Photography

The photography world has weathered a number of profound losses in 2025. They span the full spectrum of practice, from commercial and sports photography to fine-art and documentary. Some lived past 100, witnessing a century of photographic evolution from film to digital. Others were taken from us too early, leaving us to mourn what more they might have created.  Together, they represent not just…

What’s more festive than transforming a room in your house into a dreamy, fairy-lit world, perfect for a spot of creative portrait photography? The concept is simple – by sticking a fast prime lens onto the front of your DSLR or mirrorless camera and taking advantage of its super-wide aperture, we’ll be able to create a nicely blurred background to transform those tiny, twinkling…

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…

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…