Photography News

As 2017 comes to a close, Flickr has been doing some data crunching on the billions of photos uploaded during the year by photographers around the world. Today the photo-sharing service revealed... more

Adobe just released this helpful 2-minute video that shares 10 handy shortcuts you can use in Photoshop when working with layers.

Here’s a quick rundown of the 10 shortcuts (watch the video above for visual demonstrations):

1. Add layer masks to hide all

To quickly add a layer mask to hide all of a layer, just hold down the Option key on Mac (or Alt on Windows) and click on the “Add Layer Mask” button in the Layers panel.

2. Delete layer masks

Instead... more

When we finished our teardown of the a7R III, we didnt anticipate just how badly people wanted to see the new camera bodys weather sealing.

This may seem like a no-brainer since weather sealing is something avid Sony mirrorless camera shooters like myself are pining for (not that its stopped my A6000 from weathering the occasional shower). But, the truth is that the a7R III is not... more

One of the windiest nights Ive ever taken pictures turned into perhaps the single most rewarding and frightening landscape photography experience of my life. I was on the Mesquite Sand Dunes in Death Valley, a place I had visited twice in the past, though under much tamer conditions.

This night, the gusts of wind were far greater than I had seen before, and they kicked up a layer of sand that made for amazing sunset photos. But as the day came to a close, it was clear I had... more

With smartphones, image processing is as importantif not more importantthan the camera hardware components themselves, which is why the chipset is a crucial element in the imaging pipeline. Most Android smartphones come equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipsets, and the company has just unveiled its latest top-end product, the Snapdragon 845.

We will probably see... more

Researchers from theUniversity of Illinois have managed to create a new camera called the Mantis Cam that can see polarized light. This technology provides possible solutions for everything from unlocking the mysteries of the underwater world to early cancer detection.

The research was published in the journal... more

Photographer Josselin Cornou recently got his hands on a Kipon EF-GFX adapter and Tamron 15-30mm F2.8 lens, which he couldn't wait to slap onto his Fujifilm GFX-50S. But what to shoot? So he hopped into a car and headed up to Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains of Australia... with a $6,500 camera... what the worst that could happen!?

Cue Murphy's law.

As fate would have it, Josselin and his expensive new gear got caught... more

Portrait of the photographer

Film nostalgia in photography might be all the rage today it seems a lot of people are hungry for that 'organic, analog look' but for Seattle photographer Sofi Lee, nostalgia for vintage digital compacts is a lot more fun. And it's the limitations of these cameras that help to set Sofi's professional work apart from the crowd.

Lee only graduated... more

The fixed prime lens camera market may be a bit niche, but it's here that you'll find some of the best cameras you can buy. Sensors ranging from APS-C to full-frame are designed to match their lenses, which cover ranges from 28-75mm equivalent, so image quality is top-notch.

Episode 235 of thePetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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