Dan Mold

Dan Mold

Professional photographer

A freelance professional photographer and filmmaker, Dan also has over a decade of experience as a journalist writing about all aspects of photography. Before serving as the Technique Editor and then Deputy Editor on PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, he was the Technical Editor for Practical Photography magazine as well as Photoshop Editor on Digital Photo.

Dan is an Adobe-certified Photoshop guru, making him officially a beast at post-processing – so he’s the perfect person to share tips and tricks both in-camera and in post. Able to shoot all genres, Dan provides techniques and tutorials on everything from portraits and landscapes to macro and wildlife, helping photographers get the most out of their cameras, lenses, filters, lighting, tripods, and, of course, editing software.

He's also one of our go-to reviewers, putting his years of Canon experience to play in testing cameras and lenses from the world's biggest camera company.

Latest articles by Dan Mold

K&F Concept Circular Screw-in GND Filter
K&F Concept GND Nano-Xcel Series circular filters review: ND grads without the big and bulky holders

By Dan Mold Published

Review Looking to travel light? These screw-in grads enable you to balance overly bright skies with the darker landscape below, but without all the paraphernalia

Review
K&F Concept Graduated ND 100mm filter in use
K&F Concept Nano-Xcel Pro GND 100mm square filters review: top quality filters at a fair price

By Dan Mold Published

Review K&F Concept's GND filters are specifically made for its award-winning X-Pro filter holder, so do they also take home gold?

Review
A person hold a shutter release cable on the left with a camera on a tripod to the right. The shutter release is plugged into the camera via a cable.
Have modern apps and built-in camera features killed off trusty shutter release cables?

By Dan Mold Published

opinion There was a time when I carried not one, but TWO, shutter release cables in my camera bag. Here's why I've ditched them...

opinion
Woman looking at cameras in photo store, holding a bridge camera
The camera you use doesn’t matter? I actually think it does… but I’d still never buy a $7K Leica

By Dan Mold Published

Opinion Are some camera brands more style over substance? Here's where I'd put my money...

6 Comments
Opinion
A picture of a photographer holding a white Canon RF 2x Extender
There’s a reason why you can’t put a teleconverter on a cheap lens

By Dan Mold Published

Most teleconverters have an element that protrudes making them incompatible with many 'cheap' lenses. Here's why...

Camera Accessories
LEE85 Graduated ND filter
LEE Filters LEE85 Neutral Density Grads review: smaller filters for smaller cameras

By Dan Mold Published

Review LEE85 ND grads are custom-made for cameras with APS-C and Micro Four Thirds sensors, so are these the grads to go for if you shoot on a compact system?

Review
Marumi Magnetic M100 Graduated Neutral Density GND Filter
Marumi Magnetic Graduated ND Filters review: ND grads that attach using science rather than slots

By Dan Mold Published

Review Are Marumi's Graduated Neutral Density filters a magnetic marvel?

Review
LEE100 100x150 Graduated ND Filter
LEE Filters LEE100 Neutral Density Grads review: top-quality super-light resin filters perfect for travel

By Dan Mold Published

Review LEE100 Graduated ND resin filters are lightweight, shatterproof, optically excellent, and are the ideal match for the company's legendary Big Stopper – but are they as good as glass?

Review
Cokin Nuances Extreme Graduated ND Filter
Cokin Z-Pro Nuances Extreme Graduated ND filters review: high-end quality comes at a high-end price

By Dan Mold Published

Review Cokin's Z-Pro Nuances Extreme Graduated ND filters are some of the most expensive on the market, let's find out whether they're worth the asking price

Review
A before and after screenshot from Evoto Desktop AI showing a model in a bluebell field where the after image has smoothed her skin, cleaned up wrinkles in her clothing, removed tattoos and also removed flyaway hairs
Evoto AI review: A portrait retouching speed demon with a pay-as-you-go model

By Dan Mold Published

Review Evoto AI has been adopted by some big-name photographers, but can it really fast-track retouching workflows and still deliver pro-grade results?

Review
A shot of The Eiffel Tower in Paris in daytime with the faces of pedestrians in the foreground blurred
Should street photography require consent? Turns out it depends!

By Dan Mold Published

Opinion In the UK and USA we can take pictures in public freely, but that's not the case around the globe. So who's got it right?

Opinion
D69BEK Photographers seen on the stands during the Woman's 100m Final during the London 2012 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium, London, Britain, 04 August 2012. Photo: Michael Kappeler dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
The next Olympics isn't until 2028, so what can we expect from the next flagship cameras that will capture them?

By Dan Mold Published

Opinion The Summer Olympics is used by the biggest camera brands to show off their state-of-the art tech – so what could we see next?

Opinion
A product shot of the Apple iPhone 17 Pro on a black background and there is a picture bubble pointing to the iPhone camera with an image of a square sensor inside of it
Apple is leading the charge on square-format sensors, and it's the most I've been excited for a new phone in years!

By Dan Mold Published

Apple has changed the form-factor for its front 'Center Stage' camera for selfies and vlogging. Should other camera makers take note?

iPhones
A food photo of a strawberry cheesecake on a white plate taken from above and against a dark textured background. There are lines overlaid on top of the image to show the different aspect ratios provided by Open Gate video recording
Open gate video provides essential cropping options for content creators – so why don’t all cameras have it?

By Dan Mold Published

OPINION "Just record the whole sensor" – sounds simple, but it's a bit more complicated. Here's why more cameras don't have open gate

OPINION
A picture of a photographer outside on a bright sunny day holding a Canon EOS R5 camera to his eye with a vintage Helios lens attached to it
These are my secret weapons when using old vintage lenses on my modern mirrorless cameras

By Dan Mold Published

Breathe new life into old lenses! Vintage charm is just a few steps away, using modern mirrorless cameras and an adapter that won't break the bank

Lenses
Photographer Dan Mold holding a Sigma DSLR outdoors with his eye to the viewfinder
I’ve owned three cameras with Foveon sensors. Here’s why I think they’re so special, and why they didn’t take off...

By Dan Mold Published

It's been 10 years since we saw the last Sigma Foveon camera. I share why I was fond of the technology and I'm now hopeful of a full-frame Foveon comeback

3 Comments
DSLR Cameras
The first slide from Dan Mold's photography presentation on Outdoor Portraiture
I recently did a photo talk at Winchester Photographic Society – these were your most asked questions

By Dan Mold Published

It's always fascinating to meet camera club members in the real world and here were your most commonly asked questions about copyright and weddings

Portrait Photography
An AI generated image by Google Gemini Nano Banana showing a lens module attached to an iPhone as a concept
If Apple made a camera I think it would look a bit like this…

By Dan Mold Published

Opinion Is Apple on the cusp of bringing out a camera? If the tech giant did, I think it could look along the lines of this

Opinion
A slightly soft black and white shot of a deer stood still and looking directly towards the camera, while a herd of deer run behind it – a slightly long exposure has been used to turn the deer behind into a rush of movement
OK, I’ll admit it… I’ve used black and white to cover up a bad photo before!

By Dan Mold Published

How to I've used B&W as a crutch before and I'd bet we probably all have, too!

How to
A screengrab from a Canon camera showing the Action Priority locking on to a soccer player with a blue autofocus box over the head of the player with the ball
Canon's Action Priority and Register Face Priority modes are the sporting world's worst kept secret for top soccer shots

By Dan Mold Published

New features exclusive to Canon's flagship EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II make it easier than ever to take top shots of soccer, basketball and volleyball

Sports Photography
Two men on top of a hill in the Peak District stood next to their tripods and shooting towards the sunset over an impressive landscape
These are the photography habits worth keeping – and the ones you should drop – in 2026

By Dan Mold Published

OPINION It's time to ditch bad photography practices for better ones! Here's my advice for better pictures in 2026

OPINION
A woman wearing a white shirt against a black background is caught in the moment she's throwing loads of pink and blue powder into the air for a vibrant outdoor portrait
I judged my local photo competition – here are my top tips to climb up the ranks

By Dan Mold Published

OPINION Want to do better in photography competitions? Here are my tips to help you score better and be in with a shot of taking the top spot

OPINION
Sony RX1R III on a blue background
This is the camera I almost bought in 2025 (but didn’t)

By Dan Mold Published

OPINION I came SO close to buying this camera, which promised so many things I wanted… but I ended up removing it from my cart. Here's why

3 Comments
OPINION
A lifestyle shot of a Canon EOS R6 Mark II on a wooden coffee table next to the camera box, instruction manual and strap neatly placed next to it
Got a new camera for Christmas? Here's how to set it up like a pro…

By Dan Mold Published

If you've been lucky enough to get a new camera over the holidays here's the settings you need to change to get the best results

Digital Cameras
A close-up photo of a Hoya HMC UV filter being attached to the front of a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro lens
Image quality purists will tell you otherwise, but this is why I use a UV filter on all of my lenses

By Dan Mold Published

Do UV filters really do anything? Here's why a good one shouldn't affect your images at all!

6 Comments
Lens Filters
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