Alan Palazon

Alan Palazon

Staff Writer

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

Two cameras.
Fujifilm solves Bluetooth connection woes with firmware updates for X-E3 and X-H1 cameras

By Alan Palazon Published

News Firmware version 1.32 for the Fujifilm X-E3 and 2.15 for the Fujifilm X-H1 fixes Bluetooth pairing failure between Android 16 devices and the cameras

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People fly light aircraft behind flock of bird over desert.
Science photo contest winner hopes “unexpected” award will kickstart a professional photography career

By Alan Palazon Published

News Gunnar Hartmann recently won the 2026 Scientists at Work photo contest and hopes the unexpected award marks the start of a professional wildlife photography career

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Clip of a bear drinking from a stream
Photographer has nervy encounter with enormous grizzly bear in Alaska

By Alan Palazon Published

News A photographer has gone viral on TikTok after recording an intense staredown with a beastly Alaskan brown bear

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Photographer holding a Sony A7 IV
Sony A7 IV: the perfect first full-frame rig to step up from APS-C

By Alan Palazon Published

OPINION The Sony A7 IV is about as good as prosumer full-frame cameras get – and now that it’s been succeeded by the A7 V, prices have become more affordable too

OPINION
Trail cam footage of short-eared dog at night
Over 4,000 images and 20 years later, researchers have shed much-needed light on this elusive Amazonian dog

By Alan Palazon Published

News Researchers tracked the rare canine species over 23 years, using a network of camera traps to snap 4,635 images of them across regions of Bolivia and Peru

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Whale partially submerged.
Colossal underwater caves and playful bear cubs among winning scenes from World Oceans Day photography competition

By Alan Palazon Published

News The winning images from the United Nations-hosted competition have been announced – with this year’s edition including a new “Connecting Oceans” category

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Silhouette of a frog swimming in a pond with a rippling reflection of bare tree branches, creating an abstract, tranquil, and mirrored effect
The best of British wildlife photography is being shown in this London exhibition – and it’s free to visit

By Alan Palazon Published

News The winners of the 2026 British Wildlife Photography Awards will be exhibited at the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London

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Diver touches whale shark.
Diver snaps award-winning underwater shot of whale shark using modified 35-year-old fisheye lens

By Alan Palazon Published

News A marine ecologist used a custom Nikon setup to capture an award-winning photograph of a fellow diver interacting with a whale shark

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Colour photograph of the artist, partiallynaked and pregnant sitting down with a cigarette in hermouth whilst raising her middle finger to the camera.
Japanese women photographers have always been there – and this exhibition sheds much-needed light on their work

By Alan Palazon Published

News A new exhibition highlights Japanese women's photography from the 1950s to the present, covering themes from identity and nature to motherhood and everyday life

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Rear view of the Panasonic Lumix L10 compact camera held in one hand.
A new zoom camera is joining the ranks of highly coveted compact cameras, as Japan suspends orders after “far more preorders than anticipated"

By Alan Palazon Published

NEWS Panasonic has announced that it can’t keep up with demand for the new Lumix L10, subsequently suspending orders

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National police conduct drone surveillance to see if people respect lockdown on March 31, 2020 in Avignon, France. (Photo by Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images)
As a photographer, even I find drones annoying – but for heaven's sake, don’t SHOOT at them like this man did

By Alan Palazon Published

News Drones aren't my favorite photographic devices but, unlike this Florida man, you won’t find me firing a weapon at one – especially when it belongs to the police

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US Marines fighting in Vietnam.
Don McCullin returns to the horrors of Vietnam in "last ever" photobook featuring never-before-seen images

By Alan Palazon Last updated

News The British photojournalist, who covered the Vietnam War extensively, returns to the conflict in what he says is his "last ever book"

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Fujifilm GFX100RF
This award-winning medium-format compact camera may just be proof that one lens is all you need

By Alan Palazon Published

News The Fujifilm GFX100RF recently won a technical award in Japan, and I think it's a good example of how minimalist setups can be the secret to great photography

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This UK zoo is trialling AI-powered night vision cameras to boost animal care – starting with the giraffes

By Alan Palazon Published

News A zoo in the south of England hopes the artificial-intelligence camera system will highlight health issues in animals faster by monitoring nighttime behavior

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Ricoh GR IV compact camera held in a pair of hands
The trendy Ricoh GR IV compact camera series is about to get more expensive in Japan. Will other regions follow suit?

By Alan Palazon Published

News Ricoh says a “significant rise” in manufacturing and logistics is behind an upcoming price change for the popular GR series in Japan

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Colorful underwater flowers.
This vibrant underwater lily field was shot on a 10-year-old DSLR with a fisheye lens – and it snagged an ocean photography award

By Alan Palazon Published

News The colorful lilies were captured in the turquoise waters of a Mexican cenote – and won a UN World Oceans Day photography award

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Two women in traditional skirts stand in forested areas with drawn outlines of people and musical instruments overlaid around them
The world's biggest photo competition opens for entries with huge cash prizes up for grabs in its 20th year

By Alan Palazon Published

News Hundreds of thousands of photographers enter the Sony World Photo Awards every year, which offers a top prize of $25,000 (£18,600 / AU$35,340) and widespread recognition for all winners

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Diver in underwater cave.
A pitch-black underwater cave, a diver, and a fragile ecosystem: This award-winning underwater image is both terrifying and inspiring

By Alan Palazon Published

OPINION The image of a diver navigating a colossal, pitch-black underwater cave system in Mexico recently won a United Nations World Oceans Day award

OPINION
People fly light aircraft behind flock of bird over desert.
This shot of conservationists soaring the skies with a flock of endangered birds just won a science photo competition

By Alan Palazon Published

News Gunnar Hartmann’s photo of researchers guiding migrating birds was the overall winner of Nature’s 2026 Scientist at Work competition

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Steaming trays of dumplings in a market.
This award-winning food photo has my eyes peeled and my mouth watering

By Alan Palazon Published

News Shot at a dumplings stand in a Korean market, this image recently won the Food category of the National Geographic Traveller (UK) Photography Awards

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2GXFD7R Preserved goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, Enoshima Aquarium, Enoshima, Japan
First-ever camera footage of world’s “ugliest shark” in its natural habitat captured by researchers

By Alan Palazon Published

News Scientists recently published footage of two sightings of the elusive goblin shark – a terrifyingly ugly marine creature

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A green sea turtle photographed under ultraviolet light, its shell and surrounding water illuminated with vivid neon-green fluorescent powder dye that reveals a human handprint on its back
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

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Great white shark.
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

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Multicolored crayons and yarn
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

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Filmmakers stood around a camera mounted on a tripod.
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

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