Summer Photography

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

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