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Stay up-to-date with the latest news within the photography industry. Here we feature new photography gear announcements, creative conferences, and other interesting headlines related to the world of photography and filmmaking.

Fab’ Launches a Gorgeous New Handmade Leather Camera Strap

Fab’ are one of Canada’s top camera strap manufacturers. They have a wide range of leather and rope camera straps and harnesses, and everything is made by hand in Montreal. They’ve built up an extremely good reputation for making the highest-quality straps, yet they refuse to rest on their laurels.

Researchers Warn AI Animal Videos Are Harming Real Wildlife Science and Perception

A growing wave of AI-generated animal videos is spreading across social media, and researchers say these fabricated clips are quietly reshaping how the public understands real wildlife. The concern is not just that the videos are fake, but that they present impossible or invented behavior as if it were documented fact.

A Camera Trap Just Caught One of India's Rarest Cats

Two camera traps in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park caught a lean, long-legged wildcat with black-tufted ears moving at night. The animal was a caracal, one of the least-seen wild cats in India, recorded in the same landscape where the country's cheetah reintroduction project is running.

What the Squarespace Subscription Price Increase Means for Photographers

For most of us, a portfolio website is a clean, deliberate space where we curate our perspective and control the sequence of our imagery without the platform getting in the way. Yet it also has to work hard behind the scenes. It houses the blog where we track our evolving creative ideas, and it serves as the primary lead-generation engine that connects our work with actual clients. For years, Squarespace was the quiet default that balanced those needs seamlessly. You built your site, you wrote your thoughts, and you let the platform run in the background.

What the Upcoming Copyright Office Fee Increase Means for Photographers

The U.S. Copyright Office has officially started the clock on a significant fee change that will impact how photographers protect their work. On July 14, 2026, the office submitted its final proposed fee schedule to Congress. This triggers a statutory 120-day review period, meaning that unless Congress intervenes, a new set of higher fees will automatically go into effect in mid-November 2026. For working pros and serious enthusiasts who regularly register their images, this policy update shifts the baseline economics of their practices.

Do Photographers Have the Right to Sell Every Image They've Taken?

A photographer was hired to shoot a musician for a magazine. Months later, she started selling prints from that session. The musician says she never agreed to any of that — and now a court is going to settle a question photographers normally settle with a piece of paper: who owns an editorial photograph once the shoot is over?

George Lucas Says AI Is 'the Future' of Filmmaking and There's Nothing You Can Do About It

One of cinema's most influential creators just planted his flag firmly on the pro-AI side. In a wide-ranging interview tied to the opening of his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, George Lucas said artificial intelligence is "the future" of moviemaking and that fighting it is pointless: "There's nothing you can do about it. That's progress, it's the future."

An Influencer Filmed a Stranger's Skirt for Clout. It Just Cost Him $20,000

A man with more than 100,000 Instagram followers who filmed himself lifting a stranger into the air outside a nightclub, exposing her underwear on camera, has been ordered to pay $20,000 for posting the footage without her consent. A B.C. tribunal decided the clips counted as intimate images even though the man said he was just chasing views.

Is the Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max the Ultimate Telephoto Flagship? Here is What We Know

For years, telephoto performance on smartphones has felt like a compromise, often forcing photographers to choose between reach and image quality. With the global launch of the Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max, Huawei is looking to shift that narrative and establish a new standard for mobile photography by bringing some of the latest imaging tech to the smartphone. 

Why Getty Just Abandoned Its $3.7 Billion Merger With Shutterstock

Getty Images has killed its $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock, refusing a condition set by UK regulators that would have forced Shutterstock to sell off its entire editorial photography business. The deal had already cleared US antitrust review with no strings attached, which makes the UK objection the single reason two of the biggest names in stock photography will stay separate.

'Missed the Mark': Meta Retreats on Instagram AI Photo Grab

Meta has removed the feature in its new Muse Image tool that let anyone generate AI images from your public Instagram photos, just three days after switching it on. The company said the feature "missed the mark" and is no longer available.

A Fast, High-End Nikon Camera Is Reportedly Weeks Away

Nikon is reportedly close to launching a fast, high-end, professional APS-C camera, with an announcement expected in the next couple of months. The most talked-about spec is a 45-megapixel stacked sensor in a body built for speed.