Damien has been writing about photography and photographic equipment since 1997, and has been a professional photographer since 1987 - when digital photography was only a dream. He’s more-than-slightly obsessed with photography and all

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Every piece of equipment that comes our way, whether a camera, a lens or an accessory, gets the same level of careful scrutiny. We discover what products are good at and what they are not so you don’t have to. Tests are not just made in the lab, but our technical findings are also investigated in practical situations to establish what readers can expect in real-world conditions.

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30 Years of Polaroids

Fashion and beauty photographer Bruno Bisang has put together a collection of beautiful polaroids taken throughout his career, proving that...

Camera Raw 101

Jon Canfield aims to dispel complexity of Raw conversion, but the majority of the examples and tutorials urgently need updating...

Camera+ For Iphone

The Camera+ App allows for immediate editing and offers a plethora of special effects, making your phone a much more...

Permanent Error

Pieter Hugo illustrates how the poor of the third world make a living picking through our e-waste. Makes you think...

The suffering of light

Alex Webb takes you on a chronological journey through three decades of photojournalism, illustrating social turmoil and cultural tension -...