Japanese Photographer is Living Her Dream Capturing Orcas All Over the World
When Machi Yoshida visited an aquarium and saw orcas when she was a five-year-old child, the Japanese photographer instantly knew what she wanted to do with her life.
When Machi Yoshida visited an aquarium and saw orcas when she was a five-year-old child, the Japanese photographer instantly knew what she wanted to do with her life.
The biggest video-centric exhibition took place last week and brought with it a ton of news, including a new dual-lens camera from Insta360 called the X4 8K. There are a lot of conflicting reports on the video quality, though and Jordan Drake has thoughts.
Last November, Sony announced plans to bring custom gridlines to select Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras for a $150 fee. At the time, the company said the feature would arrive in March. While it's slightly late, it has arrived.
Several major players in the artificial intelligence field pledged to protect children online, marking another chapter in the progression of AI safety.
Zoner Photo Studio X's spring update promises to bring "the world's best HDR photo editing" to the Windows-based photography app, alongside other new features and improvements.
Maxima, the Italy-based lighting manufacturer that last year announced the insanely bright 6 GaN LED, today announced the Furiosa, what it is calling the the most portable, high-power, bi-color LED fixture on the market.
Last month, Sony announced significant firmware updates for four of its Alpha cameras, the a7S III, a7 IV, a1, and newest flagship, the a9 III. The latter two camera updates, due to an unexpected error in the case of the a1 and by design for the a9 III, were delayed until today, April 24. These new updates have arrived and are available to photographers now.
A photographer's new project reinvents 1940s and 1950s New York City via a series of fantastical AI-generated images that depict an alternative history.
Wednesday morning, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill forcing TikTok to divest from its parent company or face a ban.
A photographer has become an online hit for her striking, fun, and quirky portraits of dogs.
A photographer has sued Megan Thee Stallion for harassment and a hostile work environment -- claiming that he was forced to watch the rapper have sex with another woman right next to him in a car.
Lighting on cinematic photo or video production sets can sometimes be an overwhelming experience. While lighting companies continue to improve both the ease of use and quality of the light lights, mastering and adjusting the setups can take a lot of time, effectively slowing production to a halt when changes need to be made. Thankfully, creatives that leverage the power and simplicity of the ProMaster Light Attendant App can quickly and easily master all of their on-set lighting needs.
Apple Vision Pro, remember that? Apple is reportedly struggling to sell its existing stock of the headset and is cutting production because of low demand.
A tourist was mauled by a brown bear after lowering her car window to take a selfie with the animal.
A police tech company that makes body cams and tasers has released a new futuristic product that has some people unnerved: an AI camera that generates police reports from audio.
The Xiaomi 14 Ultra is the clearest indicator yet that Xiaomi wants to be the best in mobile photography, even if some parts of the world don't know it. Anecdotal as it may be, people react with surprise at the images they see captured by the phone when I show them.
Civil War eschews the typical trappings of a combat action movie by turning the lens not toward the soldiers but to the photographers capturing them. And while it excels in some aspects of its portrayal, it falters when it comes to the big stuff.
Cinema company Freefly Systems, best known for its Movi camera stabilization system and high-speed cameras, announced a new Ember S2.5K high-speed camera at NAB 2024. However, something somewhat surprising about the latest camera is that it ditches the E-mount that Freefly has previously used.
Pergear has announced a new 25mm f/1.7 manual focus lens for APS-C and Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras. Better still, the lens is only $75 ($69 until May 17), making it one of the most affordable and accessible lenses on the market.
Film studio A24 has been criticized for releasing a series of AI-Generated poster ads for its critically acclaimed movie Civil War.
Relatively unknown general electronics manufacturer Airusan has launched the world's cheapest VPG400 CFexpress Type A memory card. If that sounds too good to be true, that's because it is. The card offers more red flags than gigabytes.
Apple announced its "Let Loose" event coming Tuesday, May 7, with little info accompanying the news. However, iPads and creative production are expected to be a main focus.
This AI-powered device may look like an ordinary Polaroid camera. But instead of capturing images, it uses machine learning to transform photos into poems.
A research paper from Google's DeepMind -- the company's AI research laboratory -- has warned that humans could become too enamored with AI-powered avatars.
NASA has released a fascinating flight map that charts all the Mars avigations taken by the space agency's recently defunct Ingenuity helicopter.
The second generation of IMAX cameras -- which are being built from scratch -- are expected this year with the end goal of making them more user friendly.
At its MAX event in London, Adobe unveiled an all-new beta version of Photoshop built on the advancements made in the Adobe Firefly Image 3 Foundation Model, also revealed today.
At its MAX event in London, Adobe announced a huge update to its artificial intelligence system Firefly. Version 3 of the platform is significantly improved over previous iterations and promises to be able to make photorealistic images with greater variety.
After years of the RF mount remaining "closed," Sigma and Tamron have both finally broken through and will each release lenses for Canon's mirrorless mount.
After announcing the finalists last month, the World Photography Organization has unveiled the winners of the annual Sony World Photography Awards.
Despite the leaps in smartphone camera tech, many remain nostalgic for the analog days. Enter Mood.Camera, the latest app meant to fuse film with phones.
As part of its Earth Day celebrations, the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, released 144,000 ladybugs into the mall to help keep its 30,000 live plants and trees healthy and happy. Conservation photographer and friend of PetaPixel Devon Matthews was on hand to document the event.
The Haiku Stairs on the Hawaiian island of Oahu are a stunning structure that makes for a captivating photograph subject. Many have taken advantage of the stairs' beauty over the years. However, those photos have long been illegal to capture.
Ulanzi's latest release offers an ingenious design ideal for traveling and hiking photographers or those who like to keep their kit lightweight. The multi-functional design of the Ulanzi TT35 incorporates three hiking poles, a mini tripod, a full-sized travel tripod, and a selfie stick into one product, so each component serves a purpose when out in the field.
Hollyland, a leading provider of wireless audio and video solutions, has announced a new line of video transmitters. The new wireless Pyro Series transmitters promise to be the ideal option for multi-person mobile wireless image transmission and monitoring.
A 31-year-old woman holidaying in Indonesia has died after falling 250 feet into an active volcano.
Canon has made a 19-megapixel full-frame global shutter CMOS image sensor, and it's available now.
Google has an elaborate photo set so it can test its Google Pixel camera in situations akin to the real world.
ProMaster announced the Epoch tripod that it says "takes photography back to its image-making roots" by blending classic performance with "nostalgic" style.
The House of Representatives, led by a Republican majority, passed legislation on Saturday that will ban the popular social media app TikTok in the United States if its Chinese owner does not sell its stake in the next year.