Digital Cameras

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

Most Sony RX100 VII guides will hand you a settings table and call it a day. The problem is that settings only work when the light cooperates, and light almost never cooperates. Golden hour shifts in five minutes. Harsh midday sun bounces off everything. Night light is rarely just one source. This guide is about how to read the lighting condition in front of you and adjust the RX100 VII to match, whether you're taking a selfie, capturing a scene, or shooting someone else. The

Summer 2026 guide European summer photography has a recognizable aesthetic: warm light, terracotta and ochre tones, slow-paced detail shots, and a slightly underexposed cinematic feel. This guide breaks down the five core rules that make a photo read as European summer, whether you're shooting on a compact camera like the Sony ZV-1, Canon G7X II, or Fujifilm X100VI, or on your phone. It covers light timing, colour palette, composition, exposure, and shooting mindset, with pra

The Sony RX100 VII settings I use to shoot bright, glowy backlit selfies without blown-out skies or shadowed faces. Beginner-friendly walkthrough.

The G7X II & II photos that have been flooding your feed for the last few years have a very specific look — warm, rich, almost filmic without trying. People assume it's the Canon colour science. It's not. It's the settings. And you can replicate it on your Sony RX100VII. Colour techniques like this come down to understanding your camera and colour theory. I’ve tested three different pathways for you to achieve this look on your Sony RX100VII. note if you have any other Sony R

I just got home from three and a half weeks in France with a pit stop in Basque Country, Spain. This trip was the perfect opportunity to flex my travel photography skills and build content ahead of the busy summer season. Shoulder season is a brilliant time to visit these incredibly popular destinations — fewer crowds, more room to breathe, and a completely different energy. The trade-off is that some towns aren’t fully open yet, and in true spring fashion, rain can appear at

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 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 Wrist Strap - https://bit.ly/3H7Uc5D Sony Tripod - https://bit.ly/3F3NxsM iPhone Gimbal - https

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