Camera Settings

The RX100VII Settings Club is a monthly release of five different settings that I've been shooting this month, or a dive into the archives. This month looks back on NYC: what went right and what went wrong. This month, I have seven Shot Cards for you: one example of what went wrong, five shot cards, and one duplicate so you can see what the settings look like in different conditions.

18 real lighting scenarios. The exact settings behind every one. Finished, film-like shots straight out of camera — no Lightroom, no second-guessing. Instant download · works on any device · free updates for life Then you got it home — and it came out looking like your phone. Muted, flat, nothing like the shots that made you buy it. So now you're rescuing every photo in Lightroom, or standing in beautiful light second-guessing your dials while the moment passes. It's not the

In Part 1 I rescued a set of badly backlit ZV-1 photos using RAW files, subject masking, and a handful of light adjustments. If you haven't read it, start there: this post picks up where that one ends. Because correcting the light is only half the job. A technically correct photo can still feel like nothing. This is the part where it gets a mood. Correction versus colour These are two separate jobs and treating them as one is why a lot of edits go sideways. Correction is fixi

Set four of fifteen. I shot most of a set at the wrong aperture, flash and all, worked out the problem right at the end, and then my battery died before I could fix it. Here's what went wrong, and the one decision that meant I didn't lose the whole thing. I nearly lost this set. Not to weather, not to a location problem: to my own settings, and to a screen I couldn't read. I was out on the pier in hard, bright sun, shooting solo, in manual mode, with my aperture jammed far to

A happy coincidence where two separate projects lined up for this unintentional head-to-head. I had two different projects in mind this morning when I set out to shoot: one on my Sony ZV-1 and the other on my Fujifilm X-E5. I have a limited window when my favourite hydrangeas are in peak condition, so I took advantage of the morning to get both of these ideas executed. The morning part is not optional, by the way. This location only works early. Later in the day, the light co

A complete walkthrough for the Godox TT685S II on the ZV-1: the settings, the look, and how to fix a flash that won't fire when you're the one in front of it. There is a specific look people cannot place. The light is crisp, the subject is lifted off the background, the colours are saturated in a way daylight alone does not do, and the photo was clearly not taken by a friend. It looks hired. It looks lit. And increasingly, the comment is some version of: " How is this you, al

The short answer: Creative Style and Creative Look are Sony's two in-camera colour systems, and every Sony camera has one or the other. Creative Style is the older system, found on cameras like the Sony ZV-1, Sony RX100 VII, and the a6000-series: it uses named styles like Standard, Vivid, and Landscape, each with three adjustments. Creative Look is the newer system, found on bodies like the Sony a7 IV, ZV-E1, and FX30: it uses two-letter codes like ST, PT, and VV, with eight

Why Sony photos look flat out of the box, and how photographers get the rich, "edited" look with no editing: in-camera colour using Creative Style and White Balance. Category: Sony Settings · Last updated: June 2026 The short answer: photos that look edited straight out of camera are made with two in-camera controls working together: a Creative Style (or Creative Look on newer bodies) that sets the photo's character, and a deliberate White Balance choice that sets its mood. T

There’s a moment at every reception where the room goes dark, the DJ kicks in, and every guest reaches for their phone and gets the same shot: flat, washed out, bland. Skin tones gone grey, the warm glow of the room flattened into nothing, the whole thing somehow both too dark and too lifeless at once. They post it anyway, because it’s the only one they’ve got. I was at one of those weddings recently with nothing but my RX100VII tucked in a tiny bag, and I came home with fram

I took my X100VI to France and Spain for three weeks and came back with some hard-learned lessons about setup. These are the five things I wish I’d configured before I left. Dial these in before your next trip and thank yourself later. 1 — Pre-load your custom recipes Don’t wait until you’re standing in front of the Eiffel Tower to figure out which recipe you want to shoot on. Go into your camera settings before you leave and load every recipe you plan to use into your custom

An archive of some of my most frequently asked questions on Tiktok and Instagram about my Fujifilm x100vi! How did I get my hands on one? I preordered mine through a local camera store called Vistek. What type of camera is it? It is a compact point-and-shoot camera with a fixed focal length. This means that you cannot interchange the lens, and it is also permanently set at a 23mm focal length (35mm equivalent). How much did it cost? It is $2159.99 CAD before tax. I live in On

A current list of all my Camera Equipment and Accessories Cameras Canon G7x Mark ii - https://bit.ly/43aIuPe Sony ZV-1 Mark i - https://bit.ly/4dhWPOz Sony RX 100vii - https://bit.ly/4nEmiq7 Fujifilm x100vi - https://bit.ly/4knXT5R Fujifilm X-E5 - https://go.shopmy.us/p-63853281 DJI Osmo Nano - https://go.shopmy.us/p-72012293 DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo - https://bit.ly/44yC5Qc Sony A6500 - https://bit.ly/43r9R8Z 35 mm co Camera - https://bit.ly/42VkDUS Accessories White

Getting the perfect portrait photo with the flash can be a challenge. It is a fine balance between illuminating the subject, keeping the skin-tones beautiful and warm and determining how much background detail you want to keep in the shot. In this blog post I am going to share with you the two settings that I use on my Canon G7x Mark ii that give me the most flattering flash portraits possible. Here is a link to my video where I also share these settings: https://vm.tiktok.co