
Mike Harris
Mike studied photography at college, honing his Adobe Photoshop skills and learning to work in the studio and darkroom. After a few years writing for various publications, he headed to the ‘Big Smoke’ to work on Wex Photo Video’s award-winning content team, before transitioning back to print as Technique Editor (later Deputy Editor) on N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine.
With bylines in Digital Camera, PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, Practical Photography, Digital Photographer, iMore, and TechRadar, he’s a fountain of photography and consumer tech knowledge, making him a top tutor for techniques on cameras, lenses, tripods, filters, and more. His expertise extends to everything from portraits and landscapes to abstracts and architecture to wildlife and, yes, fast things going around race tracks...
Latest articles by Mike Harris

You can play Snake on this photo light meter (no, really) and it’s just begun shipping
By Mike Harris published
News The Lit Duo 1 is billed as a “Game-Changing” lightmeter that boasts a huge variety of functions, including the ability to play Snake like it’s 1998

AI camera that isn’t a real product yet wins award, but surprises me with its educational tech
By Mike Harris published
News I’m not usually a fan of AI cameras, but this one at least looks like it has some interesting educational ideas that I could see appearing on big-brand cameras in the future

Kick back and enjoy my weekend photography crossword!
By Mike Harris published
Crossword My photography crossword covers everything from famous photographers and movies to camera functions and gear

Nikon ZR rules ANOTHER top 10 best-selling camera list within the Japanese market
By Mike Harris published
Map Camera’s October sales report makes good reading for the Big N, while Canon is completely absent

Is this REALLY "the camera that ruined everything"?
By Mike Harris published
News The Sony A7S ushered in a new era for low-light technology – and we’ve been overly obsessed with ‘seeing in the dark’ ever since

I used Nikon’s Focus Shift Shooting for the first time – here’s why I’ll think twice before focus stacking manually again
By Mike Harris published
Tutorial You can make focus stacking a breeze by automating the process using your Nikon camera’s Focus Shift Shooting function

Quick! B&H Photo Limited-time offer slashes Adobe Creative Cloud Pro annual sub to just US$349.99
By Mike Harris published
Deal Get Adobe’s entire collection of apps for just $349.99 for the whole year, that’s a massive saving of 55%!

Nikon explains that strong APS-C sales don’t automatically translate to bigger profits because the cameras are cheaper
By Mike Harris published
News Nikon’s mid-range cameras have been selling well, but smaller RRPs have resulted in less profit

Save $100 off the brilliant Canon EOS R100 beginner camera ahead of Black Friday!
By Mike Harris published
DEAL Want a full-frame Sony camera for under a grand? The Sony A7 III has just hit its lowest price ever

YouTuber puts together medium-format 'hot rod' camera to avoid crazy prices
By Mike Harris published
News Wanted to shoot medium format but put off by the expense? There’s a simple solution: build your own 'Frankencamera'

Video-centric Nikon ZR tops October camera sales list for Japanese camera store giant
By Mike Harris published
News The Nikon ZR topped its category according to Yodobashi Camera’s sales data for the latter half of October

Award-winning filmmaker identifies six amateur lighting mistakes – are you making any of them?
By Mike Harris published
News Curren Sheldon’s tips for lighting videos are an essential watch for beginner and serious filmmakers alike, and will only take up 10 minutes of your time

Fujifilm issues an “official apology”… for being awesome!
By Mike Harris published
News A light-hearted email, supposedly from Fujifilm India, isn’t just a lot of fun, it’s an indicator of a camera company that’s flying high

$300 discount on the Nikon Zf up for grabs ahead of Black Friday
By Mike Harris published
Deal $300 discount on the Nikon Zf silver and black editions up for grabs ahead of Black Friday
Major camera manufacturers should be more transparent when it comes to weather sealing
By Mike Harris published
Opinion You can buy a US$4,000 camera with pro-grade weather sealing, but what does that even mean? Beats me…

Did this "terrifyingly accurate" AI camera just break photography as we know it?
By Mike Harris published
News Camera Intelligence’s Caira brings an interchangeable-lens system and Micro Four Thirds sensor to your iPhone – but its on-board AI is frightening

The Photography & Video Show 2026: everything you need to know
By Mike Harris last updated
News The annual show dedicated to all things photography (and videography) returns to Birmingham in 2026. Here are all the deets so far…
Tickets for the Photography & Video Show 2026 are now on sale!
By Mike Harris published
News Secure your tickets to the Photography & Video Show TODAY, for access to the UK’s leading event for visual storytellers

Nikon Z50 II and Nikon Z5 II get running updates with fresh firmware updates
By Mike Harris published
News The second generations of two of Nikon’s best-value Z-Series mirrorless cameras get the firmware treatment

Want to photograph fireworks? Here are my sparkling secrets...
By Mike Harris last updated
Tutorial If you’re hoping to head out with your camera to photograph fireworks displays this fall season, use my explosive selection of photography tips to rocket to success

Kodak’s compact camera sales are crushing Canon and co
By Mike Harris published
News Japanese buyers can’t get enough of the Kodak Pixpro FZ55 and C1, as sales data crushes the likes of Canon, Sony and Lumix

DxO brings raft of updates to PhotoLab 9, PureRAW 5, and Nik Collection 8
By Mike Harris published
News Improved AI masking, a whole new non-destructive workflow, and extra textures all feature in bumper updates across three of DxO’s mainline editing programs

Why Affinity Studio’s free-for-everyone photo editor probably won’t tempt me away from Adobe (yet…)
By Mike Harris published
Opinion Affinity Studio looks like a very exciting prospect indeed, and while I’ll certainly be downloading it, I’m in no hurry to get rid of my Creative Cloud subscription
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