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Sony has announced its new Planar T* FE 50mm F1.4 ZA lens. This full-frame fast prime features an 11-blade aperture for circular out-of-focus highlights even as you stop down, 'Advanced Aspheric' and ED lens elements and Zeiss' T* coating. Sony says that the... more

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Sony's wireless radio flash trigger system, introduced back in March, is headed to retailers this August. The system is comprised of a 'commander' (FA-WRC1M) and a... more

How would you react if you were threatened while doing a photo shoot in a public place? Los Angeles-based photographer Alex Stone says he was nearly run over yesterday by an angry man while doing a photo shoot on a public... more

Modern smartphones are essentially pocket-sized mini-computers, capable of dealing with many tasks that not very long ago would have been processed on desktop or laptop computers. The camera module is just one component of many, but more and more consumers are carefully considering camera performance in their buying decision.

Manufacturers have been well aware for quite some time and are investing heavily to make sure the cameras on their devices can compete with the best. The... more

The Astrophotography of Matt Dieterich

Star trails and aurora over Mount Rainier from Reflection Lakes. This photograph was selected by the United States Postal Service for a new 'Forever Stamp' celebrating the National Park Service 2016 centennial.

The year 2016 is the centennial anniversary of the U.S. National Park Service, which manages over 400 parks, monuments, and... more

Heres episode 88 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3... more

The Milky Way is the name of the spiral galaxy in which our solar system is located. It is our home in space. The Earth orbits the Sun in the Solar System, and the Solar System is embedded within this vast galaxy of stars.

(Selfie) Pointing at the Galactic center of the Milky Way over the town of Pylos in Messinia, Greece

In the northern hemisphere, the Milky Way is visible in the southern half of the sky. This makes Greece one of the best places in the world... more

GoPro just released this 4-minute video tutorial titled “Creating Fire Rain: A Steel Wool Experiment.” It’s a look at how you can create raindrops of light by burning and spinning steel wool, a technique that has gotten a lot of attention (both good and bad) over the past few years.

Warning: This photography technique can be very dangerous and can cause serious bodily injuries and damage to a place if not done in a safe and controlled... more

I kept this post as a draft for months, unsure if I should publish it since it discusses things and events that aren’t very easy to share. I hope it can inspire and help at least one person from my personal life experience.

People often ask me why I shoot and when it all started. For a very long time I found this to be one of the toughest questions to answer.

With photography as a creative outlet its pretty difficult (or near impossible) to narrow... more

In Thailand, there’s a wedding photography business that’s attracting quite a bit of attention. It’s called , which literally translates to “Small Person.... more

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