What if you could see yourself in 14 years? Would you want to know what you look like? Urs Recher is a Switzerland-based photographer who recently pursued a personal project that fascinated me.
Once a tech darling, GoPro has been struggling in 2016. In addition to less-than-stellar sales that have not matched forecasts, a class action lawsuit, and a massive drone recall, the company has now announced "restructuring" that will eliminate 200 full time positions and cut 15% of its workforce.
There are unfortunately times when technology just lets us down. It’s not always because it inevitably breaks either: sometimes it is simply because every piece of gear has its strengths and weaknesses, and flash triggers are no exception.
A grad student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is receiving some recognition and praise from National Geographic itself this week ... over an iPhone photo.
As a photographer, it can be hard to come up with inspiration. It’s so easy to go online and see fantastic photos of exotic places, get complacent with our own surroundings and think, “What’s the point of shooting in my yard or neighborhood when there is nothing interesting to see?”
21-year-old Coby Persin describes himself as a "social experimenter/pranksters of 'That guy from YouTube'". But when he stopped his fancy gold BMW i8 on a busy Manhattan street for a "quick photoshoot," he bit off a bit more than his BMW windshield could chew.
As a photographer on set, it's your job to get the most out of your models—to make them feel comfortable, and help them help you achieve your vision. In this great video, photographer Clinton Lubbe of dphog explains how to do this when your model is young, inexperienced, or both.
Belgian artist Vincent Bal has a fantastic ongoing project titled Shadowology. Each photo is a clever mix of an object, its shadow, and a hand-drawn illustration that creates a whimsical scene.
Here's a camera that provides smooth results... on your taste buds. Over in the UK, the chocolate shop The Amazing Chocolate Workshop is selling a vintage Nikon SLR camera created entirely of luxury Italian chocolate.
Remember that camera we found on YouTube a few months back? The same one that just smashed its Kickstarter goal? Yeah... it's awesome. And this demo by Applied Sciences shows you one reason why: pseudo bullet time.
Kai's departure from DigitalRev—news we shared earlier today—has made some pretty big waves throughout the photo industry. Where will photo lovers go for their slightly inappropriate, kind of funny, sometimes annoying camera reviews now!? No worries, Kai's got you covered.
Google Earth Timelapse lets you experience the changing face of our planet like nothing else out there—you can watch glaciers move, forests grow, and cities expand. Today, that incredible tool got a massive update.
Now that I have used Lightroom for many years, processing photos from two different camera systems (Canon EOS and Fujifilm X-series), I have realized that the most important setting in the Develop module is Profile in the Camera Calibration panel.
Google has created a new Featured Photos screensaver for Mac that lets you enjoy some of the best photos being created by photographers around the world.
Slapping a camera onto a pair of glasses isn't a new idea. But if Google Glass was too high tech for your taste and Snapchat Spectacles are just not your style, then you may want to give the PogoCam a once-over.
The bedroom is one of the most personal spaces in a house, hotel, or any other kind of building. It’s a place where my imagination can go wild. When I stand in an abandoned bedroom I’d like to think, "What happened here?."
When world-renowned photographer Joey L. reached out to PetaPixel about his latest project, I didn't expect to see photos of burning oil wells. But that, alongside some powerful portraits, is exactly what was waiting for me.
Finnish photographer Viivi Häkkinen has been working on an unusual photo project that both exhibits beauty and pays homage to death. Forget Me Not is a series of photos showing roadkill memorialized in a way that celebrates the dead animals' lives.
The face of DigitalRev TV is no longer the face of DigitalRev TV. After 7 years of ridiculous camera shenanigans, silliness, and other assorted tomfoolery, Kaiman Wong (AKA. Kai) has officially left the 1.7 million subscriber strong YouTube channel.
My name is David Bracetty, and I'm a photographer based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Back in July, I spent 10 days at the Olympic Track and Field Trials photographing athletes moments after they stepped of the track and their fate was decided.
Last week, we told you that Casey Neistat was saying goodbye to his hugely popular daily vlog. Today, we found out what he's planning to do next.
As you probably know by now, this month, TIME is busy sharing the stories behind the 100 most influential images of all time. And today, they shared some fascinating insights into the famous photograph of 11 construction workers having lunch on a steel beam 840 feet above New York City.
Cokin's new Riviera Classic tripod is a long time coming. It was only a matter of time before the "retro" craze hit the tripod market, leading to the Riviera Classic's tagline: "A modern tripod for retro cameras... and visa versa."
Photography is dangerous. Just editing a photo and getting OK results is enough to get you hooked.
Drone defense vary greatly—we've seen everything from drone-specific shotgun shells to trained police eagles. But none of those have anything on DroneShield's new DroneGun, a massive drone jamming system that would look totally at home on the set of Star Trek.
For one reason or another, us photo nerds are obsessed with shutters—whether it's watching them fire in slow motion or listening to the hefty *kachunk* of a solid camera shutter. To that end, here's a little peak (and listen) at what the medium format Fuji GFX shutter looks and sounds like.
Last year I bought a new Fuji X-Pro 1. I bought it as a camera to keep in my pocket, not really as a serious option, but I've loved it from the moment I snapped the first pictures. I even bought a second one, used, and converted it to infrared.
Care to start off your week with a heart attack? This video, captured earlier this year at a track in Canada, may only be three seconds long... but it'll make your heart stop nonetheless.
Episode 128 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Bohus Blahut from Fotodiox
VLC's free and open source media player is a popular option for people who want a lightweight program that can handle pretty much any video format on any platform. The project just took another big leap in compatibility: it can now play back 360-degree photos and videos.
Controversial British photographer David Hamilton was found dead at his home in Paris yesterday. He was 83.
Adobe has launched Photoshop Elements 15 in the Windows Store, marking the first time the more powerful program has been offered through Microsoft's app store, where it joins Photoshop Express.
UK couple Dave and Sarah love both films and felines, so they've launched an Instagram project that combines the two. Called @moviecats, each photo they shoot is a scene from a famous movie recreated with the help of their two cats.
My name is Marius Hanzak, and I'm an experimental photography student currently studying at the Cleveland College of Art and Design in the UK. For one of my recent projects, titled RGB Church Street, I experimented with making color photos using black and white film.
Headshot photographer Peter Hurley has previously shared popular portrait tips for achieving slimmer figures, sharper jawlines, and photogenic eyes. His latest quick tip is all about adjusting height in portraits.
Photographer Andre Occenstein of Recife, Brazil, is on a mission to capture new and unusual perspectives of ordinary kitchen objects. His latest series shows utensils in creative closeups.
German photographer Michael Quack has created a helpful resource for photographers getting started with portrait lighting equipment. It's a look at 111 lights and modifiers and the different looks you get using them.
"Would you buy a photograph without seeing it first?" That's the question Canon Australia asked recently through its experiment titled, "Sight Unseen." The company held a blind photo auction to sell photos by some of Australia's best photographers.
If you'd like to see how your photos are being used across the Web, there's a new free browser extension that lets you do so with one click. It's called PhotoTracker Lite, and it makes it easy to quickly search multiple major reverse image search engines.
Just how well does the $2,500 DJI Ronin 3-axis handheld gimbal work to stabilize cameras? Just check out this short clip of Israeli photographer Oleg Balzanov using one upside down to hold his drink steady as he bounces around on a dance floor.
Sony's latest E-mount mirrorless cameras have wowed photographers with their low light and high ISO capabilities. Now it looks like its latest A-mount SLT, the new Sony a99 II, will do the same. Above is a 2-minute video showing its performance at ISOs up to 25600 in a room lit only by two candles.
Photographer Mathieu Stern has based his YouTube channel on reviewing cheap and unusual lenses, but for his latest experiment he went a different direction. Stern created his own lens using 3D printing to see what results he could achieve.
After generating a considerable amount of hype, Chronos has landed on Kickstarter, and the dream of a 21,500fps high-speed camera at a price point of $2,500 is catching on like wildfire. The campaign reached its funding goal of ~$48,000 in about 5 hours after going live.
Instagram took another big step this week in competing more directly with Snapchat. The Facebook-owned company has launched live video and disappearing photos.
OK Go just released this 4-minute music video for their song, "The One Moment." What's notable about this project is that most of the 4-minute video is a super-slow-motion shot captured over just 4 seconds of real time.
Episode 127 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Dennis Walker, Photo Mechanic creator
Photographer Clint Davis recently did a photo shoot with top-tier 2016 IndyCar racing drivers and their cars. He also created a series of behind-the-scenes animated GIFs showing how the composites were created.
Here's a new 11-minute video in which Ted Forbes of The Art of Photography discusses how all the greatest and most successful photographers he has met through the years have shared one "secret" in common: "extreme determination."
The sport of Quidditch from the Harry Potter universe has been exploding in popularity in recent years in the real world. While there are now countless western teams, there's only one that represents the continent of Africa: Team Uganda. Photographer Marijo Silva shot a photo series to share the team's journey.
President-elect Donald Trump held an off-the-record meeting with about 25 media executives and anchors in Trump Tower on Monday. At the gathering, Trump shared some complaints about the outlets' coverage of him, including the use of unflattering double chin photos.