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The Canon 16-35mm F2.8L II has been one of the most coveted lenses amongst landscape photographers for a fairly long time. The legendary sunstar was one of the major selling points of the lens and it was one of the major characteristics that really separated the Canon lens from the rest of the field.

When we first heard that Canon was going to release an updated version of the lens we were pretty darn excited. The Mark II was a fantastic piece of glass, but struggled in terms... more

Over the years, Photoshop has evolved from a very rudimentary pixel editing program called “Design” into an image editing powerhouse that most photographers, designers, and digital artists absolutely can’t live without. This fun little video captures that journey.

The “visual history of Adobe Photoshop” was put together by the folks at... more

When it comes to cameras, Im something of a minimalist. Slap a great sensor behind a fixed focal length lens and let me go shootthe limitations wont upset me, theyll challenge and delight me.

By this token, the Fujifilm X-T2 is probably not a camera I would have purchased for myselfsomething like the X100T or the Sony RX1R suits me betterbut when... more

What happens when you swap out a video pro's cinema-grade gear with a Canon EOS 80D?

Filmmaker ScottDW found out, when he put down his usual pro kit and picked up the 80D to shoot an installment of his High School Dance Off video series.

 ScottDW is a professional filmmaker with over 880,000 YouTube fans

ScottDW put Canon's Video Creator Kit to use... more

From almost the minute it was announced, somewhat incongruously, at the Consumer Electronics Show in January (well, it does have a touchscreen, I suppose), the Nikon D500 looked like it was going to be a hit with DPReview's readers. After so many years we had almost lost hope that Nikon would replace the D300S, which soldiered on well into its dotage, and well beyond the point where it was able to keep up with the likes of Canon's EOS 7D II. 

But replace it Nikon did, and in... more

2016 Travel Photographer of the Year

Joel Santos, Portugal Winner, Travel Photographer of the Year 2016/www.tpoty.com

Salt Desert, Danakil Depression, Afar, Ethiopia. This unique aerial photo shows the salt miners guiding a dromedary and donkey caravan through this desert's unique salt patterns.... more

Episode 134 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Twitter announced back in October 2016 that it would be shuttering Vine, its 6-second video sharing service. If you’re a faithful Vine user who wants Vine to live on, there’s good news for you now: some parts of Vine will live on as an app called Vine Camera.

In... more

In May of 2016, I had the opportunity to travel to Argentina through my university for the purpose of researching food politics with our anthropology department. I jumped on the opportunity when it was offered, and had the experience of a lifetime learning about conducting anthropological work.

Naturally, I brought my camera along with me, and tried to think of the best ways to tell the story of food and politics in Buenos Aires. The following tips and images are the result of... more

Over on Instagram, there’s a guy who goes by “Kirby Jenner” who has attracted over 440,000 followers with cleverly Photoshopped photos. For each photo, the guy humorously inserts... more

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