Mike Harris
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...
Latest articles by Mike Harris
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I thought Adobe Creative Cloud was better value than the old Creative Suite – now I'm not so sure…
By Mike Harris published
opinion I couldn't afford Adobe's Creative Suite back in the day – Creative Cloud subscriptions changed that – but a decade later, are users losing out?
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I want to photograph fall… but where have the colors gone?
By Mike Harris published
OPINION Fall is THE season for landscape photography, but it's unpredictable. And in my neck of the woods, it's not as impressive as it could be…
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Amazing 'tiger dance' photo was shot with pop-up flash and a slow shutter speed
By Mike Harris published
PHOTO OF THE DAY Photo of the Day: Pop-up flash was used to drag the shutter and create a tack-sharp subject with blurred spirals of light
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Mesmerizing ICM multiple exposure is CEWE Photo Award's monthly winner
By Mike Harris published
News UK photographer earns monthly CEWE Photo Award win with superb cycling ICM multiple exposure
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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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
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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
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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
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