There are always questions asked about which is the best mode to use your camera, should you use Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual or Program mode. In this post I detail my favourite mode.

Firmware 4.0 for the Nikon Z9 was released on 13th June 2023 and brought a new Auto Capture menu that effectively allows the camera to start taking photographs once a preset series of conditions have been met - it effectively turns the camera into one of the most expensive and most advanced trail cameras available.

For this post I thought I’d combine old and new to see how well old technology works when combined with a modern high megapixel camera like the Nikon Z7ii. The Nikon PB-6 bellows unit was released in 1983, 37 years before the introduction of the Z7ii, so I thought it would be interesting to see how the two can be used together.

Astronomy enthusiasts will witness the first total lunar eclipse of 2021 on May 26 so it is timely for this post. Total lunar eclipses occur when the Earth comes in between the Sun and the Moon and completely blocks the Sun’s rays from reaching the Moon. This is particularly challenging for the budding astrophotographer.

I have always liked those round creations which look like your own little worlds, and wanted to try to make one so I finally did by following a simple tutorial on the internet.

The recent pandemic lockdowns prevented many people from travelling to pursue their photography hobby but, while stuck at home, photographing garden birds can be the perfect way to try a different subject.

There are two basic scenarios when shooting landscapes that may benefit from focus stacking. Focus stacking combines a number of images taken at different focus distances through a scene.

Each year in late April and early May, the landscape of Cumbria takes on a different hue. This is the time that the fresh greens of spring grass change to the blue of the humble bluebell, also known as Hyacinthoides non-scripta.