Photography Opinion Pieces Articles

It feels like the last couple of years the words artificial intelligence have dominated the photographic world. Camera companies, editing tools and stock agencies have rushed to embrace the AI revolution, often with a seemingly blatant disregard for the views of real world photographers.

However, whether we photographers love or loathe the rise of AI, there is no going back. That horse has bolted and we now have found ourselves in a position of how, when and why to embrace AI in our photography.

For some, it’s a simple way to interact with friends and show their images off. For others, it’s a valuable marketing tool. Whether you are just beginning in photography or a seasoned pro, social media is a valuable and useful place for photographers. Not only is it a place to display and show off your […]

My first camera had no battery. Its metering was done by a selenium cell that produced its own power when the light fell on it. Even by the standards of the time, it was as basic as it came. This was in the early 1980s, and state-of-the-art then would have been cameras with shutter and […]

Shooting in the off season makes a lot of sense for a number of reasons. Today we are going to look at some of them in more detail. But what exactly is the off season?

AI Imaging is here to stay. Whichever way you feel about the advent of artificial intelligence, that horse has well and truly bolted. That of course raises concerns about the future of real photography. Will it still have relevance in an age when photos can be created by typing a few words into an app? […]

I will say it slowly, twenty-five years. What’s twenty five years I hear you cry? It’s been twenty-five years since I bought my first digital camera. At the time I was shooting my film-based images on a Nikon F100. The F100 was a beautiful camera, perhaps equivalent to the Nikon D800 and Z7 in that […]