Since leaving the UK in 2014, I always thought it was temporary. A few years abroad. Some travel. A bit of life experience before I did the “normal” things people like me are meant to do — get a job, buy a house, settle down somewhere predictable. That was the plan. Until my first daughter … Read more
As you read this, I’m making the 26-hour journey back to the UK. I’m not going for a holiday. I’m going to bring my mum to live with us here in the Philippines. ⸻ My Nan got Alzheimer’s. At first, it was just little things. Misplacing objects. Forgetting names. But we all knew where it … Read more
You’ve heard it a hundred times: full frame is better in low light. And yeah — technically, that’s true. If you shoot wide open with fast glass, you’ll squeeze out more from your sensor. Better high ISO performance, cleaner shadows, less noise. It’s real. But the keyword there is if. If you shoot wide open. … Read more
The Best Cameras You Can Buy in 2026 Last updated March 2026: I regularly update this guide as new cameras are released and as I spend more time using the models listed below. If you’re trying to figure out which camera is actually worth buying in 2026, this guide will help. I’ve owned or used … Read more
I grew up before smartphones existed — back when a “mobile phone” was a brick with an antenna, often tethered to a box the size of a car battery. I remember getting my first phone at sixteen and returning it the same week. None of my mates had one. What was the point? Little did … Read more
Last Updated March 25th 2026: Over the past 6 months, I’ve continued to shoot with both the Ricoh GRIV and Fuji X100VI both in the Philippines and now that I’ve moved, in the Scottish Highlands. Most “best compact cameras” lists get rewritten every January with the same cameras shuffled around. This one doesn’t. Every camera … Read more
Last updated Ocotber 2025 I owned the X100V and only sold it because I needed the money for something else at the time. When I was ready to jump back into the X100 line, the X100VI had just been announced — so I pre-ordered it and wrote up my full X100VI review here. I’ve just … Read more
I didn’t mean to take the saddest photo of my life. But once I saw it, I couldn’t unsee it. We were at Saayo beach. Golden hour light washing in low from behind, catching Arlene’s hair like fire. She was sitting on the break wall holding Isobelle, looking out across the sea toward Negros island … Read more
Today, it seems that video rules the world. Want to be noticed? Dance on TikTok.Want to become a creator? Pull a stupid face for your YouTube thumbnail (I did one of these once and felt dirty lol).Need to promote your photography? Don’t show it — show a video reel of you making it (did this … Read more
For a long time, I was a 35mm guy. Not the classic rangefinder 35mm field of view — I’m talking about Fuji’s 35mm f/1.4, which I used for years as my go-to, general-purpose lens. It gave me the kind of subject isolation I liked: shallow depth of field, a bit of compression, and a tighter … Read more