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Photography’s On The Phone — Tell It I’m Not Here!
So, time to stock up on bottled water and canned goods — the apocalypse is upon us. The iPhone 7 is here, and with its new and improved high res, dual lens, RAW shooting imaging system, it’s going to...
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Sharpening Your Photographic Mind: The 2 Types of Photographers
Something is off in our modern photographic culture. We’ve lost something. Something… big. As a professional photographer, and also a consultant on issues of management and strategy for organizations,...
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I Just Had 20,000 Slides Returned from Sports Illustrated
Ever since I was a kid, I loved saving stuff. I saved all my baseball cards in rubber band stacks in shoe boxes. I collected stacks and stacks of 7-Eleven Slurpee baseball cups in 1973. Every San...
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Death in the Camera Store: Learning to See On the Other Side of Fear
Crap. I’m only going to get 19 years? WTF? I am standing with my fingers knitted together, resting on the top of my head. A few feet away, there is a gun pointed at my face, and I’m trying like I’ve...
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Reflecting on Old Photographs: Nathan’s Famous Since 1916
When I was maybe six years old, my father introduced me to Nathan’s. We had dropped off his mother at her what was to me dreary apartment. That woman never seemed happy to me, and it wasn’t until I...
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What it Takes to Not Fail at Photography
When I was young, I had a vivid imagination but no real inclination towards art and creativity. I distinctly remember having trouble keeping my crayons within the lines of any coloring book I...
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Apple Reveals Its Design Philosophy Behind the iPhone Camera
Since the Pro Max marks the first time in a while that Apple changed the size of its camera sensor, PetaPixel spoke to two Apple executives who outlined the company’s vision and design philosophy...
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Adobe’s Tech Eroded the Public’s Trust in Photos, Now They’re Trying to Fix It
As more people gain access to the tools to manipulate images – and as those tools become more accessible – a new study says that the public’s trust in the photos they see online has been significantly...
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I Chose to Document the Final Months of My Grandparents’ Lives
I never set out to make this book nor did I have a plan for the images as I was making them. The photos were a way for me to process what was happening in front of me. This story is about my...
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How Adobe Super Resolution Works (and Doesn’t) for Smartphone Photos
When Adobe first unveiled Super Resolution, it gave photos a chance to increase in size without losing any quality, but it wasn’t clear whether that kind of magic extended to the trove of images on...
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Subjects of World Press Photo Series ‘Paradise Lost’ Critical of Project
The mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which sits between Armenia and Azerbaijan, has been rife with tension and animosity for over three decades. The conflict was reignited in September and...
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The Art of Selling Art: A Contemplative Approach
Perhaps the greatest dream of most nature photographers is the idea of crafting a living off print sales alone. All across the internet are stories of individuals making hundreds of dollars off each...
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Photo Series Captures the First 100 Days of Joe Biden’s Washington
On January 20th, 2021, I stood on the press risers at the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, DC, photographing Joe Biden taking the oath of office. It had already been a busy and chaotic month....
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The One That Nearly Got Us: Creating in Fear of an Oncoming Wildfire
It was a quiet evening with a brilliant red sunset visible through the tall pines of Flagstaff, Arizona. I was sitting with my neighbor in my front yard, each of us enjoying an Old Fashioned and...
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Knowing When to Fold
The overall measure of success for any photographer will likely be at least partially attributable to the effectiveness with which they are able to edit their own work. And by the way, in this...
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Modern Floral Still-Life Photos Influenced from 45,000 Year-Old History
Every photographer has a humble beginning. Somewhere in the awkwardness is a pivotal moment that sends their photographic trajectory barrelling forward. Mine began on the reefs of the Indo-Pacific...
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How to Stay Safe While Photographing the War in Ukraine
With at least 32 journalists having been killed in Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine, veteran photojournalist Timothy Fadek is sharing practical advice for other photographers on how to stay safe while...
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Imaging Resource Founder Shares the Tale of His Site’s Untimely Demise
After wondering why the Imaging Resource (IR) was seeing so few updates recently, a number of people noticed that it seemed to have vanished from the internet as of sometime last Friday, May 5. Had...
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The Story of Roger Fenton: The World’s First War Photographer
Roger Fenton is best known for Valley of the Shadow of Death, one of the oldest-known photos depicting war. His relatively short 10-year photography career sparked accusations that he was a government...
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A Landscape Photographer’s Dilemma: Should I Capture Locations or Unique...
It’s 7:30 PM. Sunset begins in Marblehead and a full moon starts to rise, right over the cast iron skeletal structured lighthouse, built in 1896. I’m standing next to several other photographers at...
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