Why Sharing Your EXIF Data Is Mostly Useless (or Even Detrimental)

In the age of digital photography, we’ve become accustomed to an almost obsessive focus on technical specifications. Photographers, aspiring and professional alike, pore over sensor sizes, lens charts, and, perhaps most persistently, EXIF data. This embedded information, detailing everything from aperture and shutter speed to ISO and white balance, is often seen as a holyContinue reading “Why Sharing Your EXIF Data Is Mostly Useless (or Even Detrimental)”

What Is The Very Best Raw Editing Software In 2026?

Here is a question I get asked day in and day out, year in and year out; “Mark, what is the very best raw editing software that I should use?“. Today we will answer this question.  A bit of a backstory. As you all know, I am deeply involved in the photography world and partContinue reading “What Is The Very Best Raw Editing Software In 2026?”

What I’ve Learned In Two Decades Of Writing Online

Most of you know that I have been writing photography content for the last decade with my current onecameraonelens and ourlifeonfilm websites as well as my previous mgaphotography website (I do have other little websites I run, but they are not updated as much for to concentrating on the main websites). Well, in the decadeContinue reading “What I’ve Learned In Two Decades Of Writing Online”

The most important editing setting once you’ve cropped your raw image

We all know that one of the, if not the most important tool in your photography editing toolkit is the crop tool. It can really make a composition better, and even create multiple compositions from a single image, cropping into various sections. However, the next most important setting is one that some people skip forContinue reading “The most important editing setting once you’ve cropped your raw image”

Do this one thing for your photography in 2026: It’ll change you for the better.

You’ll find a million YouTube channels and magazine articles giving you tips on how to improve your photography, but this is a little different. While everyone is trying to help you, the best advice is to help yourself, and this one thing will help you, help yourself to get more out of your photography goingContinue reading “Do this one thing for your photography in 2026: It’ll change you for the better.”