Author: Jason Row

Jason has more than 35 years of experience as a professional photographer, videographer and stock shooter. You can get to know him better here.

Striving For Imperfect Photography

Photography for Beginners
By Jason Row / May 12, 2026

That new lens you just bought, bitingly sharp isn’t it? It’s cutting edge, using the latest optical technology, advanced coatings and complex mechanical engineering. Yet, the images you take from it, lack something.

They are unbelievably sharp, edge to centre at all apertures, yet the images lack spark, they seem clinical. Welcome to the world of perfect photography, it’s a world that we and the manufacturers have striven for for decades. However, now it’s here, it all feels a little disappointing.

Are The Tripod’s Days Numbered?

Camera Craft
By Jason Row / May 5, 2026

The relentless march of technology has very much changed what we can do with our cameras. Thirty years ago, putting an ISO 1600 film in our camera, guaranteed very grainy images. Twenty years ago, shooting digital at 3200 promised a similar grain in the form of noise. Today, I can shoot a 61 megapixel camera at 16000 ISO and get results that look significantly better than 3200 ISO on a 12 megapixel camera 20 years ago.

Before we look at that, let’s take a look at why the tripod has been such an important part of any photographer’s life.

Why Low-Fi Gear is the Spark Your Creativity Needs

Photography for Beginners
By Jason Row / April 28, 2026

Very little photography marketing these days tunes into the most important element, creativity. Why is that? Because you can be creative with cheap, old and used camera gear as much, if not more than with the latest megapixel busting dream machine.

The simple fact is chasing perfection can stifle our creativity. We can concentrate far too much on the many technical elements of our cameras to the point of ignoring the creative. Today we are going to look at why low tech and older camera gear might just be the creative spark that you are looking for.

Editing – When Less Is More

Camera Craft
By Jason Row / April 14, 2026

The power that we have in Lightroom and many other modern apps is astonishing. To the point where we can take a relatively dull, average composition and turn it into something incredibly striking. I say striking because it doesn’t mean the image is good. We have at our mouse buttons a plethora of tools that combined with AI masking allow us to change entirely the way an image looks.
We are, however, in danger of over reliance on over editing our images and today I want to look at why when it comes to editing, less is often more.