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When photographer Manny Ortiz first took up portrait photography, his wife Diana wasn’t happy about him photographing women — he soon learned that this was a common issue among other photographers online. In this 7-m...

Ahead of the holiday shopping season comes a new catalog of gifts from Canon Japan. The gifts are styled after the camera company's existing gear, including a coffee mug and travel thermos designed to resemble lenses, a ...

The St. Louis police department has just made a big move in support of photographer and journalist rights: police officers are now being ordered to read and acknowledge the rights of journalists once a month. The St. Lou...

Sony has just announced its Imaging Edge software suite. The suite comes with three key pieces of software: ‘Remote’, ‘Viewer’, and ‘Edit’. Sony say it will speed up workflow and allow users to “unleash the...

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting

Salt Lake City-based photographer Dewey Keithly recently came up with an unusual way to edit the look of portraits: he creatively burned them by igniting gunpowder across the surface of the giant prints. Kiethly original...

Fujifilm has filed a legal complaint in the US, accusing Polaroid of turning against the company and demanding millions of dollars in royalty payments per year for the use of its white borders on its new Instax Square in...

Over the last year I have been slowly migrating from Apple to Windows, and to be honest breaking out of the walled gardens that I lived within (some known, some unknown) has not been easy, but it has been freeing. I have...

Come and explore Africa’s richest mile as we capture Sandton’s night lights on display in the ever growing neighbourhood. The night photo walk started at Sandton Convention Center where a group of 70+ photographers w...

Looking for some ideas for creatively altering the look of your photos? Here’s a 2-minute video by photographer Jessica Kobeissi that runs through 5 handy hacks. Using everyday items, you can easily introduce some abst...

According to a report by World Intellectual Property Review Fujifilm has filed a complaint for declaratory judgment, asking a US district court to clear it of any wrongdoing after it was allegedly threatened with tradema...

Come and explore Africas richest mile as we capture Sandtons night lights on display in the ever growing neighbourhood. The night photo walk started at Sandton Convention Center where a group of 70+ photographers were al...

Sony Japan has issued a statement apologizing for delays on the shipment of A7R III camera pre-orders, due to unexpected demand. All pre-orders made before the release date will be delivered by early December. The A7R II...

Peak Design have teamed up with Leica and released the "Peak Design for Leica Backpack Capsule". This consists of a Backpack, Cuff and Leash from Peak Design with signature red stitching and a 'red dot'. The Peak Design ...

We're counting down our top 10 most popular sample galleries of 2017. At the #8 spot we have the Nikon D7500, which launched in the spring of this year. This enthusiast DSLR is very well suited for all forms of still pho...

We're currently in Sedona, Arizona with Sony and a number of other journalists using the Sony a7r III camera along with some of the company's latest lenses. Additionally, I've been testing the Sony a7r III with the Profo...

Episode 229 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 – Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Canon Explorer of Light Denis Reggie In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photogr...

Well, the time has come for us to start doing our end of the year posts and one way we are planning to do that is with these 'ultimate guide' posts. On the docket for today is Fujifilm, which in many ways had a break out...

Wet plate photography, one of the traditional photographic methods, gives a completely different but fascinating experience, as you've probably learned from our previous features. Portrait and wedding photographer Markus...

German filter manufacturer B+W has announced a new filter holder to go with the 2mm thick 100mm square filters it launched this year. The new holder is made from aluminum and offers three slots so users can use multiple ...

General opinion seems to be that 8K is a long way off, but it's actually coming much faster than people think, and the industry is gearing up (literally) for it. Case in point: meet the new Blackmagic DeckLink 8K Pro cap...