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

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Tutorial Tips for getting great pictures of the full moon in 2026

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News Photography kickstarted a decade-long investigation into a little wild cat that would turn out to be a zoological marvel

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News Nikon Direct has immortalized its fastest Nikkor lens as a neck warmer and a stack of paper cups

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Opinion An EVF means very little to younger creators, but the Nikon Z5IIC will need to do more than that to pry them away from trendier alternatives

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News Citizen scientist photographs incredible encounter with a Risso’s dolphin and an octopus just off the coast of Devon

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News The AI software is back to usher in a new generation of stills and video retouching, while doubling down on its commitment to working photographers

By Mike Harris Published
Features The Fujifilm X100F is two generations old. But if you’re on a budget and just want to take pictures, is it still a worthwhile compact camera?

By Mike Harris Published
Canva combines its design portfolio into the somewhat confusing ProSuite, while Affinity gets major photography updates
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News Microscopic videos unveil alien worlds unseen by the naked eye in long-running Nikon Small World competition

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A camera isn’t suitable for wildlife photography if it’s uncomfortable when using long lenses

By James Artaius Published
PODCAST Data from Japan puts Nikon out of the ‘Big Three’. Plus, two new Sigma lenses, and buying a camera from overseas: Is it ever really worth it?
By Mike Harris Published
Opinion A three-eyed cyclops illustrates how even simple details can still trip up genAI

By Mike Harris Published
News 255 miles above Earth, from a vantage point on the International Space Station, a NASA astronaut captured an incredible green-and-purple aurora tracing Earth’s curvature

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion While consumer tech has become a bland, incremental snoozefest, retro cameras are an intentional and tactile reminder that technology can still be fun

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion It’s tempting to blow your budget on cameras and lenses, but trust me, a quality tripod is worth its payload in gold

By Mike Harris Published
News Firmware updates mean modern mirrorless cameras change over time, and Nikon is particularly adept at providing long-term support

By Mike Harris Published
News From brushing around the gum line to framing leading lines: how one photographer took an electric toothbrush on a photo walk

By Mike Harris Published
Features Fujifilm is all about the ‘Fuji look’, but not all Fujifilm X Series cameras have the coveted X-Trans sensor

By Mike Harris Published
News Vintage documentary goes behind the shutter curtain to lift the lid on Nikon’s manufacturing process during the heyday of the F-mount SLR

By Mike Harris Published
News 'Indiana Jones and the Great Circle' features a fictional camera that’s heavily based on a real-world 35mm relic

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BUYING GUIDE This is the best photo editing software for improving your images and feeding your creativity

By Mike Harris Published
News The Champions League of photography, the Super Bowl of imaging, the Olympic Games for camera nerds can only mean one thing: the World Sports Photography Awards is back and open for entries

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion Nikon hasn’t had a true entry-level camera since it discontinued the Nikon D3500 in 2022. Could this be hurting its imaging business in the long run?

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion Pentax is arguably the last bastion of DSLR innovation, and according to the BCN Awards, it’s now enjoying a bigger slice of the Japanese market’s DSLR pie
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