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)”
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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”
If I Was Buying A Camera For The First Time, This Would Be My Advice To Myself
We’ve all heard it a million times, through friends, camera clubs, magazines and marketing. Start off with a beginner grade camera with a kit lens and take it from there. And for many, if not most of us, we followed that advice. But the advice is wrong, and if I was buying a camera forContinue reading “If I Was Buying A Camera For The First Time, This Would Be My Advice To Myself”
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”
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