Photography News

Brazilian soccer legend Pel, widely considered the best player ever, has filed a $30 million lawsuit against Samsung. He claims that the company used a photo of someone who looks like him for an advertisement.

The 75-year-old Pel says that the Korean company walked away from negotiations in 2013 regarding using Pel to advertise its electronics.

Samsung then proceeded to place a print advertisement in the New York Times that featured a photo of a... more

Colorizing old black-and-white photos with Photoshop has been a popular subject on the Internet over the past few years, as skilled retouchers use their time and skills to offer a new view of vintage images. In the future, though, software may be able colorize B&W photos with the click of a button.

Automatically colorizing black-and-white photos is a problem that computer science researchers are hard at... more

One photographer received quite a shock recently when he found out that one of his clients had been arrested for murdering her daughter. He had been hired by the “grieving” woman to create Photoshopped “ghost girl” photos at the grave site.

Pennsylvania photographer... more

I see this sight with increasing frequency: people holding up their phone in front of their face, recording a cool event or situation, like a concert or speech, watching the three-dimensional live event through a tiny screen.

Its a conscious decision, choosing to record the moment rather than experiencing the purity and reality of that moment. Its a choice photographers know something about.

Its true, a photographer walks and balances on a thin line... more

Peacock feathers are designed to dazzle and attract a mate, but they’re equally amazing when viewed from up close. Canadian photographer Waldo Nell photographed one through a microscope, and... more

Polarr has just launched version 2.0 of its popular iOS photo editing app. The new version features a list of new features and an upgraded user interface.

There are now customizable toolbars on both sides of the screen, and portrait and landscape orientation are both... more

Here’s the story of how I recently proposed to my girlfriend using the back of my film camera.

It was date night and our first date of the year. I had been overseas for a few weeks and before that we had both gone back to our respective parents places during the Christmas break. I used this as an excuse to dress up a little.

In the morning, while she was at uni, I bought flowers and put post-it notes throughout her room detailing what to wear and... more

IKEA has announced its new “Art Photography” collection, a new series of 11 limited-edition fine art photos that will soon go on sale in IKEA stores in the United States.

This is the second year IKEA is holding a special “Art Event” series, which is geared towards making fine art available to the masses.

“Spanning from the highly abstract to the figurative, the Art Photography collection reflects the rich and inspiring... more

Read our Video Shooting Experience

The Sony a6300 has some of the most comprehensive video specs of a mass-market camera, so it seemed like a perfect excuse to embark on a video project. DPReview writer Richard Butler is a self-professed beginner when it comes to video, so he set out to see what he could do with the little Sony as he tested... more

Heres episode 60of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directlyand... more

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