Lightroom presets are all around us. You might love them as a 1-click solution to your batch editing needs or you might think that they are useless and that all the photos for which one was used look the same.
Still, the truth is they are here to stay and maybe we should start thinking of how to integrate them into our professional workflows as more than crutches for your next Instagram post.
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Photographer Mehmet Aslan captured an image in April 2021 of a father and son with amputated limbs in a Turkish refugee camp. His powerful shot went on to tug at heartstrings, win a prestigious international photo competition, go viral online, and completely transform the subjects' lives. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-03-13 17:53
I am not brand loyal. I merely see a camera as a piece of technology that enables me to push my creative process. However, that being said, it doesn’t mean that all cameras are the same. Each system from the various companies out there brings with them both pros and cons against one another and […] petapixel.com »
2021-04-13 22:09
Today marks 10 years since I attended a photography walk that would change the course of my life. If you’d have told me at the time that this would lead me to photograph Arnold Schwarzenegger from just meters away, spend an evening alone drinking cocktails in a bar where the drink chooses you (before then […] petapixel.com »
2021-04-09 19:49
Craving focus, structure, and community after my work dried up due to COVID-19, I connected with other people in the creative industry to understand and document the impact of the pandemic on them. boredpanda.com »
2020-11-19 13:40
Clicking refresh on the electoral map becomes tiring awfully fast, so rather than stare at my unchanging computer screen, I decided to dig up old election photos and colorize them with AI. boredpanda.com »
2020-11-05 00:33
Want to see how the city of San Francisco has transformed over the past century? Here’s a neat set of then-and-now photos showing old shots of The City by the Bay next to modern pictures shot in the same locations. petapixel.com »
2018-11-28 20:28
Through his most famous character’s lips, Arthur Conan Doyle once lamented “There is nothing new under the sun.” But he was wrong. Because I recently saw a photograph that was so utterly unique and awe-inspiring that it instantly froze the Lucky Charms-laden spoon that had been traveling toward my waiting craw. I’d just seen my […] petapixel.com »
2018-06-11 20:54
We've all seen pictures of Paris. The "City of Love" is one of the most recognizable places on earth due to its iconic architecture. The famous Eiffel Tower standing high above the city, the wonderful bridges built above the river Seine, and the Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame. boredpanda.com »
2018-03-22 09:54
In this beautiful short film by filmmaker Vincent Urban, photographer Chris Burkard tells the story of how after growing weary of surf photography in crowded cities he sought solitude, adventure, and beauty in remote places. petapixel.com »
2017-09-22 21:29
Here’s a helpful graphic that shows how Leica Camera’s famous red circle logo has changed and evolved over the past century, from its creation around 1913 up to the modern day. This graphic appeared in a 2011 advertisement by Leica, which carried the statement: “When you keep being different from everything, changing makes no sense.” […] petapixel.com »
2017-08-30 19:18
As part of my job as a photographer, I get to travel around the world and document many beautiful landscapes. Quite often I get asked what my favorite place to visit is. My answer can be somewhat of a surprise, as it actually goes back to my home country of Israel, and specifically its capital Jerusalem. boredpanda.com »
2017-06-21 08:04
The time-honored approach to improving one's photography has always been time spent out there taking pictures. Education, gallery shows, and reading photography books can do wonders for a person's development, but there is nothing that comes close to the importance of just going out there constantly for a long period of time. thephoblographer.com »
2017-03-27 19:02
My interest in photography began about three years ago when I picked up a digital camera and starting taking the same images that any photography noob would take: long exposures, landscapes, still lifes, sometimes street photography. petapixel.com »
2017-02-02 00:45
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. [Read More]
Hollyland recently announced the Mars M1 Enhanced, a wireless transceiver monitor with a 5.5-inch touch screen that combines transmitter, receiver, and monitoring functions into one device. [Read More]
The advent of AI editing tools has sparked a debate about finding the delicate balance between efficiency and preserving the photographer's artistic vision. [Read More]
MiMojo is a new mobile app for iOS designed specifically for mobile filmmakers, documentarians, journalists, and archivists, to make managing the large volume of footage created by content creators who shoot on their phones easier to manage. [Read More]
Powered by artificial intelligence (AI), photo culling app Aftershoot promises to be the fastest and easiest way for photographers to select, rate, and edit their images. [Read More]
The recently launched client gallery and photo proofing service, Picflow, was developed with the purpose of making it easier for photographers to communicate and deliver to their clients.
Switzerland-based Rolling Square has launched the EDGE Pro ecosystem of products that can be combined in multiple configurations to make a workstation setup truly personal. [Read More]