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“Lost Property” is a wonderful 5-minute animated short film by freelance animator... more

Here’s a beautiful photo of the Earth and Moon in a single frame, captured back on October 3, 2007 by the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Our planet was about 88 million miles away from the camera.

The photo isn’t an accurate representation of the distance between the Earth and Moon due to the fact that they’re at different distances to the camera. Here’s what the actual distance looks like to scale:

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Sony CyberShot RX1R II Review

The Sony Cyber-shot RX1R II is a full-frame, 42MP compact camera with a fixed 35mm F2 lens. The successor to the 24MP RX1R, the Mark II inherits a lot of technology from Sony's flagship a7R II mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. 

Between the continuing evolution of the RX100 and a7-series', Sony is on a big roll when it comes to... more

Panasonic has just unveiled the new Lumix GF8, a mirrorless camera followup to the GF7 from last year. The GF7 was a entry-level camera geared toward selfies, and the GF8 takes that to... more

I am a photojournalist with a severe anxiety disorder and last week it got the better of me while trying to work. Heres what happened.

The PBS NewsHour Democratic Debate took place on Thursday, February 11th, 2016, between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the Helen Bader Concert Hall in the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts on the main campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

I learned of the debate thanks to Facebook, where a nearby event let me... more

In 35mm photography, a “portrait lens” is usually considered to be a fast lens with a focal length of around 80-135mm. This allows you to achieve a shallow depth of field and a pleasant perspective that doesn’t distort your subject’s facial features. But that... more

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Panasonic has introduced the Lumix DMC-GF8, essentially a GF7 with an emphasis on selfie-friendly features. It continues to offer the GF7's 16MP Four Thirds sensor, 1080/60p video and built-in Wi-Fi, but wraps it all up in your choice of a pink,... more

Photographers tend to shy away from wide-angle lenses when shooting portraits, but DPReview Technical Editor Rishi Sanyal thinks that's all wrong. In this video, he uses the Sigma 24-35mm F2 Art to illustrate his case for wide-angle portraits, capturing a couple of models with a setting sun in Seattle's lovely Discovery Park. Step away from your 85mm comfort zone and learn some of Rishi's tips - and reasons - for going wide with portraits.

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Heres episode 47of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and... more

If you use Facebook (or Instagram), you may have seen people share photos of themselves that they “accidentally” snapped… but really the photo was clearly planned. YouTuber Crispy Dingo decided to poke fun at these types of pictures. In the 37-second... more

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