The wide angle lens obsession: It ruins your photography

I was obsessed with wide angle lenses and fisheye lenses for many years. I always thought there was something special about having everything in your shot. Of course, they are still handy, but in hindsight they have a time and place to be used. While wide-angle lenses (typically 24mm and wider on a full-frame camera)Continue reading “The wide angle lens obsession: It ruins your photography”

Five Regular Photographers Websites Worth Checking Out In 2025

As much as I enjoy running this website, along with my everyday work and love for photography I also enjoy getting inspired by others. Sometimes it is because of their great images, sometimes their great editing technique, sometimes their great articles and often a combination of all those things. Today we look at five, regularContinue reading “Five Regular Photographers Websites Worth Checking Out In 2025”

Understanding aperture priority (and exposure compensation) to improve your photography

Up until 2018 or so, I was an avid proponent of only photographing in full manual mode, taking control of everything including ISO and white balance. One day, I was chatting to a friend of mine who was (is) a full time professional photographer who asked why I was doing this all the time. WhenContinue reading “Understanding aperture priority (and exposure compensation) to improve your photography”

Commit to your image. Commit to your vision.

Photography has come a long way since it’s early days of becoming popular with the masses. It’s evolved, and keeps evolving, and ever increasingly that evolution relies on being as safe as you can, shooting in raw and editing when you get home or back in the office. However, there’s a growing amount of peopleContinue reading “Commit to your image. Commit to your vision.”

Improve your photography with a prime lens

A lot of people fail to understand how using a prime lens can make you a better photographer than you are at the moment. There’s a mindset that believes that you are constrained by using a single focal length, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In this article I’ll explain why using aContinue reading “Improve your photography with a prime lens”