Posts by Author: Alex Baker
Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe
The Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro STM lens: a solid wide angle prime with 5 stops of stabilisation to keep your images razor sharp
Sep 5, 2022
Alex Baker
I love shooting with prime lenses. Something about the simplicity of having to ‘zoom with your feet‘ combined with a lighter weight and usually better…
Improve your landscape images tenfold by using these storytelling tips
Sep 2, 2022
Alex Baker
“If you focus on this instead of getting the latest and the greatest camera gear,” says Mike Smith, “you will get so much better than…
James Webb telescope captures distant planet outside our solar system
Sep 2, 2022
Alex Baker
Astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The…
These photographers built an epic flooded set in their back yard using a baby pool
Sep 1, 2022
Alex Baker
Do you have big ideas for photoshoots and get that sinking feeling when you realise they are just too big, too messy or too complicated…
DALL-E will now let you ‘imagine’ beyond the borders of an image
Sep 1, 2022
Alex Baker
Did you ever wonder where the Girl with a Pearl Earring might have been when Vermeer ‘captured’ her in his famous masterpiece? Well, now text-to-image…
Don’t make this mistake when using the ‘nifty-fifty’ lens
Sep 1, 2022
Alex Baker
How many of you use a 50mm f/1.8 lens? Its popularity across the board has given this lens the nickname of the ‘nifty-fifty’. So-called because…
BeReal is developing a new feature for discovering friends of friends
Aug 31, 2022
Alex Baker
BeReal is currently working on an updated feature that will let you see posts by friends of friends. The new feature was noticed by developer…
Woman takes 50,000 photos and makes AI program to monitor cat’s poop
Aug 31, 2022
Alex Baker
What lengths would you go to for your pet? One woman went the extra mile (or twenty) to ensure her kitty was healthy by creating…
Do you need an image stabilising lens as well as in-body stabilisation?
Aug 30, 2022
Alex Baker
Many camera bodies come equipped with image stabilisation (IBIS). Similarly, most high-end lenses also come with optical image stabilisation (IS). So what happens then if…
Creator economy grew 119% in two years, Adobe report claims
Aug 30, 2022
Alex Baker
Adobe has published a report about “The Future of Creativity”. The brand behind Photoshop and Lightroom discovered that more than 165 million creators joined the…