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Nikon Small World in Motion 2026
Winning video from Nikon microscope competition shows airway cells dancing

By David Nield Published

We have the winners of the Nikon Small World in Motion 2026 competition, and they're all pretty spectacular.

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NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Taking A Selfie On Mars
‘I did not foresee at all the social-media application, nor its impact on society': Inventor of the CMOS-based image sensor on how a technology designed to take photos in space has changed the way we view the world

By Desire Athow Published

Exclusive The camera-on-a-chip changed the way we view the world

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Photograph of a swift flying underneath a 747
Why ‘it’s not the camera, it’s the photographer’ is photography’s biggest lie

By Timothy Coleman Published

The great photography debate: how much does your camera gear really matter?

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Closeup of the moon during the Lunar Eclipse 2026 (left), alongside an Oppo phone with teleconverter mounted a tripod, on a sandy beach at night, and the lunar eclipse is on the phone's screen
I bagged my first decent lunar eclipse photos using a phone — here’s how

By Timothy Coleman Published

I used the Oppo Find X9 Ultra phone and teleconverter lens to photography the 2026 lunar eclipse — here's how I got on.

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Photograph of a chameleon in a sandstorm
The most-used cameras by Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlistees? Two Nikon DSLRs

By Jon Stapley Published

These spectacular shortlisted images for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 competition show that there's life in the DSLR yet!

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Red moon during lunar eclipse
How to photograph the lunar eclipse blood moon on August 27-28

By Timothy Coleman Published

North and South America are ideally placed for the 96.2% partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28, while viewers across Europe should see the height of the eclipse just before moonset and dawn.

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A damaged groyne on a UK beach, the high tide is smashing into it, with the moving water blurred using a long exposure photography technique
I shot this stunning long-exposure seascape on my 3-year-old Pixel — here's how

By Timothy Coleman Published

Long exposure is a popular technique among keen photographers, and Google Pixel offers a simplified mode in its camera app that creates the same effect.

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Black and white photo of the late David Hockney creating a 'joiner' photographic collage of the National Museum of Photography
Here's how Polaroids awakened legendary artist David Hockney to the possibilities of photography

By Jon Stapley Published

Hockney's cubism-inspired collages of dozens of Polaroid images are the perfect way to celebrate World Photography Day.

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Boats in a marina at sundown during the 2026 solar eclipse, alongside a shadow on a wall of a person holding a colander
Didn't photograph the 2026 eclipse? Don't stress — simply witnessing it was magical enough

By Timothy Coleman Published

This week's solar eclipse promised to be a spectacular celestial event. Here's the unusual — and safe — way I viewed it.

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A meteor flashes across the clear night sky during the Perseid Meteor Shower 2026, photographer Tim Coleman lining up the photo with a tripod mounted Nikon camera, besides a tripod mounted Pixel phone
Here's how you can watch and photograph the Perseid meteor shower tonight

By Timothy Coleman Published

Phone, camera, or just with your eyes, the Perseid meteor shower is a spectacular celestial show to take in this week, and the conditions are perfect

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