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Louis Mendes walks the streets of New York with his vintage 1940's Speed Graphic camera capturing portraits of the people he comes across with style. In a sea full of cellphones and digital cameras, Mendes sticks out wit...

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My name is Philippe Echaroux, and I’m a French celebrity photographer and an ambassador for Hasselblad and Elinchrom. I recently had to do a portrait shoot at a large studio in Paris, but for this shoot I decided to ha...

Photolemur is a new photo-editing program that claims to be “the world’s first fully automated photo enhancement solution.” It uses artificial intelligence to auto-enhance any photo with minimal human involvement. ...

Here’s a video by the Camera Repair Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that shows an overhaul they did recently of a Pentax K1000 film SLR — the “dirtiest Pentax [they’ve] seen in a very long time.” The 3 to 4 hou...

Tokyo-based maker of VR lens accessories Entapano is working on the Entaniya Fisheye 250 MFT lens, a model with a 250-degree field of view that it aims to make available in three varieties: 2.3mm F2.8, 3.0mm F2.8, and ...

For a very long time, Olympus' fastest primes were only available at f1.8; but with the recent introduction of the Olympus 25mm f1.2 PRO lens they've broken that previous standard. It's one of the company's highest end l...

One of the challenges (and rewards) of managing a digital production lab for a university research library is working with the wide assortment of analog formats that are collected within its archives, special collections...

The Bullitt Group, one of the companies licensing the Kodak brand name, has launched the Kodak Ektra smartphone. Named after Kodak's 1941 Ektra rangefinder, the phone's design attempts to mimic the look of a vintage anal...

The refugee-turned-photographer behind the infamous Skittles photo used by the Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, accusing the presidential candidate of infringing upon the copyright of his “iconi...

Canon has announced the winners of its New Cosmos of Photography 2016 competition.

Since 1991, the Italian coffee company Lavazza has asked the world’s top photographers to shoot photos for its annual “Lavazza Calendar,” which was become prestigious in the world of fashion photography. For the 20...

The long-awaited Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR has now arrived, improving on its predecessor, the incredibly popular 5D Mark III, in almost every way. Does the new 5D Mark IV offer enough to justify the £3629 / $3499 asking...

Kodak, one of the most well known photography brands in the world is getting into the smartphone game, and just as you would expect, the camera and imaging capabilities are the headline features.

Kodak today announced a new smartphone called the Ektra that’s designed for photographers. The phone features imaging and editing capabilities that will help photography lovers to capture the photos they envision. The ...

With the new Leica Summaron-M 28 mm f/5.6, Leica is expanding the lens portfolio of its famed M rangefinder system with the modern reincarnation of a classic lens.

Akvis have announced the release of SmartMask 9.0 for Windows and Mac.

Episode 117 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 – Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Wyman Meinzer, Official Lone Star State Photographer In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography...

While the world now revolves around digital photography with the Megapickles race running rampant, there is still a movement of going back to and enjoying traditional approach in photography. Cahute is a portrait studio ...

Sigma has announced the official pricing on the zoom lenses in the line cinema lenses that they launched a little while back. The 18-35mm T/2 and 50-100mm T/2 both received official pricing and availability this morning ...

Sigma announced its new line of cinema lenses back in September. Today it announced that the first two lenses in that line to go on sale, the 18-35mm T2 and 50-100 T2, will both ship on December 9, 2016 for $4000 each. ...

For many years as a photographer, I've had one trick that has made all my product photography shine. Companies lease our product images and on social platforms or messaging boards, our product images are often used to sh...