

The World’s Best Disposable Camera
Remember the days when a disposable camera meant a holiday or celebration is right around the corner, 24 photos that will decide how you reminisce a lifetime later.
Nicholas Wheeler
Dec 26, 20252 min read


The Quiet Click
When the noise finally agrees with itself
When you’re a little bit lost and torn in two, nothing lines up.
You tell yourself you’re fine. Your mind builds the case for the opposite. Your gut knots the rope.
Nicholas Wheeler
Nov 19, 20251 min read


Diary On Repeat
The secret diary you didn’t know you were keeping.
Not the one with dates and paragraphs. The one that sits quietly in the background, giving you away.
Nicholas Wheeler
Nov 16, 20255 min read


Chez Moi
Chez moi, the roads pretend not to be roads: hedges lean in, songs become furniture, and the best things never make it online.
Nicholas Wheeler
Nov 13, 20253 min read


Finding Myself in the Frame with the DJI Flip
Exploring alone has always had one downside: it’s hard to capture myself in the moment. For years, the process felt like more hassle than it was worth. I’d ask myself “Do I want a photo of myself here?” and, if the answer was yes, I had to carry a tripod just in case. Once I reached the location, there came the awkward back-and-forth shuffle between the camera and the self-timer, repeating the dance until I got a shot I could live with. More often than not, I simply didn’t b
Nicholas Wheeler
Oct 19, 20253 min read


The Beauty of Wandering with a Camera - Landscape Photography
Photography, for me, is more than pressing a shutter. It’s about wandering, following a hunch, chasing light, and sometimes just standing...
Nicholas Wheeler
Aug 26, 20254 min read


The Leica M Typ 240 in 2025
There’s something quietly reassuring about the Leica M Typ 240. Even in 2025, when cameras brag about autofocus so fast it could photograph a hummingbird mid-sneeze, this older beauty remains stubbornly, wonderfully slow.
Nicholas Wheeler
Aug 24, 20252 min read


The Leica M11-D: A £8,000 Camera With No Screen — And Why I Love It
Leica M11-D Life Without a Screen: My Time with the Leica M11-D In a world where every camera wants to be a tiny, overqualified smartphone, I ended up with the awkward one that refuses to light up at all. The Leica M11-D is a digital camera with no rear screen. No playback, no live view, no menus to scroll through while you pretend to be “checking settings”. Just a beautifully tactile ISO dial . On paper, it sounds daft. In practice, it felt weirdly familiar. For years I’d be
Nicholas Wheeler
Aug 20, 20255 min read


A Modern Classic: My First Thoughts on the Voigtländer 50mm F1.2 Nokton II
When I last wrote about the Summilux-M 50 mm f/1.4, it wasn’t the glowing love letter I’d hoped. My copy simply wouldn’t consistently...
Nicholas Wheeler
Aug 18, 20252 min read


Focus? Never Heard of Her
The Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 (11714) — on paper it’s my dream lens: classic styling, a natural look, and plenty of those perfect...
Nicholas Wheeler
Aug 14, 20252 min read


The Secret Falls - Wales
Not usually one for writing blogs or articles, this is unfamiliar territory for me. But after visiting this location, I felt compelled to share a few words.
Nicholas Wheeler
Aug 11, 20252 min read