
Alan Palazon
I’ve been writing professionally since 2021 and joined Digital Camera World as a staff writer in 2026. My previous role was as a junior editor for a careers advice publisher and I’ve freelanced in the sustainability and travel and tourism niches.
In 2025, I became a qualified journalist completing my training remotely while traveling through Latin America. The experience melded my love for words and photography, and expanded my photographic interest into international photojournalism. Capturing the world’s incredible landscapes and cultures through the lens is what most inspires me.
I started out on a Nikon D3500, which was the ideal entry-level digital camera, but have since upgraded to Sony’s Alpha system. My go-to setup is the A7III (and later A7 models) paired with the 24-105 F4 G lens. In all honesty, cameras are so advanced these days that I don’t think it matters what make or model you use.
Latest articles by Alan Palazon

These wildlife photographers broke the rules, and letting them off sets a dangerous precedent for animal welfare – but do you agree?
By Alan Palazon Published
News A viral video of photographers coming within meters of a wild puma in Chile has split hairs, but rules are rules, and flouting them is a slippery slope to unethical wildlife photography – yes or no?

This photo masters light, melding narrative and composition to win an award – and it was shot with an iPhone
By Alan Palazon Last updated
Hungarian photographer Gellért Gombai subtly infused the backstory into his award-winning image using light and shadows, adding deeper meaning to an otherwise abstract photo

Think you look cool with a camera in hand? Nobody’s as cool as this NASA photographer riding in an F-18 jet!
By Alan Palazon Published
NEWS NASA photographer Jim Ross soared the Washington, D.C skies snapping photos of the US capital during the country’s 250th anniversary. Sorry guys, but we’ll never be as cool as this photographer…

Looking for a compact APS-C camera? I think the Sony ZV-E10 is a smarter choice than the Canon EOS R50
By Alan Palazon Published
OPINION Both are entry-level cameras with similar specs, geared towards vloggers and creators on a budget – but I think the Sony is superior

This contrasting scene of a countryside picnic on an urban rooftop won a major photography award – and now it’s your chance
By Alan Palazon Published
News Photographer Mithail Afrige Chowdhury won £10,000 from the 2025 Wellcome Photography Prize for capturing human resilience among urban expansion – and now you can enter the 2027 awards

"Digital sucks": I think all photographers should watch Olivia Wilde’s tour of Kodak’s New York film lab
By Alan Palazon Published
Opinion This tour of Kodak's New York film lab provides an education in film processing that even digital photographers can benefit from

These pigeon cameras could help create smarter drone cameras, say researchers
By Alan Palazon Published
News Canadian zoologists strapped tiny cameras to pigeons, believing their in-flight vision could inspire more advanced machine vision systems and drones

"The magic happened… all it took was the right click" – Andean condors reign supreme in Patagonia Photo Contest
By Alan Palazon Published
News This year’s Patagonia Photo Contest winners included two fantastic shots of condors, a bird of prey considered a national symbol across the Andes

"This discovery shows why exploration still matters" – Scientists film alien-esque spookfish in the wild for the first time ever
By Alan Palazon Published
News These videos feature a spookfish so alien that it seems like a sci-fi concoction, as well as thermal vents spewing life-forming materials into the depths of the Atlantic

Sony users: now you can control your Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD lens remotely thanks to latest firmware
By Alan Palazon Published
News Tamron has released firmware version 6 for the Sony E-mount 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD, bringing support for latest Tamron Lens Utility remote control app

Patagonia Photo Contest celebrates breathtaking landscapes and wildlife – while exposing conservation concerns
By Alan Palazon Published
News The winners of the seventh Patagonia Photo Contest showcase the region's spectacular scenery and iconic species while shining a light on the growing challenges of human-wildlife coexistence
Astronomers perplexed by new James Webb Space Telescope photos unveiling secrets of a galaxy 11 million light-years away
By Alan Palazon Published
News The images shed light on the galaxy’s past and colorful stars that other telescopes couldn’t in what the dumbfounded astronomers are calling a case of “galactic archaeology”

In a rural French town, they cherish cows in an annual festival – and this photographer documented it beautifully
By Alan Palazon Published
Photographer Thomas Savary embedded himself in the rural French town of Allanche, where every year 40,000 people celebrate an age-old tradition: the transhumance of Salers cattle to high-altitude pastures

New Nikon Z50II firmware puts more creative control in filmmakers' hands when recording in shutter priority
By Alan Palazon Published
News Firmware version 1.10 for the Nikon Z50II enables manual aperture adjustments in shutter priority mode and rejigs a host of settings in the Setup Menu

Iconic pre-digital British pop culture photographer Trevor Key gets posthumous book published by Sigma
By Alan Palazon Published
News The eponymous Trevor Key delves into the photographer’s innovative pre-digital visual arts techniques and collaboration with renowned graphic designer Peter Saville, and is set for release via the Sigma Foundation in August

WWF uses trail cameras to shed new light on the world’s most elusive big cat - the ‘Ghost of the Mountain’
By Alan Palazon Published
News WWF has shared trail cam footage from a snow leopard survey in China, these cats being so elusive only an estimated 22% of their range has been documented, with researchers nicknaming them “Ghosts of the Mountain”

Photo of a muddy duel to the death between a crab and a fish captured on a DSLR was runner-up in top travel photography award
By Alan Palazon Last updated
News The scene depicting a frantic fight in the sticky mud between predator and prey recently came second place in a wildlife category at the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year Awards

Fujifilm’s ultra-exclusive, designer GFX100RF received a firmware update – but does anyone here actually own one?
By Alan Palazon Last updated
News This designer, limited edition camera is so exclusive that I doubt anyone here actually has one – but Fujifilm has released new firmware to fix a pretty annoying bug

Why use huge space telescopes for astronomy when you can blast an astronaut with a Nikon into space – new research paper suggests
By Alan Palazon Published
News An image shot on a handheld Nikon during the recent Artemis II lunar mission has revealed new insights into the evolution of our solar system

Indigenous midwifery photo series takes prestigious women’s photojournalism crown
By Alan Palazon Published
News Photographer Johanna Alarcón has won the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2026 for documenting indigenous midwifery centers in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes

“Moments like these never get old up here”: astronaut captures mesmerizing image of the aurora from aboard ISS with Nikon flagship camera
By Alan Palazon Published
News Astronaut Sophie Adenot captured an unbelievable aurora “stretching as far as the eye could see”, bolstering her impressive portfolio snapped aboard the International Space Station

Considering a Nikon D600 camera? Then be aware of this shutter flaw that could spoil your images before you buy
By Alan Palazon Published
Opinion The Nikon D600 is an attractive DSLR for beginners on a budget, but it became notorious for leaking oil onto the sensor, leaving unwanted spots on images

"Photography and film will help us to educate people” – Fascinating underwater shot captures Red Sea 'coral doctors' at work, winning a science photo award
By Alan Palazon Published
News Marine biologist and filmmaker photographs divers researching coral off the Saudi Arabian coast, snagging a Scientists at Work award
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