The FBI has charged a 44-year-old Pennsylvania man with two felonies after the man allegedly flew a drone over M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, during the AFC Championship Game between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs on January 28. [Read More]
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A man allegedly caused a fatal car accident that killed his niece and three nephews after slowing to take a photo on I-95 of the "Welcome to Florida" sign. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-11-26 16:56
The man who fatally shot photographer Tyler Gerth during a protest following the death of Breonna Taylor has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-02-14 18:38
A man in China who took a selfie with a walrus was killed by the animal shortly afterward -- when it dragged him into the water. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-12-21 18:55
Man Ray is today regarded as one of the most innovative photographers of the twentieth century. He reinvented solarization and further developed photograms, which he called “rayographs,” in reference to himself. petapixel.com »
2021-01-16 18:38
Brothers and sisters should support and protect one another. Always. boredpanda.com »
2020-10-22 09:25
In the Indian city of Belgaum, there’s a man who loves cameras so much that he built a 3-story camera-shaped house. Not only that, but he also named his three sons Canon, Nikon, and Epson. 49-year-old professional photographer Ravi Hongal spent over $94,000 building his unusual dwelling, which features a lens, flash, film reels, memory […] petapixel.com »
2020-07-11 18:27
Back in December 2016, we featured the work of Kurt Moser, an ambrotype photographer who turned a Russian truck into a massive camera for his glass plate photography. After seeing the article, the team at Valkyr Productions connected with Moser and created this beautiful 9-minute video profile about the photographer and his work. In the […] petapixel.com »
2018-03-08 23:43
On August 6th, 1945 Russell Gackenbach captured a historic, horrifying event on his personal camera. From the bowels of an Air Force bomber, he snapped two pictures of the first atomic bombing when a 9,000-pound uranium-235 bomb named ‘Little Boy’ obliterated the city of Hiroshima, Japan. petapixel.com »
2016-12-15 02:25
Canon isn't the only camera company hitting the links. Nikon announced a pair of new laser rangefinders for golfers, the Coolshot Pro III Stabilized and the Coolshot 50i GII. [Read More]
Acclaimed and influential Sports Illustrated photographer Heinz Kluetmeier died on January 14, 2025, at age 82 from complications of Parkinson's disease. [Read More]
Sports photography is a game of split-second timing and never-to-be-repeated moments, so to be at the top of your game takes no small amount of skill. The best of the best in this demanding genre has just been recognized with the winning frames from the World Sports Photography Awards. [Read More]
Professional sports are almost always photographed with digital cameras these days, but this week one photographer decided to do something unusual: not only did he shoot an NFL football game on 35mm film, but he developed, scanned, and posted the photos before the game had even ended. [Read More]
DJI announced the Osmo Action 5 Pro action camera, promising an array of industry-first features and improved image quality. [Read More]
The 2024 Summer Olympics kicked off in Paris earlier this week, with the official opening commencing today, July 26. The "Games of the XXXIII Olympiad," as the event is officially known, puts athletes through grueling competition, but the photographers on hand to photograph everything don't have it much easier.
A skating cameraman in camouflage went out onto the ice to film two hockey players fighting during a Memorial Cup game in Canada. [Read More]