Reflections and motion blur taken at the skatepark

View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Asturias, June 2026. From the video You don't need much to go on a mini photography adventure.

Sunset over Lake Michigan. Charlevoix, MI. (iPhone 15) I knew I should have brought color film. All I had was a stupid iPhone.

Lil late-summer spritz.---This image was pulled in from my Pixelfed to populate what I call the Photolog.

North Pennines The long, hot, dry summer has been lovely! It started off with half a term in the studio, teaching and painting, followed by taking over the whole studio to paint in for duration of…

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When it's super bright like this, I like to over-expose, and really push the contrast. On the GFX, that makes it look like Superia to me.249 words · 7 images

This is an uncorrected raw frame from the Leica Q3 (28mm f/1.7), processed in DxO PhotoLab with all optical and geometry modules turned off. Modern fast wide-angles are increasingly engineered as a…

Here’s a piece from my ongoing abstract photography project, L’Escapade Éphémère, which I’ve been working on more consistently for about a year. I define L’Escapade Éphémère as a fleeting departure…

Iconic Clock, Grand Central Station – New York, New York After a long day of exploring New York City, my wife returned to our hotel room. After dinner, I felt re-energized and headed back out…

Some photos taken with a wider aspect ratio

Doug Guerra, a prolific video producer for B&H Photo, hosted a two-part series introducing HDR workflows that contains countless serious errors. Misunderstanding PQ CLAIM “HDR10 uses a…

This is the fortieth shot, so it needs to feel sacramental – 40 is the number of trial and transformation, and the film is more religious than it realizes: Noah's ark endured 40 days of the Great…

How to make high dynamic range (HDR) shots using Nikon's HDR Overlay, and how the results compare to using an editor to merge multiple exposures into an HDR photo. Tips on how to manage HDR without a…

Shitty Camera Challenge, Day 52:We went out to dinner today and on the way home I shot some pictures from the car.Superheadz Digital Harinezumi 2Kind of a creepy-looking house, "enhanced"…

Freedom Tower Abstract – New York, New York I’m proud to announce that Issue 86 of my photography magazine is hot off the digital presses (via email)! I’m doubling down on New York…

I visited the Basilica of St Adalbert on August 17, 2026. I was granted access to the interior and had the amazing interior to myself for more than an hour.

The historic Dixie restaurant. This was the only possible photo of the entrance I could make due to automobiles parked directly in front of it. The sidewalk was narrow so even an ultra wide angle…

As a photographer of over two decades, I have cycled through more gear than I care to count. I’ve shot and owned virtually every mainstream system, from DSLRs to the latest mirrorless cameras.…

I suspect every photographer has a piece of equipment that changed everything for them. Not always expected, rarely expensive. But the one that unlocked something for them. Mine was the Sigma…

The pros of analog photography and a fixture to take photos through the viewport of the camera using your smartphone.

‘When I was young I used to have this nightmare about dying. I used to lie awake at nights screaming. All my school friends went to heaven or hell and I was sent to Southend!’ Douglas Adams, author…

Galicia, August 2026. From the video Why I work on multiple photography projects at once.

Some time ago I decide to make a photo exhibition in my city and, before doing it, I make some research of what I need to do. So I made the photo exhibition with some errors here and there but I love…

As those of you have read my recent articles will know, I’ve made the decision to transition from writing about gear to focus on getting out with my camera more. In the last few weeks…

I realized the other day that dealing with photographs has replaced dealing with software in my daily life. This is a great improvement in terms of personal happiness, though I do have the same…

Pictures from Copenhagen pride parade and street party 2026 Some of my pictures and video clips from the Copenhagen pride parade and street party 2026. My focus was on capturing individual…

11-08-26 Far too long since I'd visited the Botanics. It was sunny enough to bring out a few insects but a little bit disappointing overall, with speckled woods being the only butterfly species out…

Live, in-person cinematography workshop 16 September 2026, Cambridge, Uk BOOK YOUR TICKET NOW This intimate workshop takes you behind the scenes as we build dramatic lighting setups and frame scenes…

2026 Perseids Meteor Shower at Awenda Provincial Park The 2026 Perseids meteor shower wasn’t as dramatic as I had hoped for, but was exactly the kind of night that I’ve been craving! I…

The sky this time is gold and blue and a bit of red there too. Sunsets have the most subtle colors that shift and change slowly and quickly. Yeah, it’s cliche to photograph them because…

Wish I could retain my data like I used to do film photography in 90s.

A lot of things came together for this report on the Cooke triplet of the Minostigmat lens: So here is my article, which recalculates the theoretical performance of the first Minox lens, the…

Leica M8 – Tethering – Is It Possible? Right after the Leica M8 was released in 2006 I bought one. Even back then I was dabbling with tethering cameras to a computer and the advantages of…

I’ve been toying around with pinhole photography of late, and picked up a Mia Mezzaluna 6x9 camera. The banner image is a 10 minute long exposure I took of myself. It was quite fun trying not to move…

This is what my Fujifilm X100VI kit had become––bloated and less pleasurable to use. (click to enlarge) In the past, I've expressed my thoughts about the X100VI, how I use it, my different and more…

Hey there! Welcome to my little corner of the internet and thanks for spending some of your valuable time reading my articles. I truly appreciate it. If you are new to this blog/newsletter,…

A new telescope, an improvised solar filter, very little time - and one wrong recording mode. My attempt to capture the August 12 solar eclipse didn't quite go as planned, but after a lot of manual…

I like to take pictures of decay sometimes, like the natural wear and tear of existence on things. Anything old, dirty, rusted, etc, and particularly if it has some real texture to it. Before we get…

Burkhard Fenner’s article here on this website about his restoration of a VEF Minox Riga last year has generated a great deal of interest. Now, here is another article by him about a very mysterious…

Testing my new camera in the sun.Published on 2026-08-17

Sinar saw digital photography coming decades before it transformed the industry. So why did one of photography’s most innovative companies struggle to survive it? I have some ideas.

The heatwave in Germany is continuing and everyone is suffering. We’re simply not (yet!) prepared for so many days with temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius. Thomas’s plants are also suffering from…

Shooting handheld is a creative decision which is carefully and deliberately considered, rather than a choice born out of pure practicality. Let’s examine some of the reasons why filmmakers decide to…

Nikon FM2n - Nikkor AI-s 105mm f/2.5 - Kodak Colorplus 200

and lessons learnt

More meteors, more video processing.

My reaction to receiving my family's photo album.