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Clichs are everywhere on Instagram, and trending hashtags are an easy way for users to shoot nearly identical photos on the same topics. For their latest music video for the song titled “Clichs,” Hirophante decided to create a hypnotic rapid-fire slideshow that shows how much... more

GoPro has seen better days. The company just announced that it will be cutting its workforce by 7%, roughly 100 people, after seeing big declines in sales of its action camera.

Although annual revenue has grown 16% to $1.6 billion in 2015, the company saw... more

Sometimes, photography is about being brilliant at lighting, or capturing a decisive moment, but often it’s as much about collaborating with other talented people to realize a vision as it is about your own skills.

The idea of recreating Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper using characters from Star Wars had been in my head for over a year before I was finally able to make it real.

The painting is such an iconic and brilliantly composed imaged... more

In a bit of a surprise, one of the hottest products to make an appearance at CES 2016 was an analog product: Kodak's Super 8 movie camera. Built around the classic Super 8 film format, the camera does make some nods to contemporary digital technology: instead of an optical viewfinder there's a flip out LCD screen, and there's also a SD card slot for recording sound.

But the... more

Heres episode 38 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and... more

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Global tech giant Google could be joining the camera business if a patent it was awarded this month is anything to go by. Filed in June 2014 and just approved on the 12th January this year, the patent issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office is for a... more

Lensbaby has announced that its Edge 50 Optic lens is now available to existing Muse and Composer owners for pre-order. Previously sold only in combination with the Composer II lens body, the Edge 50 Optic is part of Lensbabys Optic Swap System for Muse and Composer series lenses, and was released in October 2015. 

The Edge 50 is a 50mm F3.2 optic which, according to... more

Here’s a curious case of someone who wasn’t happy with a portrait taken of himself. A fugitive recently sent a selfie to police because he hated the “terrible” mugshot the department published.

Donald “Chip” Pugh, who had a warrant out for his arrest after being suspected of arson and vandalism, sent a photo of himself to the Lima Police Department in Ohio. His message read: “Here is a better photo that one is terrible.” The... more

Sony has created what it believes is the world’s first 48K 360-degree video. The company created a special 3D-printed camera rig that uses 12 Xperia Z5 smartphones arranged in a circle. By shooting 4K with each phone and then stitching together the resulting footage, Sony was able to create 48K video that you can explore interactively.

The first video... more

French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen believes that an unflattering photo of him sleeping damaged his image in a recent election, and now he’s suing the dancer that snapped and posted it.

The French magazine Public reports that the lawsuit was filed against 29-year-old professional dancer Brahim Zaibat, Madonna’s ex-boyfriend, who posted the photo of the 87-year-old Le Pen dozing off on a plane on December 12th, 2015:

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