Skyfish has announced an official technical integration with Sony's Alpha series mirrorless cameras which the company says will "deliver high-quality data capture and drone-enabled web based photogrammetry"
Photographer Kurt Arrigo has wanted to free dive with humpback whales since he was 10 years old. 40 years later, he finally got the opportunity to make that dream a reality.
Two researchers from Cornell University have created a wearable infrared smart camera that can detect voice commands even if the speaker isn't making a sound by measuring the neck and face from under the chin.
It's the dawn of a new era for OM Digital Solutions (OMDS) -- Olympus as was -- as it forges a new beginning, with a new camera, bearing the new name, and the last to be emblazoned with the Olympus logo. Is this the start of a golden age for Micro Four Thirds (MFT) or simply the beginning of the end for both OMDS and MFT?
Photographer and artist Darren Pearson has released a stop motion project called "Fiat Lux." It consists of 686 individual photos, all of which were meticulously light-painted and shot across multiple locations.
The global silicon shortage has resulted in a lack of supply across the electronics industry and the camera industry has been particularly hard hit. A new report alleges that the problem may be worse than some realize.
Sony has announced that 35mm, a post-apocalyptic photography game originally launched for PC in 2016, is coming to the Playstation 4 in March. The story follows two travelers as they try and survive and document their harsh world.
Some of the most enticing shots in portrait photography depict darker emotions, adding in elements of storytelling that include our shadow sides, and show the subject as a complex human. Portrait, documentary, and news photographers rely on emotions to draw viewers in.
Obscura 3 has launched with a wide range of new camera features and an updated design that makes accessing its pro tools more intuitive and visually appealing. It also adds more features, a better library interface, and improved performance.
Skylum has announced the new AI-driven photo editor Luminar Neo is available alongside the Luminar Share app for easy photo transfers between the software and users' mobile devices.
Father's Factory is a toy company that makes high-quality wooden camera toys for kids that inspire imagination and are designed to last a lifetime.
Photographer Brett Stanley collaborated with a commercial diver and a "professional mermaid" to create a fantasy scene shot 20 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
Slite has announced a new portable LED light panel that is incredibly powerful and boasts 16 million colors despite its super-thin form factor.
The Nikon Z9 isn't the only mirrorless camera that makes it easier to capture speeding bullets in mid-air. Lithuania photographer Vytautas Dranginis has been catching them at the 2022 Winter Olympics with a Sony Alpha 1.
A viral photo posted by NFL player Prince Amukamara highlights a well-documented problem with photography: cameras have historically been particularly bad at correctly metering for darker skin tones. In this case, Amukamara nearly completely disappears from a group photo.
In December of 2021, Sony successfully developed the world’s first stacked CMOS image sensor technology with two-layer transistor pixels, doubling its light gathering capability. The company has now further detailed how this was achieved.
A bizarre wildlife incident was caught on camera in Mexico, and the viral footage has experts scratching their heads. It shows a large flock of hundreds of birds falling out of the sky and slamming into a neighborhood street below.
PhD astronomer and photographer Sean Goebel has published an incredible timelapse of Yosemite National Park filled with stunning scenes captured across 11 years.
FiLMiC has updated its photography app Firstlight on both iOS and Android with new film simulations as well as a new Apple Watch companion app that lets photographers take photos from their wrist.
According to data sourced from the NPD Group, Sony claims it sold the most mirrorless cameras, sold the most full-frame mirrorless cameras, and had the best-selling mirrorless camera model (the Alpha 7 III) in the United States and Canada in 2021.
Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, photographers at the Olympics need to deliver their images as quickly as possible. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Getty Image’s photo editing team is mainly remote and the agency has shared how that system works.
Instagram has announced a change to Stories: instead of all reactions automatically appearing in the recipient's inbox, users can now like a Story without sending a message and all likes can only be visible to the Story owner.