Fisherman Uses Drone to Save Drowning Teen at Florida Beach

Dramatic footage has revealed the moment a shark fisherman saved a drowning teenager by using a drone to drop a flotation device. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-5-28 14:21

Photographer Uses Visual Alchemy to Create Mesmerizing Timelapses

Born in Lyon, France, Thomas Blanchard is an award-winning artist who has reached worldwide acclaim, numerous exhibitions, and recognition for his powerful visual works blending chemistry and art into mesmerizing timelapses. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-5-23 00:00

Google Live Search Uses AI to Answer Questions About What Your Camera Sees

As part of its myriad announcements at I/O 2025, Google unveiled significant changes to Search, including the ability to use AI to search for what a smartphone camera sees in real-time. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-5-22 21:05

Conservationist Uses Beautiful Photography to Help Save the Oceans

The ocean holds a special place in the hearts of many throughout history, from sailors to wildlife enthusiasts, but few young up-and-coming contemporaries are as entwined in understanding and documenting marine life as conservationist and photographer Rachel Moore. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-5-14 23:02

Chinese Photographer Uses Chokehold to Capture Camera Thief in Spain

A Chinese photographer visiting Spain has gone viral online after he was filmed using a chokehold to subdue an alleged thief who had tried to steal his camera. The whole thing was captured by onlookers standing nearby. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-5-8 19:56

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Uses His Camera for Science in Space

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, known for his incredible astrophotography, sense of humor, and clever camera contraptions, is scheduled to return to Earth this month after a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). petapixel.com »

2025-4-18 00:55

Photographer Uses Handmade Filters to Create Surreal Portraits In-Camera

Photographer Nick Fancher uses in-camera effects and handmade filters to create wild, vivid comic book-inspired photographs, all without heavy editing or any AI. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-3-28 23:15

Google Starts Rolling Out AI That Uses Your Smartphone Camera to ‘See’ The World

Google has started rolling out "Project Astra," an AI that can see via a person's smartphone camera, enabling it to answer questions about the world around it. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-3-25 15:41

Realme’s Ultra Phone Concept Uses Leica M-Mount Lenses

Realme unveiled a surprise concept phone dubbed “Ultra” at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona as part of a broader interchangeable lens system that would come bundled with two lenses influenced by Leica’s M-mount. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-3-5 20:01

‘Extreme Sprocket Hole Photography’ Uses Four Film Rolls to Create One Picture

An experimental photographer customized a 100-year-old 360-degree camera so it can shoot four rolls of film at the same time to create one cohesive picture. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-2-28 16:26

Canon’s Surprising New SwingRec Golf Camera Uses AI to Perfect Your Swing

Canon dabbles in some unusual cameras from time to time. Its latest oddity is the SwingRec Golf Camera, which captures a golfer's swing from top to bottom and helps them improve their game and shoot lower scores. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-2-21 21:59

How Photographer James Roh Uses Drones and Planes to Tell Powerful Stories

Photographer James Roh prefers to get as close as possible to his subjects. But when The Washington Post assigned Roh to photograph Utah’s vast public lands, he needed plenty of distance, relying on a drone and a small plane to capture broad landscapes. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-2-14 23:39

Balenciaga Uses Photoshopped Paparazzi Images for New Campaign

Fashion brand Balenciaga has used paparazzi images from the early 2000s and digitally altered the images for its latest campaign. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-2-5 18:34

These are the Sony cameras Manny Ortiz really uses for his work!

Manny Ortiz shared what he is actually using for work. Sony cameras in order of appearance: Sony FX30 (B&H Photo, Amazon, Adorama) Sony ZV-E1 (B&H Photo, Amazon, Adorama) Sony A7sIII (B&H Photo, Amazon, Adorama) Sony A1 (B&H Photo, Amazon, Adorama) The non Sony gear he uses is: Canon R5II (B&H Photo, Amazon, Adorama) Hasselblad X2D… The post These are the Sony cameras Manny Ortiz really uses for his work! first appeared on sonyalpharumors. sonyalpharumors.com »

2025-2-2 15:20

Great Food Photography Uses Intense Light to Show Food’s Unique Charm

Everyone has an intimate relationship with food. The job of food photographers, says an award-winning pro, is to create images that connect food’s personality to people who consume it. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-11-27 23:28

Coca-Cola Uses AI Video to ‘Reimagine’ Its Classic Christmas Ad

Coca-Cola has controversially remade its iconic Christmas ad featuring Santa and wintry scenes using artificial intelligence video tools. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-11-19 20:58

Swsh is a Gen Z-Focused Photo App That Uses AI to Curate Images

Everyone takes photos but sharing them in the modern age is a bit of a conundrum. A new app called Swsh aims to help by using artificial intelligence. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-10-12 17:01

The ‘Poopcopter’ Uses an AI Camera to Pick Up Dog Mess

Dog owners know that picking up mess is the least pleasant aspect of daily pet ownership. But what if an automated drone using real-time computer vision and machine-learning algorithms could do the chore instead? [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-10-1 14:26

Mark Zuckerberg Showed New Tech That Uses AI to Fully Recreate People

Today at Meta Connect, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads showed off a technology that is capable of fully recreating influencers as AI figures that can be spoken to as if they were the real person. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-26 22:38

This Neat RGB LED Light Uses MagSafe to Attach to Your iPhone

Moonside’s new MagLight combines a bright LED light, a power bank, and a phone stand in one and is made for mobile photographers and content creators on the go. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-19 19:26

Why Apple Uses JPEG XL in the iPhone 16 and What it Means for Your Photos

The iPhone 16 family has arrived and includes many new features, some of which Apple has played very close to its vest. One such improvement is the inclusion of JPEG XL file types, which promise improved image quality compared to standard JPEG files while delivering relatively smaller file sizes. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-19 15:15

Updated Photo Management App Peakto Uses AI to Help Photographers

Cyme, creator of the AI-powered photo management software, Peakto, has released Peakto 2.0, a significant update with many powerful new features. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-7-26 21:16

Astronaut Uses Moonlight and Off-Camera Flash for Awesome ISS Portrait

Astronaut Matthew Dominick -- a keen photographer currently onboard the International Space Station (ISS) -- has revealed how he captured a unique self-portrait peering out of the SpaceX Dragon capsule with the Milky Way behind him. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-7-24 14:39

Photographer Uses the Sun as a Ball for Epic Shoot With Soccer Star

A photographer has creatively used the Sun as a ball for an epic photo shoot with soccer star Trinity Rodman in front of the Washington Monument. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-7-11 21:29

Wedding Photographer Uses Thunderstorm as Epic Backdrop For Bride and Groom

They say rain on your wedding day is good luck, but what about a full-blown thunderstorm? That's what photographer Ashley Patton was faced with but she used the bad weather to make an incredible set of photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-6-12 19:23

Annie Leibovitz uses Sony for LV shoot with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

A reader sent me anonymously those two images of Annie Leibovitz latest work. Source: Louis Vuitton sonyalpharumors.com »

2024-5-21 11:51

Dehancer Online Ditches Apps and Plugins, Uses Your Web Browser Instead

Dehancer is known for its plugins for photo and video editing software, but the web browser-based Dehancer Online lets users go plugin-free -- no app downloads required. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-5-10 22:43

Photographer Uses Clever Trick To Create ‘Magic Door’ Image

A photographer has revealed how he came up with the idea for this spellbinding "magic door" illusion in a viral video.

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2024-4-11 19:01

Grieving Father Uses AI to Keep Dead Daughter ‘Alive’ in ‘Digital World’

A grieving father replicated his dead daughter with AI technology so that he and his wife could keep her "alive" in the "digital world." [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-20 20:38

‘Pet Detective’ Uses Drone-Based Thermal Imaging to Find Lost Dogs

Yorkshire, England-based Erica Hart is a self-described "pet detective" who uses an infrared camera attached to her drone to help find lost dogs. To date, she's found and returned 330 pets to their owners. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-2-13 20:59

Google’s Art Selfie 2 Uses AI to Turn You Into a Renaissance Painting

Google has released Art Selfie 2, an app that harnesses generative AI to transform the user into a historical character.

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2024-1-29 18:19

The BlackBox 120 Uses a Digital Camera To Scan Medium Format Film

A new film scanner has come onto the scene, courtesy of BlackScale Lab. The BlackBox 120 system makes it easy to use a camera to digitize medium format film. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-1-17 00:50

Imran Khan Uses AI Audio and Images to Deliver Speech While Imprisoned

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has released a rallying speech from his jail cell -- with the help of artificial intelligence. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-12-18 19:19

NFL Reveals Ultra-Rare Lens it Uses to Capture Stunning Cinema-Style Shots

NFL Films has dropped a short documentary about an amazing and rare lens that it uses to capture the jaw-dropping shots regularly seen by fans. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-29 16:34

FindMySnap Uses AI to Search Through and Organize iPhone Photos

Cyme, the company behind the macOS photo cataloging application PeakTo, has announced FindMySnap, a new iOS app that uses image recognition to help smartphone users easily find specific photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-17 21:03

Sony’s a9 III Uses Last-Gen Memory Cards, Creating an Irritating Bottleneck

Sony's new a9 III is the first full-frame interchangeable lens mirrorless (ILC) camera to use a global shutter, which unlocks some serious performance like 120 frames per second shooting. petapixel.com »

2023-11-8 23:55

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Uses AI to Add New Photo and Video Capabilities

When it comes to image capture, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is all about leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to its fullest which allows it to push the boundaries of what is considered possible on mobile platforms. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-25 22:01

Snapchat Adds Content Embeds and Uses AI To Expand Backgrounds

The social media landscape is one of constant catch-up and copying. Like Instagram and TikTok have long offered to users, people can now embed content from Snapchat on external websites. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-18 22:53

DJI Zenmuse L2 Uses LiDAR, 20MP Sensor to Deliver Detailed 3D Data

DJI has announced the DJI Zenmuse L2, a "highly-integrated LiDAR system which builds on DJI's successful Zenmuse L1."

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2023-10-12 21:44

Adobe Premiere Pro Uses AI to Enhance Speech

As IBC 2023 kicks off in Europe, Adobe has unveiled improvements to its flagship video editing software, Premiere Pro. Adobe has also revealed key improvements to Frame. petapixel.com »

2023-9-13 16:07

Photographer Uses Everyday Objects to Frame His Subjects

Framing is everything in photography. But one creative shooter takes framing to a whole other level by looking for everyday objects to shoot through. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-9-12 19:36

Woman Uses Photoshop’s New AI Tool to Easily Create a Hospital Bed Selfie

A woman revealed how easily she used Photoshop's new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Generative Fill tool to fake a selfie of her lying in a hospital bed with a nurse by her side. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-21 16:45

China Uses AI Camera to Capture Jaywalkers and Publicly Shame Them

A Chinese video surveillance system is publicly shaming people who jaywalk in the street.

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2023-6-15 21:06

Photographer Uses AI To Imagine Actors as The Next James Bond

A photographer has used a variety of artificial intelligence (AI) and photo editing tools to imagine what the next James Bond could look like. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-14 00:26

PiktID Uses AI to Generate Unique New Faces for Commercial Photography

PiktID is a new software powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that allows photographers to replace people in their photos with synthetic faces, which the developer says offers numerous benefits to commercial and advertising photographers. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-13 23:24

ReeHeld App Uses AI to Shoot Sharp Long-Exposure Photos on iPhone

Swiss start-up Reeflex recently launched a new iOS camera app, ReeHeld, that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver enhanced long-exposure photography compared to the native Camera app on iPhone. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-9 23:39

OptiCull Uses AI to Assess, Sort, and Rate Your Photos

DopeAI has released OptiCull, an AI-powered app designed from the ground up to help photographers quickly sort through and cull their photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-8 20:41

Mixbook’s App Uses AI to Make Sense of Your Disorganized Camera Roll

Mixbook, an online photo book service, has updated its app with the ability to organize photos in a camera roll "based on the story they tell" using machine learning. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-1 21:11

Roll is an iPhone App that Uses AI to Simulate Camera Movement

Roll is a new company that aims to use intelligent artificial intelligence to revolutionize how people use iPhones within video production, specifically talking head videos and remote interviews. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-1 17:06

Street Photographer Uses AI Face Swap to Hide His Subjects’ Identites

Street photography ethics has always been a hot potato but one photographer may have found a novel solution by using artificial intelligence (AI) to hide people's identities. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-5-26 18:46