You’re probably thinking this is a silly argument. If it’s decisions I want, what’s to stop me making a decision about how my photos should look when I process my RAW files? If I want black-and-white, I can have it. If I want vintage, faded color, I can have it. RAW files enable me to choose whatever style I like – so what’s the problem?
Well it’s become apparent to me that there are…
Why removing color made this photograph of a well-known desert landscape more powerful than ever
December 25, 2025
White Pocket, located in Arizona’s remote Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, requires a challenging four-wheel-drive journey across rough dirt roads. Yet despite its remoteness and the commitment required to reach it, the location has been photographed…
A real tree, a real sky… but this amazing photo feels like it was taken on another planet!
December 24, 2025
At first glance, this looks like sci-fi: a bulbous, gravity-defying tree stretching its twisted limbs towards a sky streaked with pinks, purples and cosmic dust. But nothing here is imagined. The tree is real. The sky is real. And the place is Socotra; an isolated Yemeni…
Mushrooms, mist and a 16mm gamble: here's what happened when photographer Albert Dross went ultra-wide and ultra-low with his camera
December 23, 2025
At first glance, it was an unassuming patch of woodland: damp leaves, a fallen log, a few pale mushrooms most walkers would barely register. But drop the camera to ground level, push an ultra-wide lens to its limits and start stacking focus, and an ordinary-looking forest starts to transform.
Shot from beneath the fungi at 16mm, this image exaggerates scale, bends perspective and pulls the…
The 2025 Oppo Photography Awards has crowned its global winners, spotlighting some of the most compelling mobile photography from around the world.
In its biggest year yet, the competition drew nearly 2 million submissions from 87 countries, making it the most expansive…
The tragic cost of wildlife photography: Rare and beautiful Galaxy frogs threatened by photo tourism
December 17, 2025
A striking photograph of the rare Galaxy frog (Melanobatrachus indicus) is drawing attention to the latest report from global conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London).
The paper, published today (December 17 2025) in Herpetology Notes, highlights that a small…
Your photographs can inspire millions: Enter the Hasselblad Masters 2026 competition for free (shot on ANY camera, digital or film)
December 17, 2025
The Hasselblad Masters 2026 competition is officially open, inviting professional photographers worldwide to showcase their most creative, technically masterful and inspiring work.
Free to enter and open to submissions captured on any camera system, the competition offers a unique chance to gain international recognition, win extraordinary prizes including €5,000 (approximately $5,900 / £4,400…
Vivian Maier: Street Photographer review: an insight into one of photography's greatest stories
December 17, 2025
Vivian Maier: Street Photographer, edited by John Maloof with a foreword by Geoff Dyer, stands as one of the most essential monographs of the past two decades; not only because of the photographs themselves, but because of the extraordinary story behind them.
Vivian Maier…
Opening Record 2 feels less like picking up a photobook – although it is, without doubt, one of the best photography books on street photography – and more like stepping inside Daido Moriyama’s ongoing dialogue with the world. This volume brings together the images and…
The fast and frantic nature of street photography often requires you to think fast on your feet, or rather fingers. Whether it’s a moment that you want to flood the sensor with light to achieve a pin-sharp shot, or you want to slow the shutter down a little to inject a bit of arty motion – diving into the settings in the conventional way, changing from aperture priority to shutter…
