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Heres episode 89 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3... more

Adobes Lightroom Mobile apps for Apple and Android mobile devices have both been given significant updates that allow users a much wider range of controls when editing and shooting. The company has quite different apps for the two operating systems, and while Android users have been able to edit Raw files for some time the facility is now offered to iOS users via version 2.4. Owners of Android devices can now install version 2.1 which offers what Adobe calls a Pro shooting mode that allows... more

The Polaroid brand has launched a new free mobile app called Polaroid Swing. It’s “an innovative moving photo app” that opens the door to a “new visual medium for the... more

Should you ever give a client photos in exchange for “exposure”? That’s the question discussed in this 6-minute video by NYC-based portrait and fashion photographer Jeff Rojas. He shares 3 things you... more

After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was devastated by the 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami, the nuclear disaster caused a major evacuation and the creation of an exclusion zone around the old plant. Five years later, a photographer has ventured into the zone to deliver photos to the outside world.

27-year-old urban exploration photographer... more

Peak Design has launched four new bags in its Everyday product line: the Everyday Backpack in 20L and 30L sizes, the Everyday Tote, and the Everyday Sling. All four bags are offered in two different configurations, one Charcoal in color with black trim and red accents, the other Ash with black trim, blue accents, and leather accents. 

Peak Design says its new bags, while ideal for photographers, 'aint just camera bags,' hence the Everyday moniker. The array of bags are... more

FStop is a new web app that’s trying to do for photo shoots what Tinder did for dating. It’s basically a matchmaking app that helps to connect those involved in a shoot: photographers,... more

Apple didn't invent the concept, but ever since the company launched its Live Photos feature it has been en vogue to add a touch of motion to still images just enough to give you a better idea of the atmosphere at the time and place of capture.

The latest new app to slightly vary this theme is Polaroid Swing. The app captures 60 frames in a quick burst and combines them into an animated image. When viewing you can trigger the 1-second... more

Amidst a barrage of violent imagery in the past week graphically illustrating the deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and five Dallas police officers, Jonathan Bachmans image of... more

Here are random observations from my time as staff photographer for Dean for America. I wrote this some time ago as advice for somebody who was going to be a campaign photographer.

Campaign photography is an odd mix of photojournalism/documentary photography and promotional work. On one facet is to produce lots of images that make your candidate look good for consumption by the huge number of media outlets that dont have newswire subscriptions. Those images... more

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