People think you need a telephoto lens and a camo tent to photograph wildlife. I thought so too—until I started getting my best shots with nothing more than a smartphone. While it is possible to take ...

In this guide, I’m focusing on the best cameras for photography. Nowadays, cameras are expected to be jacks of all trades, offering great video capabilities as well as superb stills. However, not ...

This story originally published in the July 1906 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. Looking back to that period, many years ago, when the finger ...