Latest articles by Tom May
The best stock photo sites
buying guide Want to buy images online? These are the best stock photo sites for quality and value.
This Google feature could make up for the damage computational software's caused
Google Pixel's Camera Coach could finally teach us what our phones have been doing to our photos all along.
The best opera glasses: pocket sized binoculars for theater and stage
Buying guide Going to the opera, theater or a concert? Enhance your experience with the best opera glasses available today
I don't think most people should be buying flagship phones anymore
With midrange phones getting better and better, is it really worth spending more than a grand on a flagship?
The best shotgun mics for isolating your audio
Updated Capture clean audio without the background noise, with the best shotgun mics available today
These photographers working in their 80s show that age is nothing to fear
OPINION Growing older is no barrier to creative brilliance, as these legendary photographers prove.
I’m worried we’re in another big tech bubble… and it’s about to burst all over your photography business
Opinion AI hype has massively inflated stock prices but, if the bubble bursts, the shockwaves could hit your photography business hard
The best keyboards for video editing
Buying Guide Avoid RSI and work faster, with the best keyboards for video editing
From Oasis gigs to Monaco hotels, photographers' rights are under siege
Arbitrary restrictions and legal threats are strangling our ability to forge a collective visual memory
Street photographer Bill Cunningham's archive finds a permanent home at New York Historical
It's one of the most comprehensive records of street photography ever assembled.
Best dumbphone: easy-to-use cellphones to help you digitally detox
phones Wean yourself off social media, with the best dumbphones
Is the iconic German cinema camera maker Arri up for sale?
News As the film production downturn continues, the century-old pioneer might soon be on the market.
The best iPad alternatives
Buying guide Forget Apple: these iPad alternatives from Samsung, Microsoft, Amazon, and Lenovo provide better value and great specs
The best monitor calibrators: keep your on-screen colors accurate
buying guide Make sure your screen is displaying colors accurately, with the best monitor calibrators on the market
I think every photo contest should have an AI prize, for one simple reason
opinion Trying to stop AI entering photo contests is futile. Let's embrace it instead.
Famous photographers are deserting social media, and I think I know why
The exodus isn't about ego – it's about survival in an attention economy that devours creativity
Now I see photography as mindfulness, it's changed my whole outlook
Opinion Forget costly wellness retreats; your camera is the only mindfulness teacher you need.
The 25 best photographer autobiographies ever written
Books 25 famous photographers who have written an autobiography
ChatGPT is truly terrible at photo editing... and that's great news for professional photographers
Opinion While AI stumbles over basic tweaks, photo editors can breathe easy; their jobs remain secure for now.
I'd buy an iPad if Apple made this one change
opinion If iPads could run macOS, they'd be a killer laptop replacement... so why won't the company allow it?
Photographers who've never watched Black Mirror should start with this episode
Opinion Eulogy reveals uncomfortable truths about memory, nostalgia and the future of visual storytelling
This is why I've become certain that foldables are the future for phones (and you should be too)
opinion Once they were a niche curiosity. But I reckon we'll all soon be suffering FOMO for foldables.
I review laptops for a living, and I'm wondering why it's so hard to switch them off?!
While manufacturers obsess over technical specs, it feels like they're failing at basic useability.
