If you’re getting started with portrait photography, one of the biggest questions is: what lens should I use for portraits? With the best portrait lenses coming in so many options – from affordable options to high-end professional glass – it can be overwhelming to choose the right one for you.
The first factor to consider is the focal length, which significantly impacts how your subjects…
More than 200 leading photographers offer images of hope to support global conservation
August 20, 2025
Prints for Wildlife, the acclaimed fundraising initiative that unites many of the world’s leading nature and wildlife photographers, will return on August 21, 2025, with a powerful new edition: Edition Hope.
Since its launch in 2020, the initiative has raised more than…
NASA Missions That Changed Our Understanding of Space
August 20, 2025
Photographers often wish for more time to shoot the sunset – but the astronauts aboard the International Space Station get to witness 16 sunsets and sunrises a day. The problem? Golden hour is more like “the golden five seconds,” says astronaut, chemist, and renowned…
Happy World Photography Day, everyone! Photography today is very much different from what it was decades ago, let alone centuries. So, to celebrate, maybe it’s time to trade pixel counts for passion and let nostalgia take the wheel. Let’s stop chasing technical perfection for a moment and get back to what photography is really about: the feeling, the moment, the capture.
Because…
I don’t pack up my camera when the sun goes down – here’s how I capture urban low-light photography
August 19, 2025
You’ve spent all day out and about with your camera, and it’s time to go home, right? Well, hold your horses, once darkness descends, urban areas start to light up with neon signs, gaudy entertainment, and the beams of passing traffic. For the main image here, I…
Worried you’re getting on a bit, and there’s a ‘best before’ date on your career? Well, there’s an army of octogenarian photographers who will politely – or perhaps mischievously – prove you wrong.
From global fashion shoots to humble…
If you had told me back when I was in high school that I would one day be shouting at large groups of people, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. But my decision to pick up a camera hasn’t just given me the ability to freeze time – it has given me the confidence to speak up as a soft-spoken introvert.
I’ve long been described as a quiet, shy personality type. If you want to crank up my…
Sony dominates EISA Awards with Lens of the Year
August 19, 2025
Sony’s winning streak at the 2025 EISA Awards didn’t stop with the cameras.
After taking Camera of the Year for the Sony A1 II, it also claimed Lens of the Year with the FE 50–150mm f/2 GM – a fast telephoto zoom designed to deliver prime-like sharpness and creamy…
Let’s be honest: everyone wants to look their best. When you wake up in the morning, you rub the sleep out of your eyes, remove anything green dangling from your nose and brush your teeth (or at least, I hope you do).
If your eyes are bloodshot, you might use eye…
I’m worried we’re in another big tech bubble…. and it’s about to burst all over your photography business
August 18, 2025
If you run a photography business, chances are that AI hasn’t impacted your bottom line yet. Because although AI is able to do things like generate studio-quality headshots, it’s still a long way from being able to replicate the work of wedding photographers, sports photographers or fashion photographers, for example. For now, at least.
However, there is a different, more indirect way…
