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Mike McNamee

Mike McNamee is a Graduate Mechanical Engineer with 25 years of industrial experience and a Fellow of both the Royal Photographic Society and the British Professional Photographers Association. His career combines engineering, scientific imaging, photography and digital imaging technology, giving him a particularly strong technical understanding of the photographic process.

Mike has won numerous national and international awards, including the Struers International Award for his work in digital image analysis. His photography has been published and used worldwide in encyclopaedias, textbooks, scientific journals, calendars, magazines, newspapers and CD covers.

He has been involved with digital imaging since its early development and has lectured throughout Europe and America on specialised photographic and imaging techniques. He has also authored numerous reports, books, scientific papers and patents, and spent 15 years serving on the British Standards Committee for Engineering Ceramics as an Imaging Specialist.

Mike has extensive experience in photography education and digital imaging, having developed the MousePushers digital imaging courses through Pixelmix Digital Training and taught photography and digital imaging at Priestley College in Warrington. He was previously Editor of Digital Photographer and Creative Imaging and is currently Editor of Professional Imagemaker, the magazine of The Societies of Photographers. His ongoing work includes colour management and digital workflow, as well as the practical application of imaging technology in photography.



Peter Li

How Peter Li Creates Dramatic Vertical Panoramas of Cathedrals

Peter was interviewed by Cristina Pascu-Tulbure and Mike McNamee Peter Li’s photographs of cathedrals and historic interiors have a distinctive...

PANORAMAS OF LOST LONDON WORK, WEALTH, POVERTY AND CHANGE 1870–1945

How Photography Helps Preserve History and Heritage

A photograph can be much more than a record of a moment. Look at an old photograph of a street...

Realistic Digital Pet Portraits

How to Create Realistic Digital Pet Portraits in Photoshop

For photographers looking for a way to add another creative service to their business, digital pet portraiture offers an interesting...

Affinity Version 3

Affinity for Photographers: A Powerful Free Alternative to Adobe

Affinity has always been an interesting alternative to Adobe’s creative software, but the proposition has changed dramatically. Following Canva’s acquisition...

The Perimeter By Quintin Lake

The Perimeter by Quintin Lake: Photographing the UK Coastline – Book Review

What does it take to photograph the entire coastline of the United Kingdom? For professional photographer Quintin Lake, the answer...

10 Years of Remembering Wildlife

Remembering Wildlife: How Photography Is Helping Protect Endangered Species

Wildlife photography can do far more than create beautiful pictures. Used effectively, it can draw attention to species that many...

Fine Art Prints

How Long Do Fine Art Prints Last? A Guide to Print Longevity

For photographers who sell prints, print longevity matters. Creating a beautiful image and producing a high-quality fine art print is...

PermaJet Baryta Rag 310 Review

PermaJet Baryta Rag 310 Review: Fine Art Print Quality Tested

By Mike McNamee PermaJet Baryta Rag 310 is a 100% cotton rag-based fine art inkjet paper with a zero-OBA coating...

Calendar Creations

How to Create a Photography Calendar: Design, Printing and Selling Tips

A photography calendar can be much more than a collection of attractive images. For photographers, it can become a product...

How to Choose the Best Photo Paper for Printing Your Photography

How to Choose the Best Photo Paper for Printing Your Photography

Baryta, fine-art, matte and glossy papers explained, including colour accuracy, Optical Brightening Agents and how paper choice affects your final...