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.
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News WWF has shared trail cam footage from a snow leopard survey in China, these cats being so elusive only an estimated 22% of their range has been documented, with researchers nicknaming them “Ghosts of the Mountain”

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News The scene depicting a frantic fight in the sticky mud between predator and prey recently came second place in a wildlife category at the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year Awards

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News This designer, limited edition camera is so exclusive that I doubt anyone here actually has one – but Fujifilm has released new firmware to fix a pretty annoying bug

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News An image shot on a handheld Nikon during the recent Artemis II lunar mission has revealed new insights into the evolution of our solar system

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News Photographer Johanna Alarcón has won the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2026 for documenting indigenous midwifery centers in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes

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News Astronaut Sophie Adenot captured an unbelievable aurora “stretching as far as the eye could see”, bolstering her impressive portfolio snapped aboard the International Space Station

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Opinion The Nikon D600 is an attractive DSLR for beginners on a budget, but it became notorious for leaking oil onto the sensor, leaving unwanted spots on images

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News Marine biologist and filmmaker photographs divers researching coral off the Saudi Arabian coast, snagging a Scientists at Work award

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News The award recognizes one established photojournalist with publication in a custom book along with £5,000 in prize money

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News Biology PhD uses a camera drone to tell the eye-opening story of human impact on freshwater ecosystems, winning a Scientists at Work photo award

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News The Sony FX5 is coming this month with first-ever specs like open gate video and triple-base ISO making their Sony camera debut

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News Lewis Burnett captured the elusive tiger snout seahorse in a dream-like underwater composition, making the shortlist for a AU$10,000 photography contest

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News This year's overall winner will scoop an AU$10,000 prize, as the annual photography competition has chosen its 2026 shortlist

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News A camera trap study in Honduras has proven to angry farmers that the endangered Baird’s tapir isn’t solely to blame for crop raiding – potentially staving vengeance against the species

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News Wildlife photographer has once-in-a-lifetime encounter with elusive Indian black leopard family

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News The latest version of the Sony Creator’s App adds the option for ultra-short-form 3-second videos – ideal for content creators

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News Tamron is teaming up with a youth mountaineering project to equip hikers with flagship lenses to capture their adventures on camera and to promote the great outdoors

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News 'I Want To See A Lighthouse' is the next installment in Briechle’s 30-year photographic obsession with Maine, continuing his exploration of the midcoast area’s dark underbelly

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News Canon's Sony FX3-killer gets a big-time firmware boost, as the EOS C50 gets a host of important improvements

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News Sales of Canon's flagship camera more than quadrupled during the build to the World Cup, while Sony A9 III sales rose by 63%

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News The latest firmware for the Canon EOS C80 strengthens the camera's position as a live, remote production rig with enhancements also designed to improve on-set efficiency

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WORLD-FIRSTS We owe web cameras to a group of caffeine-starved computer scientists who just wanted to know if there was coffee in the pot without leaving their desks

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News Study reveals that 54% of British holidaymakers now take multiple attempts to get the “right” shot, at the risk of “perfecting” rather than enjoying the moment

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Opinion The photography community has made it clear that Sony’s new AI photo assistant, unveiled in the latest Xperia phone, is yet another pointless pile of AI poop nobody asked for – and I agree
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