
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 are the most heartbreaking wildlife photographs of 2026 – and they're going on an international tour
By Alan Palazon Published
News The winners of the 2026 Environmental Photography Awards were personally congratulated by Prince Albert II of Monaco at the inauguration of the awards exhibition

Divers capture first-ever video images of a great white shark in the Mediterranean as Jaws takes a trip to European waters!
By Alan Palazon Published
News Divers were lucky to cross paths with the adult shark in the Strait of Sicily as illegal fishing in the Mediterranean has endangered these sharks

iPhone photos are about to get a lot less noisy, even if you've never heard of Core Image RAW 9. iOS 27 and macOS 27 hide a key editing update
By Alan Palazon Published
News Apple has made major updates to its RAW file processing engine resulting in better denoising and color rendition, and shared proof in a recent video

These images come from some of the best photography books of the year. Seven books on photography and filmmaking have been short-listed for prestigious award
By Alan Palazon Published
News The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards cleebrates the best publications about photography and filmmaking, and now has whittled down this year’s entries to seven finalists

Astronaut shoots breathtaking aerial photographs of two of Europe's most iconic volcanoes in just one minute!
By Alan Palazon Published
News French astronaut Sophie Adenot captured images of Mt Vesuvius and Mt Etna from 250 miles above the Earth’s surface aboard the International Space Station

Shortlisted images of science photography competition brilliantly depict the wonders of Earth
By Alan Palazon Published
News An Australian science photography competition has selected its shortlist, with the finalists highlighting just how majestic our planet is, from endearing wildlife to breathtaking landscapes

Legendary black-and-white photographer is giving away his iconic Leica camera – and you could win it!
By Alan Palazon Published
News One of the world’s most celebrated monochrome photographers is gifting a lucky winner his personal Leica Typ 246, a camera he’s used for the past 15 years

APS-C mirrorless cameras are trending for budget portability. But some full-frame DSLRs are actually the same price
By Alan Palazon Published
OPINION Mirrorless seems to get the automatic nod of approval simply because it’s the newer technology, but full-frame DSLR cameras can outperform APS-C

A BBC expert has these two images among the best of 2026 so far – but I’m not sure – what do you think?
By Alan Palazon Published
OPINION These two images are undoubtedly powerful – but are they truly among the best of the year so far? Here’s my take, and hopefully you’ll share yours

A ‘really bad’ photographer just won US$50,000 and an Iceland trip. Can epic locations make up for subpar photo skills?
By Alan Palazon Published
News After a “mountain of bad photos,” Iceland Air has found a terrible photographer, with the winner taking home a cash prize and an all-expenses-paid trip

Florida conservationists need your help classifying 6 million acres worth of wildlife trail cam images
By Alan Palazon Published
News Some 1,000 participants have completed over 200,000 classifications since May – but the work is just getting started

The zoo housing Punch, the viral baby monkey, wants to ban photos – but a ban could have unintended consequences
By Alan Palazon Published
Opinion Ichikawa City Zoo may ban taking photos after a US tourist jumped into the monkey enclosure to record social media content with the famous macaque

300 images from from Newton, Avedon, Penn and more on display at Yves Saint Laurent exhibition
By Alan Palazon Published
News The YSL exhibition will explore the intimate relationship between the couturier and photography through a vast collection of some 300 images and memorabilia

Nearly 2,000 works from more than 450 artists will create a display of 200 years of photographic history
By Alan Palazon Published
News The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is set to open five photography galleries next year, where many of the recently donated works will be displayed

12 images across 12 topics in just 24 hours: Oxford Photomarathon challenges photographers to “embrace imperfection”
By Alan Palazon Published
News The “24-hour photographic adventure” prioritizes speed and creativity with participants capturing an array of images with a tight turnaround

Meet William Constable: The unsung pioneer of photography who helped pave the way for portraiture
By Alan Palazon Published
News Constable was a 19th-century daguerreotype photographer who captured the first ever photo of British royalty

Elusive Indonesian parrot “lost” to science photographed for only the second time in 100 years
By Alan Palazon Published
News This rare lorikeet was discovered in 1920 and had only been photographed once, in 2014 – until conservationists spotted it again in April

Disputed historic Kodacolor photo of John F. Kennedy's final motorcade belongs to museum, court rules
By Alan Palazon Published
News The court ruled that the image – snapped shortly before Kennedy was killed – belonged to the official JFK museum in Dallas, despite claims from a private collector that he was the owner

Henri Cartier-Bresson would approve of this Nat Geo award-winning street photo capturing a decisive moment between the real and art world
By Alan Palazon Published
News The image is a brilliant example of Cartier-Bresson’s “Decisive Moment” philosophy: the split second when all elements of a scene come together in perfect harmony

Are disposable cameras still environmentally justifiable, with cheap reusable point-and-shoot alternatives available?
By Alan Palazon Published
News "I do think that disposables are definitely one of the worst cases for film photography." Is it time to ditch what is arguably photography’s most wasteful practice?

A major film festival will soon debut the first fully AI-generated feature, inspired by real events. This could be a major shift for filmmaking
By Alan Palazon Published
Opinion As the Tribeca Film Festival gears up to screen the divisive movie, are we looking at a future where all movies are created without a single actor or set?

Really Right Stuff's most affordable carbon fiber tripod yet still holds up to 40 pounds for pro-grade gear
By Alan Palazon Published
News RRS has unveiled its most affordable carbon fiber tripod lineup yet with the new Core Line promising the brand's signature stability

Viltrox cut its premium prime lens in half – and it still took surprisingly pleasing photos!
By Alan Palazon Published
News Viltrox recently sawed one of its fast autofocus lenses in half – but how did it still manage to capture impressive images?

This controversial exhibition lets you destroy cameras – but it’s only possible because of the frightening rate of tech churn
By Alan Palazon Published
Opinion The coming Belfast Photo Festival will let you smash up perfectly good cameras – I struggle to stomach this, but the bigger issue is how quickly these models were made obsolete by the never-ending stream of newer tech

This eerie photograph of the 1933 Nazi book-burning images demonstrates the importance of shutter speed in a terrifying way
By Alan Palazon Published
HISTORY This slow shutter image, taken during the infamous Book Burning at the Opernplatz, captured the charged, frightening atmosphere that night in 1933
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