Kim Bunermann
Kim is a photographer, editor and writer with work published internationally. She holds a Master's degree in Photography and Media and was formerly Technique Editor at Digital Photographer, focusing on the art and science of photography. Kim covers everything from breaking industry news and camera gear to the stories shaping photography today. Blending technical expertise with visual insight, she explores photography's time-honored yet ever-evolving role in culture.
Latest articles by Kim Bunermann

Compact cameras make up 40% of the Top 10 cameras in Japan right now. A cult favorite leads the pack, while other point-and-shoots are years old
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS Sony's full-frame camera triumphs, while four compact cameras are making Japan's popularity ranking – the winning compact comes in three photographer-focused variants

"For three years, I had tried many times to get a decent photo of this species, but I hadn't yet succeeded. What you see before you is a dream fulfilled" – Young wildlife photographer scoops top youth prize in major bird photography competition
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS After spotting a Plain-backed Antpitta in El Queremal, Colombia, this young photographer discovered a true treasure of a bird in the woods and a detail that made this award-winning Canada Warbler photo even more special

"Quality, color and reliability" – How this Scandinavian company has shaped the future of photography
By Kim Bunermann Published
INTERVIEW Capture One CEO Rafael Orta explains how Denmark’s history of color reproduction, precision engineering and imaging expertise helped create a company whose influence reaches far beyond its size

Iconic classic cars play backdrop to one-day photo show in Somerset tomorrow
By Kim Bunermann Last updated
NEWS 70-year-old British camera retailer LCE celebrates milestone year with major content creator event in the South West this Saturday

Photo of tiny seahorses gathered around their 'father' after being released into the world wins prestigious award. "We spent countless hours searching in difficult conditions, with no guarantee of finding a single seahorse," says photographer
By Kim Bunermann Last updated
UPDATE When the jury looked at this award-winning underwater photograph, the panel went silent. Now it takes the top prize in this year's Ocean Photographer of the Year competition

"I spotted a female Common Merganser with a flatfish take to the air to protect her catch from other mergansers. I was thrilled to snap this frame, but I worried it wouldn’t be tack sharp. It was!" says award-winning photographer
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS Photographer captures a female Common Merganser in razor-sharp flight at 1/2500sec in Nova Scotia, Canada, adding another prestigious international award to her growing collection

Canon's "sports camera king" and its "most important and most powerful camera" just got a little bit better
By Kim Bunermann Published
FIRMWARE Canon releases fresh firmware updates for two of the brand's highly rated full-frame mirrorless cameras: the EOS R1 and R5 Mark II

"I've never seen anything like it": photographer captures haunting contrast between life and death as Northern Gannet hangs from fishing line beneath nesting cliffs – the image now wins prestigious conservation award
By Kim Bunermann Last updated
UPDATE Wildlife photographer's powerful monochromatic image, showing a dead Northern Gannet hanging from discarded fishing line beneath a nesting colony has won a major award

Half of the Top 10 cameras in Japan right now come from one manufacturer – the No.1 is "recommended for users who want to carry a full-frame camera with them at all times and don't want to compromise performance"
By Kim Bunermann Last updated
UPDATE 50% of the best-selling cameras in Japan are coming from this global player, but one is missing from the Top 10 chart completely

"I spent 10 days scouting and waiting at the Halema'uma'u Crater before the Kīlauea volcano erupted," says award-winning nature photographer who captured a white-tailed tropicbird rising above volcanic gases and red lava
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS This photographer captures birds in spectacular environments, and his powerful shot of a tropicbird at the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has now won the top prize in the Birds in Landscapes category at the Audubon Photography Awards

"I walked for hours through a unique desert landscape in northern Chile, where the rugged terrain traps sea mist in ravines" – Photographer's rare shot of 'the ghost of the desert' honored with major wildlife award
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS Francisco Castro Escobar approached Chile's largest owl slowly, silently and patiently, to capture this award-winning image showing the bird of prey with its yellow eyes, perched on a spiny cactus branch

He waited 3 years for this "once-in-a-lifetime shot": after 200 hours patiently watching, 17-year-old photographer finally captured it and won top prize in a popular wildlife competition
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS The wildlife photographer calls it his "dream shot", capturing a hobby with its talons poised to pounce on a dragonfly over the water in eastern England

DSLR storms from #32 to #1 in Japan's marketplace – and it's a favorite camera among sports and action photographers
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS Nearly 12 years after its launch, this DSLR shot to the top of major Japanese retailer's used camera chart – while a mirrorless makes a big leap back into the top 10

Japan’s No.1 compact camera is a cult favorite featuring 8-year-old tech and 40x zoom that still beats newer releases
By Kim Bunermann Last updated
UPDATED With second-hand prices often higher than the retail price, the compact camera topping Japan's sales chart is undoubtedly popular – here's why

This cult-favorite DSLR camera is vanishing from the market
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS Popular among DSLR photographers, this full-frame camera was one of the most capable options on the market – but now its discontinuation has started

Award-winning 16-year-old photographer now highlighted in world’s leading wildlife photography competition with an almost perfectly aligned bird and airplane DSLR image
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS After his previous success with a split-second wildlife shot that many spend years trying to capture, the young photography talent is now shortlisted for another prestigious award

These award-winning bird photos from Chile to Colombia, Canada and the US show nature at its most beautiful and vulnerable
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS As habitat loss and climate change threaten birds and wildlife, photographers across the Americas capture the urgent story of conservation – and the fight to protect the places birds call home

This all-in-one super lens with 18.8x zoom just got faster autofocus for free, but photographers shouldn't get too excited
By Kim Bunermann Published
FIRMWARE The versatile 16-300mm zoom covers everything from wide-angle to telephoto – and now gets a fresh firmware update

The photo and video smartphone of the year award goes to this flagship for an "innovative camera system, developed in collaboration with Hasselblad" and "14mm–230mm focal length range for outstanding versatility"
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS The closest a smartphone has come to being a real camera in your pocket, with a 3x telephoto and 10x camera, an impressive reach, and premium Hasselblad-inspired design

This full-frame mirrorless broke sales records in Japan and now wins its second Camera of the Year award – featuring "cutting-edge photographic technology," it's a "reliable and high-performance camera for discerning photographers"
By Kim Bunermann Last updated
UPDATED Sony's latest full-frame camera wins the EISA Camera of the Year 2026-2027 title, after topping the Japanese sales chart for months following its release in December 2025

All award-winning photographers started somewhere – these are the 10 photo contests to enter this September
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS These international photography contests want to see your images and are open to photographers of all levels

Eight hours after drilling an adjacent hole in the Arctic ice, this photographer finally captured a polar bear staring straight into his DSLR lens
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS Norwegian photographer Audun Rikardsen waited hours for this extraordinary seal's-eye view of a polar bear – now highlighted by the world's leading wildlife photography competition

"We speak to thousands of photographers every year": How Capture One builds the future of professional workflows by providing "technology that almost seems to melt away"
By Kim Bunermann Published
INTERVIEW Capture One's CEO reveals how conversations with photographers around the world shape the company’s products, why tethering remains essential for professional shoots, and how a small Danish team continues to influence global photography

"People keep asking me if it's AI. That's not an insult though, because it just doesn't seem real": photographer captures threatened species that wins Australia's most prestigious nature photo competition – but his drone almost died out on the ocean
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS Photographer's incredible aerial encounter with a critically endangered green sawfish and turtle in Western Australia almost didn't happen – his drone was 2.5km offshore with its battery warning beeping

Multi-award-winning full-frame mirrorless is Japan's No.1 camera, but its 3-year-old sibling is the real success story – here's why
By Kim Bunermann Published
NEWS Small, lightweight, and released 3 years ago, this compact full-frame mirrorless camera remains one of Japan's biggest sales success stories
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