In a sobering what-are-the-odds assignment, Reuters sent freelance photographer Carlin Stiehl to document a safe haven for horses and other animals as Los Angeles battled deadly wildfires. The photographer knew the property: he had learned horseback riding there as a boy.
The Nikon Z6 III is a very powerful new camera and a popular one, too, as PetaPixel readers can attest. To showcase the device's prowess, Nikon Europe enlisted the help of four talented professional sports photographers.
“I’m in the midst of it right now,” said veteran fire photographer David Swanson Wednesday morning from the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California.
Photographers waited hours -- in cold rainy weather -- for murder suspect Luigi Mangione to appear at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
Amateur Photographer's editor, Nigel Atherton, recently chatted with Fujifilm with Theo Georgiades, general manager of Fujifilm Imaging Solutions UK, discussing a wide range of topics, including Fujifilm's product strategy, performance, and the resurgence of film photography.
A photographer had a powerful experience with a whale who swam up close allowing her to capture a close-up photo of the humpback's eye.
When a lake-effect snowstorm hit Erie, Pennsylvania after Thanksgiving, Pittsburgh-based freelancer Jeff Swensen drove 130 miles to make widely published photos for Getty Images.
After a slight hiccup and one-day delay, the European Space Agency's incredible Proba-3 mission successfully launched into space. The Proba-3 mission will do something never seen before: it will precisely and repeatedly create solar eclipses in orbit using two satellites. Lining up these satellites is a remarkable technological feat and relies heavily on breakthrough imaging technology.
National Geographic's annual "Pictures of the Year" issue celebrates the incredible adventures that Nat Geo photographers embark on each year and the remarkable, vital photographs they bring back.
Some of Nikon’s most popular and performant DSLRs used the smaller DX format -- Nikon’s term for an APS-C sensor. But as it shifted its strategy to mirrorless, all of its high-end cameras use the FX, or full-frame format.
Everyone has an intimate relationship with food. The job of food photographers, says an award-winning pro, is to create images that connect food’s personality to people who consume it.
Photographer Reuben Wu, known for pioneering light painting in beautiful landscape photography, including through the use of drones, has begun work on a brand-new project. While the project is in progress, Wu captured some beautiful shots in August that are too cool not to share a little early.
English photographer Jimmy Nelson, best known for his portraits of tribal and indigenous peoples, was recently announced as the winner of the $100,000 Special Appreciation Award at HIPA, the world's most lucrative photography competition backed by the crown prince of Dubai. PetaPixel sat down with Nelson to talk about the prize, his life, and his inspiring career.
As a research physicist from MIT, Stuart Sevier learned a lot about reality, technology, and perhaps most importantly, the perception of reality. He veered off his hardcore academic track to pursue the concept of reality from a more engineering-based perspective, ultimately founding Atom Images and working with a talented team to build the Atom H1, a tool built for photographers to capture trusted, authentic images in a world where the line between real and fake is becoming blurrier by the day.
Multi-talented artist Aundre Larrow is an exceptional photographer, filmmaker, and director. He is also an ardent defender of art at large and a staunch believer in the impact it can have on people, both as creators and viewers.
Music and commercial photographer Ed Rode spent decades making pictures of Tennessee’s most iconic brands: country music talent and Jack Daniels Whiskey. The key to making a good photo, he says, is having a healthy respect for the subject, whether it’s a living, breathing being or an object waiting for its moment to shine. Case in point: a bottle of whiskey.
Through his fantastic images, Finnish astrophotographer J-P Metsavainio shows how photos can be breathtakingly beautiful when art meets science. One of Metsavainio's recent images, WR 134 as a Rising Phoenix, is a brilliant example of the aesthetic wonders of the cosmos and the extreme technical precision required to do astrophotography.
Don Pettit and Matthew Dominick are arguably the two greatest photographers to ever go to space and the pair were interviewed together while onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
A few weeks ago, I tried on a Vision Pro for the first time. The one aspect of the technology that really caught my breath in my throat wasn't the immersive movie Submerged, it wasn't browsing the internet, nor was it trying out the digital workspaces. No, it was looking at my spatial photos.
Apple's new iPhone 16 series smartphones are Apple's best-ever handsets for mobile photographers. Among the biggest reasons for this is the suite of next-generation Photographic Styles, which intelligently and precisely adjust tones and colors in images, non-destructively and in real-time while using the iPhone's camera.
Arguing the upside of proximity, photographer Robert Capa said, “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” In-studio commercial photographers, with robotic cameras and high-tech lighting, get plenty close to their subjects.
In an interview with French publication Phototrend, Franck Bernard, the director of the imaging division of Fujifilm France, shared a lot of interesting information about Fujifilm's market performance, latest cameras, and whether the company might make a new film camera in response to enthusiasm around analog photography.
Since its inception, Leica has made an indelible impact on photography. Whether through its cameras and lenses or its Leica Galleries, the company has consistently demonstrated a passion for photography as an art form. While the Leica Gallery initiative traces its roots back to the 1970s, the company's efforts have been reinvigorated by Karin Rehn-Kaufmann, Leica's Art Director and Chief Representative for Leica Galleries International.
JPEG XL is a new-generation image file format that recently got a big boost to awareness thanks to native support in the iPhone 16 series smartphones. So what is it, why does it matter, and why should you use it? Who better to ask than one of the people who helped make it a reality?
The Mars Curiosity rover landed inside the Gale crater on Mars on August 6th, 2012. In the 12 years since, the rover has seen a lot of amazing things on Mars and taken thousands of photos, many unlike anything ever seen before. One such unique photo is the first-ever photo of Earth and the Martian moon Phobos as seen from Mars.
In a Japanese interview with Yomiuri, Nikon's president, Muneaki Tokunari, acknowledged that while smartphones harmed overall sales of digital interchangeable lens cameras, they may contribute to the demand for high-end cameras. Not many years removed from dire straits, Tokunari also outlined Nikon's ambitious expansion plans, including its recent acquisition of RED Digital Cinema.
National Parks: USA premiered last weekend on Nat Geo and features breathtaking photography of some of America's most beautiful parks, including Zion, Yellowstone, Olympic, and more.
John Cheng is the official photographer for USA Gymnastics (USAG), one of the most interesting jobs in all of sports photography.
Today is World Photography Day, and an excellent opportunity to look at the technology photographers use to capture images. PetaPixel chatted with Retrospekt's co-founder, Adam Fuerst, about analog and digital photography, the act of taking pictures, and where photography can go from here.
World Photography Day is as good a day as any to celebrate the power of photography. While much of the focus is typically on the photographer, photography also dramatically impacts those photographed, as Nikon's new "Proud Reflections" short film artfully demonstrates.