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Well, this is odd. A university in the UK is banning the traditional throwing of mortarboards at graduation; but no worries, they say, students can pretend to throw their hats and the event’s photographer will Photoshop them in after!

This year’s graduation at the University of East Anglia in the UK is going to be a strange (and possibly quite comical) one. Groups of students who want to take the traditional mortarboard throwing photograph... more

Castello di Sammezzano (Non Plus Ultra) has to be the most beautiful castle in Italy. Often called abandoned, it’s not actually so; every once in a while it is opened to the public for a guided tour and volunteers take care of the place. At the moment it is being auctioned to the highest bidder.

Volunteers that have been taking care of the castle for years are afraid that its going to be turned into a luxury hotel or spa-resort, while they would rather... more

Installation artist duo Anna Heinrich and Leon Palmer loved the landscape around Hadleigh Country Park in Essex, England so much, they decided to capture it forever through the magic of the Camera Obscura. Thus was born “The Reveal.”

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Are you ready for the Canon 5D Mark IV? Because it’s right around the corner. A new report reveals that photographers are already testing the camera out in the wild, getting the software ready for the expected August release.

The report comes from our friends at... more

iFixit looks inside the Fujifilm X-M1

We're curious people at heart, and we like to know what's going on inside of our prized electronic possessions. But taking screwdriver to camera isn't a wise idea if you want to keep you gear functioning with a valid warranty. Thankfully, the folks at iFixit help satisfy our curiosity with their disassembly guides. So let's enjoy a look under the hood... more

Heres episode 74 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directlyand... more

The Impossible Project made a splash in the world of instant photography last month by announcing the I-1, the first new instant camera for the film format popularized by Polaroid decades ago.

The company just released a new 2-minute video that sheds a little more light on how and why the Impossible I-1 came to be:

There’s also a series of 3... more

Cameras record a ton of information about the exposure settings of your camera, and these have been standardized into EXIF metadata fields. What few people realize is that metadata is not limited to these standard fields, and your camera is recording far more information than you ever thought possible.

Much of this extra data is thrown away when a RAW file is processed because it isnt decoded by the software that processes the raw data. The resulting image... more

Traveling filmmaker Brandon Li has been chronicling his travels around the world over the last several years through short films. His latest one, titled “Hong Kong Strong,” is one that’s filled with creative camera techniques and editing tricks.

It’s “a deep dive... more

The Lightroom Develop Preset Creator is a new browser-based app that can generate presets with random looks for your photos. If you’ve ever wanted to use random filters in Lightroom, this site can help you do it.

The service was created by... more

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