The Megapixel Myth

My Sony has 61 million pixels. I could buy a Fuji with 100 million pixels. I could even buy a Samsung phone with 200 million pixels. All of this sounds very impressive until you realise that 99% of us never need that many pixels 99% of the time. The reason these high megapixel counts sound […]

Leaving Lightroom

I have a confession. For several years, I have had access to Lightroom and Photoshop for free. Not because I am an illegal downloader but because I submitted to Adobe Stock. Adobe contributors that made over a certain amount of sales per year were given either the Lightroom/Photoshop package or a full Adobe subscription to […]

A Guide to Photographing the Geometry Of Modern Architecture

Architectural photography is an endlessly interesting discipline. From ancient monuments, through the structures of the Industrial Revolution to the ultra-modern skyscrapers of today, the sheer variety of subject matter is astounding. Many of us, when we think of architectural photography, see high-end commercial images of modern contemporary buildings. Very often these are shot by high-end […]