What's in my camera bag for fall color? Here's the gear I use for autumn landscapes, wildlife, macro photography, and video. Hopefully, seeing what I bring along will inspire you to add something useful to your own kit or approach your fall color photography a little differently this autumn.
Kesi is not an easy word to say for an English speaker (it's pronounced kooh-su), but the art form is recognizable to most Westerners who have even a passing interest in Chinese culture.
A three-and-a-half-year camera trap survey of South Africa's wild cheetah population has found there are far fewer of the spotted big cats than previously thought.
Everything feels like a blessing when you make the dreams in your head a reality. This is certainly true for former elite tennis player turned photographer, Mathieu Forget.
The Natural Landscape Photography Awards (NLPA) has announced its latest winners, a collection of beautiful landscape and nature photos that emphasize realism and authenticity.
By some strange turn of fate, I found myself sitting on a camera case, face-to-face with a 500-pound tiger from less than a foot away. I could feel his breath on my skin, and more than once, that same breath fogged the front element of my lens as I photographed him.
One of the world's fanciest hotels has enforced a photography ban after social media-obsessed guests spent more time snapping their food than eating it.
A photographer lives in one of the most beautiful places in the world for two months each year: atop Mount Fuji in a Shinto shrine.
The winners of Bird Photographer of the Year 2026 have been unveiled. An image of a northern gannet bursting through the ocean’s surface has taken the grand prize in the "world’s largest bird photography competition."
A photographer has recalled a photo shoot with convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes that he now suspects was all a charade.
These fascinating satellite photos show enormous data centers being built over the last couple of years.
The Apple iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max have arrived, and their familiar outward appearance belies a major change to the main camera. For the first time, an iPhone features a variable aperture, and PetaPixel spoke with Apple to learn firsthand why it was created, how it works, and what it means for how people capture photos and videos on Apple's latest flagship phone.
A photographer’s fascinating images of crowds in the 1980s and 1990s offer a vivid look at a society in transition -- revealing the relationships, tensions, and shared experiences unfolding within them.
A nature photographer filmed the extraordinary moment he had to hide behind a rock when a huge herd of 400 wild reindeer came charging toward him.
Anyone who's ever tried out film photography knows that it can be a minefield -- easy to get wrong or receive unexpected results.
A new feature-length documentary looking at street photography in London has been released today.
Despite its enormous and ongoing success at the box office, as well as being lauded for its innovative filmmaking, the world's richest man, Elon Musk, has repeatedly made it known that he does not like Christopher Nolan's version of The Odyssey.
A wedding photographer who spent $250 on Kodak Portra film was visibly shocked when she arrived at a venue only to find the film cartridges were filled with rocks.
A photographer has been wandering the streets with a new Dyson CameraJet toothbrush, attempting to take pictures with it.
EarthCam, a global webcam company that provides high-resolution live-stream feeds, has published a 25-year timelapse showing the World Trade Center in New York being rebuilt after the 9/11 attacks.
Xtra’s Muse 2 Pro isn’t currently available in the U.S., but I have one. Here’s how I got it and my first impressions.
A photographer’s cinematic, Edward Hopper-esque photographs capture the solitude of contemporary life as well as its fragile beauty.
Jan Banning has been photographing bureaucrats from all over the world since 2002. He first published his acclaimed book, Bureaucratics, in 2008. He recently released Bureaucratics Revisited, which explores his archive and includes fresh work.
A new book explores the images groundbreaking fashion photographer Frank Horvat took in India and Pakistan early in his career, and how the experience shaped his work.
25 years ago today, the United States suffered the largest terrorist attack in world history, killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring countless more. The death toll continues to climb as people succumb to illnesses and diseases related to the attacks. It is widely considered the "most photographed event in history."
A photographer took thousands of incredible images of pivotal moments in postwar Europe and mid-century America with a Leica camera taken from a captured German soldier -- which were only discovered by his family after his death.
As we have seen time and again, foldable smartphones very rarely offer the same camera and photo features as their slab phone counterparts. Apple's debut foldable, the eye-catching and highly hyped iPhone Duo is no exception. At least for now, mobile photographers cannot have everything. The iPhone Duo's Cameras Apple describes the iPhone Duo's camera system as a "48MP Dual Fusion camera system," a fancy way of saying it has two rear cameras, rather than the three found on the iPhone 18 Pro and …
Abbey Road Studios has announced the finalists of its Music Photography Awards 2026, a competition shining a light on photographers who capture the energy and artistry of the music scene.
Over the past 15 years, cities at night around the world have undergone a transformation: instead of being bathed in warm, orange sodium vapor light, they're now lit up by brighter, white LED lights.
Between shoots at the photo studio where she was working, photographer Iryna Kalamurza would take advantage of her free time to practice her lighting and use her dog Maya as a model.
A photographer whose fascinating images of everyday life in California -- taken from behind the wheel of his car on his daily drive to work -- are the focus of a new exhibition.
As photography becomes an increasingly competitive and crowded field, adding new skills can give photographers an important edge. In this exclusive PetaPixel interview, photographer and filmmaker Megan Zabel Holmes shares how becoming a commercial drone pilot has helped her stand out, attract new clients, and turn aerial work into a valuable part of her business.
The Underwater Awards Australasia has announced the winners of the third edition of the photo competition that focuses on marine photographers in Oceania.
New to waterfall photography? Learn how to choose your gear, find great locations, work with changing light, and use your camera settings to capture waterfalls in different ways. We’ll also cover the basics of staying safe around the water and creating that signature silky water effect.
Harvard Art Museums has delved into its extensive photographic collection to put on a thought-provoking exhibition titled The Way We Never Were that questions the postwar narrative in the United States.
Photographer Thomas Spicher has founded a lens company, Adapted Optics, and built what he calls the "Everyday Lens." It features a 3D-printed body and a simple camera lens salvaged from a disposable camera. It promises to combine the character of a disposable film camera with the build quality and control that modern photographers expect.
A director and comedian has remade Christopher Nolan's summer blockbuster The Odyssey. But instead of shooting it entirely on IMAX cameras, the way Nolan did, Will Norman shot his version entirely on iMacs.
The National Audubon Society has unveiled the winners of the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards, a competition that captures the beauty of birds and the challenges they face.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released fascinating footage filmed back in 2017 of an underwater expedition that didn't quite go as planned.
An unholy row has broken out in a viral Facebook post after a wedding photographer accused the second shooter she hired of serious unprofessionalism.
This past August, I went to northern Spain to try and photograph the total solar eclipse. I figured a lot of people would be chasing that single frame of totality, so I wanted to try something a little different and capture a full timelapse of the whole event.
The "really bad photographer' who scored $50,000 and a 10-day trip to Iceland thanks to her terrible photos has revealed the images she took during her visit to the country.
Jon Kreye has spent more than eight years photographing cabins, vacation rentals, hotels, and resorts around the world for major travel and lodging companies. In this exclusive PetaPixel interview, the award-winning photographer shares how his love of travel and unique places shaped his career, his approach to storytelling and light, and why staying true to his creative voice matters.
A photographer uncovered a trove of forgotten 19th-century photographs of Japan in her family home and used them as inspiration for a series of modern portraits in a fascinating new book.
It's become a go-to photo for the official White House account on X when it comes to US-Canada relations -- which have become decidedly frosty. But who took that stirring photo of a bald eagle with its talons on a Canada goose and where did it come from?
Security cameras used to just record the view in front of them, but now the cameras themselves can actually recognize and label what it is they're seeing thanks to AI-powered computer vision. Some people take issue with this.
The photographer who captured one of the most enduring images of the Vietnam War taken on American soil has died at age 99.
When Olympus’s imaging business was spun off to form OM Digital Solutions, it did so under the investment of private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). But in April, CEO Shigemi Sugimoto and the OM Digital Solutions management team purchased control of the company from JIP, which he says will allow them to be more competitive.
Blimps were once a type of inflatable aircraft that used to advertise companies like Goodyear. But as they have become less common, a new type of blimp has emerged: a camera blimp.
Not too long ago, I saw a Contax G2 in excellent condition available on KEH. I'd heard a lot about this camera lately, and since I had never experienced it myself, I decided I wanted to find out for myself: was all the chatter just hype, or is this camera actually great?
