Black Friday camera deals: what to check before you buy a camera or lens

How to photograph the Moon this winter, from the November supermoon onwards

A full Moon looks enormous to the eye and tiny in most photographs.

11 November 20266 min read

How to photograph a starling murmuration this winter

A murmuration is one of the few wildlife spectacles that needs no hide, no long wait at dawn and no specialist lens.

11 November 20266 min read

Photographing frost, fog and snow without grey, muddy pictures

White scenes fool cameras into underexposing.

10 November 20266 min read

Moving to a new phone this Christmas: how to back up and transfer your photos safely

Thousands of family photos live only on a phone until something goes wrong.

9 November 20266 min read

Visiting Wildlife Photographer of the Year: what a beginner can take away

The world's best-known wildlife photography exhibition is back in South Kensington.

8 November 20266 min read

The rule of thirds, and when to break it

Cropping your subject onto a third is the oldest trick in the book.

28 October 20267 min read

How pictures are built

Framing, lines, symmetry and the small decisions the eye makes before the shutter.

Reading the light

Golden hour, overcast days, window light and the kind of British grey that still makes a photograph.

Honest kit notes

Phones, entry-level cameras and the two or three lenses that actually matter at the start.