The visual design of a product is one of the main factors in affecting user experience, of that there is no doubt. Yet if we delve deeper into this subject, more and more experts and designers are turning into the techniques of copywriting as a way to influence user experience. …

When design & copywriting collide. — Have you ever thrown yourself into researching a topic so hard your head spins? Well, it happened to me. Recently, I adopted the pleasurable task of studying UX writing. As I set off on the long road to learn this specialisation, the metaphorical mountain of new information in front of…

How to lose the fear and write your first article. — I have always been someone enjoys getting lost in their own thoughts, yet rarely did I place those thoughts on paper. My fears were twofold, not being confident that I could express myself to a good enough degree and having the fear that my words would interest nobody. This fear…

How I Arrived at the End of the World. — I recently moved to the countryside. When I say I, I mean myself and my lovely wife Laila, along with our little dog, Bear. I have never lived this far away from the intensity of the city’s streets before. Our journey over the last year has been an interesting one…

The race is off. — Manufacturers want to make you feel like it matters. The number is everywhere. Front and centre. Pride of place on advertisements aimed at the mass market. ‘Fuji XT-3 26.1M’. ‘Sony A7iii 42.2M’. ‘Hasselblad X1D 50M’. It’s megapixel madness. We are inclined to feel like our camera is inferior if it…

Being creative in peace. — I am often described as a loner. It doesn’t bother me and I somewhat agree with the statement and take no offence from it. I am a man that enjoys his own company. It is easy for me to spend days alone with my work. I often think about why…

See. Shoot. Repeat. — “ I don’t take photographs. It is the photograph which has to take me.” — Henri Cartier Bresson Reacting quickly in photography requires the skill to perform and shoot faster than we can be reasonably expected to think. …

With photography, we are our own worst enemy. — I missed a shot today. Not any old shot mind you, it would have been the greatest shot anyone had ever seen, a shot to end all shots. It would have gone down in History, placed straight into ‘The Big Book of Amazing Photography’, page 1. Foreward by me. Or…

Learning to see again. — There are numerous resources online about the technical aspects of photography. As humans, we find it easy to recite facts and figures. They are definite, palpable, tangible. “The new mirrorless has 64 megapixels”. “The new f1.2 lens is out of this world!”. There are so many resources in fact, that…