Blog
Photography articles, interviews, editing guides and stories from the archive.
Stories
Resizing a photograph, cropping it for a website or finding a color shouldn’t require an account, an upload and five minutes of closing ads. So I started building the tools I wanted to use myself.
Interviews
Amanda Gril has worked with portraiture since 2003, but the most revealing part of her practice is the purpose she gives the camera. She calls her boudoir work “Visual Therapy”.
Editing
The exact DALL·E 3 image sizes, their real aspect ratios and a current guide to flexible GPT Image 2 dimensions for web, social media and phone formats.
Travel Photography
One World Trade Center is New York's tallest building, but only by one official measure. Here is how the height is counted, how the tower compares with its rivals, and where I would photograph it.
Travel Photography
Eight photographs of Acadia—Cadillac Mountain, Jordan Pond, Thunder Hole and the Maine coastline—with the light each one needed and a route for photographing them yourself.
Travel Photography
Ten cities where the ocean is part of daily life rather than a view from the hotel, and what each one offers a photographer.
Travel Photography
Ten viewpoints on the Eiffel Tower, the light each one needs, and the settings that make them work—plus what the night-lighting copyright rule actually means for your photographs.
Travel Photography
Twelve Las Vegas photo locations with the exact view each one gives, when the light works, and what the rules are before you set up a tripod.
Stories
A visual, fact-checked guide to 50 animals from the sea, organised by biological group and followed by an accessible explanation of ocean habitats, adaptations, food webs, threats and responsible wildlife viewing.
Travel Photography
A visit to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, with its history, the reason it leans, current visiting information, a map and a practical guide to Piazza dei Miracoli.
Travel Photography
A complete guide to the Cathedral of Florence, including Santa Maria del Fiore, Brunelleschi's Dome, current tickets, opening hours, visitor rules and the best ways to experience the Duomo complex.
Travel Photography
A visual journey through nine photographs of Petrified Forest National Park, followed by a researched guide to Blue Mesa, the Painted Desert, petrified wood, trails, fees, opening hours and photography.
Travel Photography
Willis Tower remains the tallest building in Chicago. This researched guide explains its official height, the antenna question, Chicago's current top 10, its bundled-tube structure, Skydeck and practical visitor information.
Social Media
More than 250 original cute captions, grouped by what you are actually posting—selfies, friends, travel, pets, food—with a few simple ways to make any of them sound like you rather than like everyone else.
Travel Photography
Nine photographs reveal how the Empire State Building changes with distance, light, weather and framing, followed by researched photo locations, practical camera guidance, observatory information, history and a map.
Interviews
Maruša Kovač photographs nature in a way that feels dreamy and vibrant without being crowded, looking for quiet shifts in weather and the relationship between a human figure and a landscape.
Travel Photography
Eleven photographs show Mount Rushmore at different distances, in changing light and through several foregrounds, followed by researched photo locations, practical camera guidance, current visitor information and historical context.
Travel Photography
Eleven existing images reveal Bryce Canyon through wide amphitheatre views, isolated hoodoos, snow, trails and changing light, followed by researched photo locations, camera guidance, current fees, shuttle information and hiking advice.
Travel Photography
The original Graffiti Park on Baylor Street is gone, but HOPE Outdoor Gallery has returned at a new, purpose-built home near Austin's airport. This is my fully revised guide to its history, public paint walls, current visitor information and the photographs worth making there.
Travel Photography
The Brooklyn Bridge is almost impossible to reduce to one best viewpoint, because every side of it tells a different story. This is the route I would walk, from the Manhattan promenade to DUMBO, with eleven viewpoints and the light each one needs.
Photography
Twenty-five street photography ideas that give you a reason to go out and a way to look once you are there, with the settings, focusing and etiquette that make them workable.
Travel Photography
Six photographs reveal why Santa Monica Pier changes so completely between daylight, sunset and blue hour—and how to plan a thoughtful shoot there.
Photography
Twenty tall beach, ocean, palm-tree and sunset images prepared for modern iPhone screens, with a practical guide to choosing the right one for the Lock Screen or Home Screen.
Photography
Bokeh is not simply a blurry background. It is the way a lens renders everything outside focus—and it works best when that blur still belongs to the photograph.
Social Media
The largest Instagram timing studies do not agree. I compared the latest data and explain how to find a posting time that fits your own audience.
Travel Photography
A photographer's guide to Central Park's bridges, skyline viewpoints, gardens, woodlands and quieter corners — with realistic routes, light advice and current photography rules.
Social Media
A curated list of 500 genuinely one-word Instagram captions, organised by photo type and mood, plus a practical guide to choosing and formatting the right word.
Travel Photography
My photographs of Metelkova reveal a former military complex transformed by murals, mosaics, sculpture, clubs and independent culture, with its history, daytime and nighttime character, location, etiquette and practical details for a visit.
Editing
I photographed this graffiti at Metelkova in Ljubljana, then reshaped orange, yellow and teal into a stronger orange-red and blue palette while deepening the blacks. The original video and before/after files show the complete transformation.
Editing
I photographed Plečnik’s Market in Ljubljana on 30 November 2019, then edited the frame around its existing contrast: cool winter light outside and warmer orange-red light within the arcade.
Editing
I photographed the Flying Bulls’ 1943 Fairchild PT-19 on the apron at Hangar-7 in Salzburg, then converted the frame to black and white because the livery was competing with the aeroplane.
Stories
My photographs from a Europe Direct Pomurje event at MIKK Murska Sobota, with a clear guide to the local centre, EURES employment services, Europass career tools and current official contacts.
Editing
My first Adobe Lightroom video follows an edit of a Bike Park Kranjska Gora photograph. The accompanying guide explains the decisions behind a repeatable RAW workflow without pretending that every image needs the same settings.
Interviews
Rado Markovič Hribernik photographs the meeting point between Slovenian landscape and built heritage. His real challenge is finding the angle, light and energy that stop a familiar place becoming a repeated postcard.
Interviews
Ana Jelic photographs cities, people, animals and the relationships between them, staying close to the reality she encountered rather than transforming it. She talks about beginnings in Belgrade, documentary honesty and following an inner need.
Stories
A polished archive of my thirteenth week of 2023: experimenting with black-and-white Hangar-7 photographs, shooting at Metelkova, editing an interview with sports photographer Matic Hladnik and testing a Lake Jasna before/after presentation.
Interviews
Matic Hladnik grew up in Kranjska Gora and once imagined reaching the Olympic Games as a ski jumper. When his athletic path changed, the ambition found another route through photography.
Travel Photography
I returned to Hangar-7 on all three full days of my Salzburg trip. This is my photographic account of its aircraft, Formula 1 cars and extraordinary glass architecture, followed by a fully updated guide for visiting after the museum’s 2025 redesign.
Interviews
Gašper Lešnik learned photography through film, family guidance and the example of a local photojournalist. In journalistic work he avoids manipulation and expects the event to carry its own meaning; in street work he allows a more cinematic treatment.
Interviews
Alja Polajžer photographs landscapes, cities and people while travelling, and describes the process as a mixture of seeing and capturing. She talks about the course that got her past automatic settings, and why equipment is not the point.
Interviews
Maja Halas remembers finding an analogue camera at four years old, following her brother around the house until she could preserve a moment. People remain the centre of her photography.
Travel Photography
Lake Jasna sits a few minutes from Kranjska Gora and changes completely with the light. This is where I photograph it, when I go, and what is worth knowing before you arrive.
Travel Photography
I regularly stop at Zelenci when travelling through the Upper Sava Valley. This guide combines my favourite winter photograph with the spring's geology, access, seasons, responsible-visit advice and nearby places.
Stories
I took the Tamron 70-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD into my local park for a cold-weather first test. Here is what impressed me, what the lens lacks, and who this compact Sony E-mount telephoto zoom is really for.
Editing
GIMP can finish a photograph remarkably well, but only if I treat it as an editor rather than a free copy of Photoshop. This is the workflow I use, from the first crop to the final export.
Photography
Shutter speed determines how long a photograph records light and movement. This practical guide explains the numbers, stops, camera modes, motion blur, camera shake and useful starting settings for everyday subjects.
Photography
A practical look at the Sony A7 III kit documented in my 2023 photography archive, including the Tamron 28–75mm and 70–300mm zooms, Sony 50mm prime, tripod and the way I chose what to carry.
Interviews
Tjaša Kovač’s relationship with photography began with a compact analogue camera and lessons from her father. Her guiding idea, My Way, is a commitment to make images that reflect her own vision rather than somebody else’s influence.
Travel Photography
A practical, firsthand guide to Bike Park Kranjska Gora, including the map, Vitranc 1 uplift, trail difficulty, 2026 tickets and opening dates, rental and safety information, and my photographs from the park.
Stories
A practical guide to Pump Track Odranci — one of Slovenia’s largest asphalt pump tracks — with a map, visitor advice, riding basics, event information and my photographs from a race in Odranci.
Travel Photography
I photographed Alpine choughs above the Julian Alps. Here is how to identify these high-mountain corvids, understand their behaviour and photograph them responsibly.
Photography
DPReview remains one of photography’s deepest equipment resources. Here is what the site covers, what changed after 2023, how I use its reviews and test tools, and where its limits begin.
Photography
A field guide to making long exposures from a hovering drone, based on my DJI Mini 2 experiment in Murska Sobota and updated with practical settings, ND-filter choices, editing methods and current flight-safety guidance.
Photography
Aperture controls the opening inside a lens, influencing exposure, depth of field, bokeh, diffraction and starbursts. This guide explains the f-stop scale and shows how to choose a practical setting for common subjects.
Photography
A carefully edited collection of 100 quotes for photographers, including 30 attributed classics and 70 original lines for captions, motivation and creative blocks.
Editing
Lightroom is the strongest all-round mobile editor, while Snapseed is the best no-subscription option. I compare eight apps by platform, workflow and real use.
Stories
My complete surviving photo gallery from the Podarimo Srečo 2022 charity concert in Murska Sobota, organised to help purchase an adapted vehicle for pupils with mobility impairments.
Photography
Some of my favourite photographs came from an iPhone SE and an old Canon 1300D. This is how I separate a real equipment limit from the urge to buy.
Interviews
Carlos André Viana is most comfortable when people are not performing for the camera. He photographs travel, music, corporate events and architecture with a photojournalistic eye for unscripted reactions.
Interviews
Carolina Esteban brings the trained eye of a fashion designer into photography. Her knowledge of fabric, volume and construction informs her portraits, while travel and street photography give her room to work with what cannot be planned.
Interviews
Anja Papuga’s photographic story begins with a question from her brother: why did she need to photograph everything? A trip to Thailand with her grandmother turned that instinct into a deliberate path toward photojournalism.
Interviews
Photography runs through Miquel Veit’s family history. People are the centre of his work, but not as fixed subjects — he looks for the unguarded exchange in a smile, in anxiety before an event, in emotion in a crowd.
Interviews
Violeta Arriaga discovered photography while studying fine arts and continued with specialist training in image-making. Her work moves between artistic portraiture, film stills and travel photography.
Interviews
Eylül Ezik began with literature and the desire to tell stories, then discovered the stories she wanted to make were visual. Her editorial photographs feel cinematic because they are built around mood, location and narrative.
Interviews
Tijana Jankovic-Jevric works where photography, journalism and cinema meet. Even a simple portrait, she argues, needs something to be happening inside it.
Interviews
When I invited Alexia Liakounakou to talk about her work, I was interested in the breadth of her eye. She moves between the human body, architecture and documentary observation without forcing those subjects into one narrow category.
Interviews
Monika Baro grew up in Transylvania’s Carpathian Mountains and later built a creative life in Budapest as a photographer, goldsmith and jewellery designer. Her work is guided by a simple ambition: find and show beauty without overcomplicating it.
Interviews
Elena Diaz Rodriguez carried a camera long before formal training was affordable, photographing travel and nature while raising her family. Her images look for sensations and viewpoints that daily routines teach us to overlook.
Interviews
Nourhanne Ibrahim grew up close to visual storytelling and began photographing Cairo’s details with a phone at fourteen. From that busy city she developed a style she describes in two words: minimal and unique.
Interviews
Tijana Lubura bought her first analogue camera at fifteen and never put it down. She describes her style as photography with story and soul, built through street, conceptual and portrait work.
Interviews
Jose Navarro has worked across photography and video for more than fifteen years. The part of the medium that first attracted him was reportage: entering a subject, understanding a conflict or community and describing reality for other people.
Interviews
Roberto Pazzi moved from engineering and backpacking into award-winning travel photography. He works close to reportage, using faces, clothing, work and landscape to describe traditions rather than isolating people as curiosities.
Interviews
Conchi Martínez came to photography with a mathematician’s discipline and a lifelong fascination with images. Her editorial travel work and long-term personal projects retain something systematic without losing imagination.