Photography News

In search of some tranquility on this last Friday before 2018? Well, Skyglow project collaborators Gavin Heffernan (of Sun Chaser Pictures) and Harun Mehmedinovic have just the video for you. They captured remarkable tim...

I recently shot the 2017 Christmas card photo for Stavanger Foto, the passionate camera store on the west coast of Norway. Being granted full creative freedom in making the card, I went back to the old masters for inspir...

A viral article published in 2014 claimed that the American Psychiatric Association had established a new mental disorder called "selfitis" -- that is, the obsessive taking of selfies. That article, though fake, inspired...

Image quality, weight and value for money. We have come to accept that most lenses are strong in only one or two of these three factors, which I personally focus on when researching lenses to buy. Sometimes though, we st...

Adaptalux Studio, the miniature lighting studio launched on Kickstarter in 2015, is on the receiving end of some new special effect lighting attachments called the EFX Lighting Arms. The new lighting arms bring three spe...

In 2016, there were 762 murders in Chicago, the most by far anywhere in the United States — more than the total of New York and Los Angeles combined. This year there have already been over 600 homicides. I was born and...

Wanna pit your skills against tens of thousands of other photographers... for free? You'll soon have your chance. The 2018 Photo Contest by Shoot & Share--which bills itself as the world's only free & fair photo contest-...

After earning over $1.2 billion around the world and becoming a cultural phenomenon, Disney’s Frozen will soon be reborn as a Broadway musical. Photographer Andrew Eccles was tasked by Vanity Fair to capture portraits ...

2017 has been a great year for deals and savings, but as with all things, it must come to and end. Unless you have been under a rock you know that in just a few days we will ring in the new year and as such this will be ...

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

Yongnuo has made a name for itself as the go-to brand for cheap photo gear, and that includes several Canon lens alternatives (some seem like outright clones) that sacrifice some quality while slashing 60-80% or even mor...

Apple has just issued a public apology for slowing down aging iPhones. The company originally admitted to the slowdown last week, sparking outrage and a flurry of lawsuits against the company. Last week, after iPhone use...

Episode 241 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 – Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Amber and Garrette Baird of Gear, Glasses and Gadgets In This Episode If you subscribe to the ...

Leica's Thambar-M 90mm F2.2 costs $325 per aperture blade - and it has 20 of them. October - in America anyway, the month of costumes, changing leaves and inebriated frights. This year, I dressed up as a sheep for hallow...

If you're thinking of how you can help someone in need to end or start your year right, here's a collaboration that you should consider. German camera bag maker COSYSPEED has recently launched the CAMSLINGER Streetomatic...

Jared Polin, who runs the Fro Knows Photo website and YouTube channel, had just one question in mind: "Do astronauts on the space station shoot RAW?" From it came an idea to interview one of the astronauts up there. Whil...

In a "letter to our customers" posted on its website, Apple took a more active stance in the iPhone slowdown 'scandal' that has been making headlines over the past week. The company once again explained why it was reduci...