When it comes to wireless microphones, there are already some very strong options available, so when a new system comes along, it needs to offer something more than simply being another wireless microphone. The Insta360 Mic Pro is entering a market where DJI and Rode are already well established, so the question for me isn't really whether it works, because most modern wireless microphone systems work pretty well. The more important question is whether the Mic Pro actually gives you something that makes it worth choosing over the competition. 

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High contrast can wreck an image fast, crushing shadows into black and burning highlights into paper white. The trick is holding onto detail at both ends while still keeping the punch that makes a sunset landscape feel dramatic.

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The hardest part of landscape photography is leaving the house at all, especially when the light looks unpromising and the tide is coming in. Talking yourself into an evening shoot is where a lot of good pictures live or die.

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Clients ask about your style constantly, and most of the time they're actually asking two separate questions without realizing it. Answering both well is the difference between a booking and a polite pass.

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When the sky gives you nothing, the smart move is to stop shooting it. That single decision turned an overcast, drizzly afternoon at the beach into a productive session built entirely around red rocks, rock pools, and golden sand.

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Since Apple's keynote I have made two videos about the iPhone 18 Pro's new variable aperture lens, and in both of them I made predictions about how it would actually perform. Both phones are now sitting on my desk. I shot the same scenes on the 17 Pro and the 18 Pro, indoors and outdoors, at every aperture the new lens offers, then pulled all of it into Lightroom and zoomed to 400 percent. Some of what I predicted held up. A fair amount of it did not. 

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