World Press Photo 2025 Winning Photos Shine a Light on Global Issues
World Press Photo has announced the winners of its 2025 World Press Photo Contest, showcasing some of the world’s best photojournalism and documentary photography. [Read More]
Texas Drops Charges Against Photographer Sally Mann
Texas has dropped charges against Sally Mann after a grand jury declined to take action against the controversial photographer and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth where her photos were exhibited in January. [Read More]
Boudoir Photo Basics: Alluring Poses of Curvy Models, Composition, Settings & More (VIDEO)
The Patrick’s Boudoir Photography YouTube channel is a great source of information for those new to this unique subset of portraiture that relies heavily upon your ability to capture flattering, sensuous images that emphasize a subject’s best physical attributes. The video below is episode #22 of an ongoing Two-Minute Series. Our instructor Patrick is a Vienna-based boudoir artist who specializes in natural light B&W imagery with simple gear. His straightforward lessons cover everything from simple window lighting without costly supplemental illumination, composition techniques, unique eye-catching effects, appropriate camera settings, post processing methods and more. He does some of this in today’s lesion, but the main emphasis is on posing. If…
Apple ‘Launches’ Lumon Terminal Pro from Hit Apple TV+ Series ‘Severance’
Apple is on a marketing blitz for its hit Apple TV+ show, Severance, which aired its highly … [Read More]
The Best Photos Taken by the Blue Ghost Moon Lander
The Blue Ghost lunar lander’s mission may have ended, now resting lifeless on the Moon’s surface, but its success has secured its place in history. [Read More]
The Asus ProArt QD-OLED Monitor is Ultra-Bright With Near-Perfect Color
Asus announced a new ProArt Display that leverages QD-OLED display technology, allowing it to mix the excellent color and pixel response time of OLED with increased brightness and burn-in resistance. [Read More]
Two Photoshop Tools That are Useless or Destructive Unless They’re Used Like This (VIDEO)
Photoshop offers a vast array of features, some more effective and easier to apply that others. Today’s quick tutorial from the globally popular PiXimperfect YouTube channel discusses two tools that are frequently ignored because some users dismiss them as useless or even destructive. Applied properly, however, they are very powerful and effective. The subjects of ire are Photoshop’s underrated Smudge tool and Blur tool. According to instructor Unmesh Dinda, however, “these tools can dramatically improve your masking workflow and help you clean up rough edges, refine transitions, and create natural-looking composites with ease. Dinda’s tutorials are built around a somewhat rare strategy: “We believe in learning the concept, rather than…
PetaPixel’s Fujifilm GFX100RF Sample Gallery Is Now Available
Last week, PetaPixel published its review of the GFX100RF. Typically, pre-release cameras aren’t ready for a full review let alone the publication of downloadable RAW files, but this time Fujifilm’s sample cameras were production-ready and running on final firmware. [Read More]
Sony’s Teased Compact Cine Camera Is the $25,000 Venice 2 Extension System Mini
Last week, Sony teased a new full-frame E-mount cinema camera that promised to “Go small, shoot big.” That product has been fully unveiled, and it is extremely niche: the $25,000 Sony Venice 2 Extension System Mini that requires an even more expensive Sony Venice 2 8K or 6K camera. [Read More]
The Very Good Smartphone Cameras You Aren’t Considering | The PetaPixel Podcast
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and I are joined by PetaPixel’s mobile and computing contributing writer Ted Kritsonis to talk about the very good smartphone camera systems that North Americans might not know about or have outright disregarded. [Read More]
