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I took this flower photo without a camera. It was my first experiment in scanner photography. I have worked in a variety of photographic media — everything from 16mm film, to 4×5 film, right up to collodion wet plate!...

All Images By Claire Droppert. Used Under Creative Commons License. Traditionally when one thinks of Portraits almost always people are the subject, but today we have a special series to share with you. Claire Droppert�...

In the market for a new camera? Here are our current picks for 5 of the best deals on bodies right now. Any one of these cameras would serve you well and can be hand for some pretty significant savings. Sony A7 (Save $60...

Sony has released a firmware update for its a7R II full-frame mirrorless camera which improves camera stability while adding support for the company's new radio controlled lighting system. The official list of improvem...

Think Tank Photo‘s Shape Shifter backpacks were originally a breakthrough in photography backpack design because of the way they could collapse and take on a narrow profile when empty. Now the company has launched V2.0...

Artist Derek Pearce has been making beautiful, custom 'water tables' since 1997

A team of researchers with the University of Vermont and Harvard have published a new study detailing Instagram profiles and the hidden clues they may hold about the photographer's mental state. Using machine learning, t...

Nikon made a splash back in September 2011 when it decided to jump into the mirrorless camera industry with its J1 and V1 cameras. Since then, Nikon has expanded and updated the line to consist of the AW1, V3, J5, and S2...

"Lost in Light" by Sriram Murali explores what the night sky looks like at various levels of light pollution; from level 8 in San Jose to level 1 in Death Valley

500px today announced a new tool called Splash. Instead of searching for photos using titles, keywords, EXIF details, or colors, Splash lets you hunt for photos simply by sketching them on a canvas. The powerful took has...

The Internet remains undefeated

There’s no escaping it: whether you’re the Queen or the organizers of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, put a ‘green screen’ in front of the Internet and the Internet will have some chroma key fun at your expense. That�...

This series of images was made using bio-luminescent shrimp as the blue light source. It was photographed in Okayama, Japan, which is home to these rare and beautiful creatures. Check out the gallery below and

In addition to the recently-leaked 5D Mark IV, Canon is also planning to release two updated L lenses next week: the 16-35mm f/2.8L III and the 24-105mm f/4L IS II. Both lenses have now also leaked online. Like the 5D le...

Bring back the sliding lens cover design! From left to right: The Olympus Stylus Epic, The Olympus [mju :] II, The Olympus XA. The first two are the same camera (different names for different markets), the latter started...

Bring back the clamshell! From left to right: The Olympus Stylus Epic, The Olympus [mju :] II, The Olympus XA. The first two are the same camera (different names for different markets), the latter started my love for cla...

Here's episode 99 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the sho...

These days, I'm generally not the type of photographer that shoots with a flash in the hot shoe of a camera--and in some ways it seems like the ExpoImaging Rogue Flash Bender XL Pro in Soft Silver wasn't really designed ...

Henri Le Secq atop the Notre Dame Cathedral. Paris, France, 1853 August 18, 2016 /Photography News/ Born 198 years ago, on 18 August 1818, Henri Jean-Louis Le Secq was a French photographer and painter. After the French...

The E/V Nautilus team spotted this Stubby Squid (Rossia pacifica) off the coast of California at a depth of 900 meters (2,950 feet)

Sony's 50mm f1.8 for the full frame E mount cameras is one of the lenses that photographers waited for for a while. When it was launched, it made everyone ecstatic. The system finally had its nifty 50 and would make load...

Samyang Optics has completed its launch of five new lenses over the summer with the announcement that its full-frame 14mm F2.8 autofocus lens for Sony E-mount is ready to hit stores. The Samyang AF 14/2.8 FE, as it is k...