Mike Harris

Mike Harris

How To Editor

Mike is Digital Camera World's How To Editor. He has over a decade of experience, writing for some of the biggest specialist publications including Digital Camera, Digital Photographer and PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine. Prior to DCW, Mike was Deputy Editor of N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine and Production Editor at Wex Photo Video, where he sharpened his skills in both the stills and videography spheres. While he's an avid motorsport photographer, his skills extend to every genre of photography – making him one of Digital Camera World's top tutors for techniques on cameras, lenses, tripods, filters and other imaging equipment – as well as sharing his expertise on shooting everything from portraits and landscapes to abstracts and architecture to wildlife and, yes, fast things going around race tracks...

Articles by: Mike Harris

Original image (left) and Lentil AI: Photo Art Generator generated image (right) made to look like characters inspired by Minecraft

iPhone camera app turned me into a Minecraft character and my surroundings into a scene from the Lego Movie

By Mike Harris published

School student creates AI iPhone app that transforms photos into a variety of art styles inspired by Minecraft, Studio Ghibli and more

Toy photography

I used a smoke machine to photograph Lego and the results are cinematic

By Mike Harris published

Tutorial Learn how to capture cinematic toy photography using practical smoke effects

Apple MacBook Pro M4 on a black background surrounded by white text: "Macbook Pro M4 a content creator's dream?"

MacBook Pro M4 gets 12MP camera: Incremental update or content creator's dream?

By Mike Harris published

news Apple's MacBook Pro M4 has a 12MP camera, better display and access to Thunderbolt 5. But is it worth the upgrade for M3 users?

Three black-and-white images displaying ghostly apparitions, a woman in a cloak in an old English village, a portrait of a woman with a skull showing and a specter at the top of a staircase

I photographed five frightful images for Halloween – here's how you can too...

By Mike Harris published

How to Try these five Halloween-themed photography projects, and freak out your Instagram followers this spooky season

Shadowy specter and man sat on stairs with inset BTS images showing an LED light, an Adobe CC screenshot of the specter and an arrow linking the images together

I used Photoshop to turn my shadow into a spooky specter for Halloween – here's how I did it…

By Mike Harris published

How to A little Photoshop trickery turned this simple image into a spooky Halloween image to fool my friends and family

Hand holding Apple Mac Mini M4 on a blue background with word 'value?' in large type

Mac Mini M4 fixes the best-value Apple Mac's biggest shortcoming. Here's how…

By Mike Harris published

news One key spec has prevented me from picking up Apple's best-value Mac, but the new Mac Mini M4 has just fixed the problem

SG-image 50mm f/1.8 Funtom, showing four variable aperture shapes and two sample images

Lens with "world’s first variable-shaped aperture" announced… boring bokeh begone!

By Mike Harris published

SG-Image launches trio of lenses including one that can transform bokeh into a variety of shapes

Chinotechs LD Meter

A camera light meter with built-in rangefinder released – ingenious idea or total gimmick?

By Mike Harris published

This light meter allows you to measure light and distance so you can exposure and focus your images more accurately when using older cameras

Sony, Canon and Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lenses on an orange and yellow background with the text "24-70mm"

Have you been using your 24-70mm lens wrong all along?

By Mike Harris published

OPINION This photographer's ingenious standard-zoom hack could transform your relationship with your 24-70mm lens

Smartphone downloading image sent via analog FM radio

Forget WiFi and Bluetooth – you can transfer images via radio like it’s 1989!

By Mike Harris published

Wireless before wireless: this YouTube video explains how you can transfer imagery over analog radio waves, no WiFi necessary

A person using an Apple Pencil 2 and iPad Pro to edit on Affinity Photo for iPad

I'll edit the heck out of my photos if I want to – if only to peeve off the purists

By Mike Harris published

OPINION Editing might not be for everyone, but spending more time in post-production doesn’t make you any less of a photographer

SpaceX Super Heavy booster fires thrusters as it returns to Earth

Historic SpaceX launch captured with $17,000 lens from 5 miles away – and it looks freakin' AWESOME

By Mike Harris published

NEWS An astrophotographer has immortalized SpaceX's Starship flight test 5 by renting a $17,000 lens – and it was totally worth it

Nikon Z9 against a yellow/orange gradient with large lettering stating 'AFP'

Nikon tech dominated the Olympics but was AFP the secret sauce?

By Mike Harris published

News Nikon France reveals that news agency Agence France Presse helped develop Nikon hardware and software for the 2024 Paris Olympics

Comet C/2023 A3 - Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is seen in the sky above the artwork Dodekalitten at Lolland southern Zealand, Denmark on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

These amazing images will make you want to photograph Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, before it's too late

By Mike Harris published

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS continues to delight astrophotographers and there's still time to capture the fleeting celestial event

DJI Osmo Pocket 3 next to line chart depicting DJI's dominant sales compared to Panasonic, Sony and GoPro

DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is Japan's biggest-selling video camera for nearly a year

By Mike Harris published

BCN Retail data delivers good news for DJI, but difficult reading for video camera manufacturers including Sony, Panasonic and GoPro

Futuristic image used during Tesla Robotaxi Unveil presentation

Elon Musk, Tesla and Warner Bros sued over 'Blade Runner' AI-generated imagery

By Mike Harris published

Alcon Entertainment accuses Elon Musk of feeding Blade Runner 2049 imagery into an AI generator. Voight-Kampff test pending…

Field of view

Photography cheat sheet: What is Field of View (FoV)?

By Lauren Scott last updated

Cheat sheet Understand Field of view in photography and how it relates to the focal length of the lens and the sensor size – the diagram below shows you more

Two soccer players challenging to header the ball, inset image of man photographing the sport from the sidelines

As MLS Playoffs kick off – here's how to photograph soccer like a pro

By Mike Harris published

Tutorial Stay ahead of the curb, learn to capture candid street photography with these streetwise tips

A barn owl sat on a fence post, surrounded by purple flowers and a soft green background

Don't wing it! This is how to photograph barn owls the right way

By Andrew Mason published

Tutorial How to find and photograph one of the UK's most beloved birds, the beautiful barn owl

Retro neon Nikon Diner Pop-up Experience sign on a cloudy background

Nikon Canada's vintage pop-up diner is giving me serious Stranger Things vibes

By Mike Harris published

NEWS Nikon Canada launches retro-themed event in Toronto, as well as Nikon Z fc social media contest

Animation of the aperture dial being turned on a Nikon W-Nikkor 35mm f/2.5, mounted on a Sony A7 II

This might be the weirdest camera lens I've ever seen! But where does it come from?

By Mike Harris published

NEWS I think this is the weirdest camera lens I've ever laid eyes on. But what is it, and what's the story behind it?

Nikon P1000 with preview and histogram on rear screen, next to the moon

I photographed the moon with a monster Nikon P1000 bridge camera – here’s what I learned…

By Mike Harris published

I took one giant leap towards stunning moon photos with the Nikon Coolpix P1000’s insane 125x optical zoom. Here’s how I did it in six small steps…

A man stands outside his tent in a quiet camping scene, pointing a flashlight directly at the comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3), which shines among countless stars in the night sky, creating a captivating celestial moment.

Get a photo of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS tonight before it disappears for 80,000 years – here's how

By Mike Harris published

How to Photographers have immortalized Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and you can, too. But you'd better be quick – it won't be around for much longer

Zhiyun Cinepeer CQ5 Smartphone Stabilizer being used by a person, flanked by two product images on a white background

"Hey gimbal!" Zhiyun launches voice-controlled AI stabilizer for smartphones

By Mike Harris published

news Zhiyun Cinepeer CQ5 Smartphone Stabilizer features AI and voice controls, so you can capture silky smooth footage hands-free

Three food photography images, cakes, a bowl of soup and cheese and bread

22 tantalizing food photography tips for World Food Day

By Mike Harris published

How to Celebrate World Food Day with this delectable masterclass of tips and tricks from leading food photographers

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