Posts by Author: Alex Baker

Recreate this iconic movie scene from 300 using just an iPhone and a 3D printer
Every so often a movie is released that really captures the action in an unusual and innovative way. Often the director and cinematographers have to…
Make your camera unique and one of a kind by engraving it like this photographer
Ah DSLRs, they’re pretty much all the same, right? Wouldn’t you like to customise them a little bit and make them truly unique so you…
Award winning Photojournalist fined for taking photos of police in Spain
A Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist has been fined $1000 for taking photographs of migrants in a camp in the Canary Islands, Spain. Spanish police allegedly…
Helicopter video footage shows extent of flood damage in Yellowstone National Park
A record amount of rainfall and snowmelt in the Yellowstone area has caused considerable damage to roads and infrastructure over the last 24 hours. Yellowstone…
Amazon ripping off Peak Design camera bags says John Oliver in humorous yet serious attack on big tech
“It’s Amazon’s playground and they do seem to win a lot of the time…” says John Oliver in a light-hearted look at the international giant…
This elephant clearly has a vendetta against camera tripods
One commercial photographer I know who shot a lot of pet food advertisements used to joke that the animals in his studio were so well…
Everything you ever needed to know about circular polarising filters
I remember when I first started out in photography I found all the different types of filters to be a bit confusing. I honestly didn’t…
Don’t try this at home: TikToker encourages people to destroy their lenses with rocks
There are some very daft suggestions and tutorials on TikTok. As I discovered when I tried a few of the photography hacks, there are several…
“We should show realities of school shootings,” says ‘Napalm Girl’ 50 years after iconic image was taken
Only flashes of memory remain of that fateful day. Kim Phuc Phan Thi, aged just nine years old, was outside playing with her siblings and…
It’s confirmed: Nikon Z9 sensor is made by Sony
I know some of you must have been on the edge of your seats for this little piece of news, but now we know. After…







































