Snapchat Can Use Images of Your Face in Ads

Snapchat has reserved the right to put its users' faces on ads and personalized sponsored content with its "My Selfie" feature. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-19 16:07

In Photography’s Early Days, Ads Could Use a Photo of You Without Permission

Imagine running a headshot session and instead of handling the photos with sensitivity and care, the photographer sells the images to a national company for a major advertising campaign. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-7-12 18:36

TikTok Will Have Ads Featuring AI-Generated Versions of Real People

TikTok may soon have ads featuring AI-generated versions of popular creators and stock actors to add a “human touch.”

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2024-6-20 13:39

Instagram is Testing Unskippable Ads

In a move almost certain to anger users, Instagram is reportedly testing a feature that makes ads "unskippable."

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2024-6-4 00:18

Facebook and Instagram Ran Deepfake Nude Ads of a 16-Year-Old Jenna Ortega

Facebook and Instagram ran ads that featured a blurred deepfake nude image of an underage Jenna Ortega to promote an AI app. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-6 14:29

This Racy Vintage Sigma Lens Ad Shows us How Far We’ve Come

Vintage camera ads reveal many awesome things about the past and show us how far we've come as photographers. We previously did a roundup of racy vintage camera ads years ago. But when looking for vintage Sigma lens ads, one in particular just popped up out of nowhere. thephoblographer.com »

2023-5-7 07:00

Democrats Introduce Bill Requiring Political Ads to Disclose AI Use

Democrats introduced a bill today (Tuesday) that would require political ads to disclose the use of artificial intelligence (AI). [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-5-3 22:37

For $24.99 a Year, Get No Banner Ads

Help a small business! So far, the Phoblographer’s subscribers have won various cameras, lenses, bags, tablets, and more. But their biggest wins are the banner-ad free Phoblographer and the extra discounts/benefits they get. thephoblographer.com »

2023-3-17 01:00

Hundreds of Sexual Emma Watson Deepfakes Ads Ran on Facebook and Instagram

Hundreds of sexually suggestive deepfake video ads of Emma Watson and Scarlett Johansson ran on Facebook and Instagram this week. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-3-10 20:08

Hate Our Banners Ads? For $24.99/Year, They’re Gone!

Ads and funding help to pay our staff, so why not support one of your favorite photography blogs? This month, we’ve got something special for photographers! All our members qualify to win a Wacom Intuos Pro Medium just by being a member! This is partially in celebration of our latest perk, which offers our subscribers … thephoblographer.com »

2023-1-13 02:00

How Canon, Adobe, and Fujifilm’s Video Ads Reveal Business Strategies

Seeing television ads for cameras and camera products is not nearly as common as it used to be, but that is starting to change as companies realize they need more general consumer support to survive at a time when the market is shrinking. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-11-5 20:55

You Are About to See Even More Ads on Instagram

As Meta is struggling to revive its falling revenue in order to reverse its downward financial spiral, it is adding new ways for advertisers to clutter up your feeds. petapixel.com »

2022-10-5 23:58

How To Get the Phoblographer Ad-Free and Just Enjoy Our Content

Longtime readers of the Phoblographer, we sincerely thank you for continuing to be with us. As many of you know, we take the more ethical route often. It's one of the reasons why we've got a lot of banner ads on the site. thephoblographer.com »

2022-1-4 20:00

I Create Ads For Popular Car Brands Using Only Toy Cars

What happens when you have to create an advertising project about cars, but you don't have a crew and have only toy cars. boredpanda.com »

2020-2-28 18:18

Instagram Made $20 Billion from Ads in 2019, Out-Earning YouTube by a Lot

Despite plenty of opinions out there saying that stills photography is dying and video is taking over, one metric at least seems to disagree: ad revenue. According to reports, the world’s largest photo sharing site (Instagram) out-earned the world’s largest video sharing platform (YouTube) by a lot in 2019. Earlier this week, Alphabet Inc. released […] petapixel.com »

2020-2-8 22:28

How Kodak Ruined Christmas: Creepy Ads, Lawsuits, and Dead Film Formats

In an entertaining holiday-themed video that’s part educational and part “bah humbug,” YouTuber Azriel Knight explains how Kodak managed to ruin Christmas for two decades of photographers. petapixel.com »

2019-12-24 21:26

This Photographer Made His Own Vintage Ads for His Lenses

Whether you're a vintage camera nerd, a camera collector, or a passionate film photographer, we're sure you love those vintage poster ads of the latest and greatest gear from decades past. It's easy to get nostalgic over them especially since camera companies just don't make ads for cameras and lenses like that anymore. thephoblographer.com »

2019-10-15 16:00

Seeing Bad Ads on PetaPixel? Here’s How You Can Help

We’ve been receiving an increased number of reports of bad ads such as redirects and popups ruining the PetaPixel reading experience on mobile. No, these ads aren’t intentionally being served, and we’d love to remove them, but we need your assistance. petapixel.com »

2019-4-9 11:17

Apple’s New iPad Pro Ads Were Shot and Made Entirely on the iPad Pro

Apple recently released a new series of ads for the iPad Pro that shows how the tablet computer opens the doors to new ways of doing things. What’s neat is that Apple is “eating its own dog food”: as the 2-minute behind-the-scenes video above reveals, the ads were shot, edited, animated, designed, and composed entirely […] petapixel.com »

2019-1-30 21:24

Turning Down Political Ads: Noble or Stupid?

I won’t muddy the waters by going into my personal politics but, needless to say, there are things I support and things I oppose. People fall on various sides of the issues I feel strongly about. When it comes to my videography business, though, things might be getting tricky. Am I a-political? Do I have […] petapixel.com »

2018-9-4 18:21

This is How You Shoot High-End Food Ads on Low-End Budgets

You know those food commercials you see on TV with foods and drinks (and sometimes fire and ice) flying around in slow motion? You don’t need extremely expensive camera equipment and rigs to achieve impressive results — all you need is some creativity. petapixel.com »

2018-8-10 18:46

Technical note: disqus allowed occasional intrusive and non allowed ADS on mobile devices

Few SAR readers reported me that they got full size ADS on mobile devices while surfing on SonyAlphaRumors. We investigated the issue and found out that the Disqus comment system did unintentionally allow to display full size ADS that blocked some of you from reading SAR. sonyalpharumors.com »

2017-10-27 08:26

How Photoshop is Used to Censor Ads and Album Covers in the Middle East

I admit, the first time I saw these images I though they were fake. Someone probably added their clothes on as a joke. But when I realized the context and saw the source of the images, it made sense. petapixel.com »

2017-6-23 20:38

Some of Target’s ‘Photoshop Free’ Ads Look Like They May Been ‘Shopped

Oops. A few days ago, we reported that Target had launched a new, Photoshop-free social media campaign for their new swimsuits. The company has been praised for the move, but some of their ambassadors might not be playing along. petapixel.com »

2017-3-29 21:54

Don’t Fall for B.S. Camera Gear Ads

If you’re into photography enough that your feed gets filled with a bit of camera porn from time to time, you’re likely to have seen the $55 8x telephoto lens for cellphones being sold by The Outdoor Spirit. petapixel.com »

2017-1-17 23:27

All the Ads in This London Tube Station Were Just Replaced with Cat Photos

Clapham Common Tube station in London is looking very feline today. After a very successful tongue-in-cheek Kickstarter campaign, the so-called Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (CATS) has managed to replace 68 advertisements in the station with … cat photos. petapixel.com »

2016-9-13 22:01

Cheeky Ads Show How We Edit Profile Pictures for Different Social Networks

LG is poking fun at profile pictures in their latest ad campaign. Specifically, they’re making fun at how people edit the same photo differently depending on which social network they’re using that profile pic for. petapixel.com »

2016-9-7 21:47