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Remember Flag? Back in 2014, the then-nascent idea raised over $150K on Kickstarter to launch a 100% free, ad-supported photo printing service. Today, that dream became an honest-to-goodness smartphone app reality.

The Flag app is here; well, the Flag app... more

Instagram just released version 8.2 of its iOS app. Among the “bug fixes and performance improvements” is a new iOS extension that lets you post directly to Instagram from elsewhere in iOS.

What this means is that you can now upload an Instagram photo directly from your Photos app. Other apps that utilize the built-in iOS share box can now send photos and videos directly to your Instagram account as well.

To get the Instagram option to show... more

At Computex in Taipei recently, Chinese company Weeview Inc. showcased a USB-C dongle that adds another camera to an Android phone, enabling it to record stereoscopic 3D videos. Called Eye-Plug, this camera dongle records content simultaneously with either the rear or front-facing camera integrated in the handset; because it uses USB-C, the dongle can be inserted in either direction. 

A prototype version of Eye-Plug was demonstrated at Computex, and the company will, according to... more

You don’t see that every day. Australian photographer Tim Samuel recently captured a couple of photos the likes of which we feel confident saying you have never seen before. He photographed a fish… trapped inside a jellyfish… controlling the jellyfish... more

A few days ago, we had a crazy flood in Paris. The Seine rose by a whopping 6.10m (20 feet for you imperial friends), overflowing the banks, depriving people of electricity, and flooding buildings, public transports, and businesses. It was a rather destructive flood, especially for cities outside of Paris where entire towns, as I am writing this, are still chest-deep underwater.

While taking the above long exposure shot, the local news came by, and I ended up as... more

The European investment group AURELIUS announced today that it has acquired Calumet Photographic and Bowens Lighting, two well known brands in the world of photography. The sale will... more

The softbox is one of the staples of light shaping, but are you using it the same way as everybody else? If you need a bit of an inspirational spark to light your creative fire, this short video featuring lighting expert Andrea Belluso will show you how to, in his words, “think... more

I will begin by saying that my intention is not to attack Steve McCurry or defame him in any manner. It is only an attempt to clear certain facts that have come to light regarding his work and to also raise certain questions on aspects that may or may not have been missed, but certainly have not been expressed till now… at least not publicly.

McCurry is an inspiring figure to many, therefore in the light of recent events, a close examination of his... more

There are no real images of a black hole, only artist renderings like the one above and that really cool CGI version in the movie Interstellar. But that may change in the coming years thanks to an algorithm recently developed at MIT.

Created by a team lead by MIT grad student Katie Bouman, the algorithm is basically an intelligent stitching software that compiles images captured by the international collaboration known as the... more

Theres an article, published here on PetaPixel, thats currently making the rounds on social media. It’s called A Disturbing Trend in Photography. In it, long-time photographer and photo educator Neal Rantoul makes the argument that the art photography of today is heavy on words and light on quality.

He says:

Go to a graduate thesis show and take a look. The... more

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