Get Obsessed With Light PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY with Gabrielle Touchette | September 23, 2026 Here’s what most beginner photographers overlook… fascinating light. Inexperienced photographers usually search for interesting subjects rather than obsess over finding interesting light. This is not to say a good photo can't be made by searching for interesting subjects. Of course it can. But over the years, as you practice becoming a better photographer, you will encounter many, many days when an...
14 days ago • 2 min read
If you send me a raw photo, I will edit it. (I can't help it) PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY with Gabrielle Touchette | September 16, 2026 The text came in from my friend and fellow iPhone photographer, 'Segun, along with a snapshot of a photo he had taken through a downtown window on a rainy afternoon in Winnipeg: Sometimes we walk by and see something spectacular in the ordinary, and we can't not share it with someone else. Have you ever experienced this yourself? This is what I love so much about phone...
21 days ago • 3 min read
The Nikon won. But that’s not actually the point. PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY with Gabrielle Touchette | September 9, 2026 The other day I went to the English Garden to take photos of flowers with my Nikon camera and 105mm f/2.8 macro lens. Nikon Z6iii, 105mm f/2.8 macro lens, edited in Lightroom. My goal: to enjoy a day off, do some slow walking, look at the intricate details of flowers and take photos. I had recently upgraded my pro camera, and I was especially excited to try it out on an easy...
28 days ago • 3 min read
Train Your Creative Eye: Learning to Photograph What Isn’t Obvious PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY with Gabrielle Touchette | September 2, 2026 When I was in photography school, our program filled our days with many classes that taught different aspects of photography for a full year. We had a course that taught the technical aspects of our DSLR cameras and our editing software. We had another course that taught film photography, including how to develop and print photos in the dark room. We had another...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Starry Night Skies PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY with Gabrielle Touchette | August 27, 2026 Summertime means a lot more adventures outside the city, deep in nature where urban lights don't pollute the night sky. The absence of artificial lights makes the stars shine a lot brighter and it gives your phone the chance to pick up some of that nighttime beauty. This past week I had the chance to capture the stars on camera in the backwoods of Ontario and I thought I'd share with you the exact steps I followed...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Start studying light now, and reap the benefits later PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY with Gabrielle Touchette | August 12, 2026 Light is vastly complex. It only takes being a photographer for 1 minute to realize this. Photography comes from the Greek words "drawing with light". As we become better at reading light, we become better at drawing with it. iPhone 17 Pro, edited in Lightroom Mobile Start learning how to read light well The best thing you can do right now to improve your photography is to obsess...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Getting to the truer version of a scene with editing PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY with Gabrielle Touchette | August 5, 2026 I’m deviating from iPhone-specific photo examples today, but it's because my Nikon camera photo is serving as a perfect example to illustrate this teaching point. → Read on, knowing that this also applies to phone cameras. _________________________________________ Someone recently noted that for them editing their photos seemed like cheating. It felt like it was distorting reality...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Don't underestimate the psychological effects of colours in your photos PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY with Gabrielle Touchette | July 29, 2026 Colour shapes first impressions before conscious thought begins. When someone looks at your photo, they will feel something emotionally before they understand the full, logical picture. To increase emotional impact, you can colour tint your photos for faster results. Warm Colours Warm colours are often associated with feelings of safety, calmness and emotional...
2 months ago • 1 min read
How to work well with imperfections PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY with Gabrielle Touchette | July 22, 2026 Is AI conditioning us to obsess over perfection? To get impatient when things run on normal, human speed? To accept nothing less than polished, clean results? Perfect, fast, clean output is sometimes good. But if it's at the cost of preserving the story or the human touch, I don't think it's worth it. Especially when it comes to photography. Working harder just to stay human Recently I had a...
3 months ago • 2 min read