Latest articles by Tom May
The best stock photo sites
Buying Guide Want to buy images online? These are the best stock photo sites for quality and value.
The best standing desks
Buying Guide Prevent back pain and improve your posture, with the best standing desk for a range of budgets
This Google feature could make up for the damage computational software's caused
Google Pixel's Camera Coach could finally teach us what our phones have been doing to our photos all along.
The best teleprompter in 2025: present content like a pro
Buying Guide Make eye contact using the best teleprompters when shooting with your camera, phone or tablet
The best opera glasses in 2025: pocket sized binoculars for theater and stage
Buying Guide Going to the opera, theater or a concert? Enhance your experience with the best opera glasses available today
I don't think most people should be buying flagship phones anymore
With midrange phones getting better and better, is it really worth spending more than a grand on a flagship?
The best shotgun mics for isolating your audio in 2025
Updated Capture clean audio without the background noise, with the best shotgun mics available today
These photographers working in their 80s show that age is nothing to fear
OPINION Growing older is no barrier to creative brilliance, as these legendary photographers prove.
I’m worried we’re in another big tech bubble… and it’s about to burst all over your photography business
Opinion AI hype has massively inflated stock prices but, if the bubble bursts, the shockwaves could hit your photography business hard
The best keyboards for video editing
Buying Guide Avoid RSI and work faster, with the best keyboards for video editing
The best digital photo frames in 2025: show off your shots in style
Updated Display all your favorite photos without printing them with the best digital photo frames, and there's one to suit every budget
From Oasis gigs to Monaco hotels, photographers' rights are under siege
Arbitrary restrictions and legal threats are strangling our ability to forge a collective visual memory
Best timelapse cameras for construction, events or speeding up nature
Buying Guide Condense days into seconds of engaging video, with the best timelapse cameras on the market today
Street photographer Bill Cunningham's archive finds a permanent home at New York Historical
It's one of the most comprehensive records of street photography ever assembled.
The best slide viewers in 2025: the easy way to rediscover your old slides
Buying Guide Whether you wish to view old pictures or are shooting on film afresh today, these are the best slide viewers
Is the iconic German cinema camera maker Arri up for sale?
News As the film production downturn continues, the century-old pioneer might soon be on the market.
Best budget camera phones in 2025: the best cheap camera phones right now
Buying Guide With the best budget camera phones, you can still take decent pictures without spending a fortune
The best iPad alternatives
Buying guide Forget Apple: these iPad alternatives from Samsung, Microsoft, Amazon, and Lenovo provide better value and great specs
The best monitor calibrators: keep your on-screen colors accurate
Buying Guide Make sure your screen is displaying colors accurately, with the best monitor calibrators on the market
I think every photo contest should have an AI prize, for one simple reason
opinion Trying to stop AI entering photo contests is futile. Let's embrace it instead.
Famous photographers are deserting social media, and I think I know why
The exodus isn't about ego – it's about survival in an attention economy that devours creativity
Now I see photography as mindfulness, it's changed my whole outlook
Opinion Forget costly wellness retreats; your camera is the only mindfulness teacher you need.
The 25 best photographer autobiographies ever written
Books 25 famous photographers who have written an autobiography
