Katie Dix

How to photograph fireworks

Capturing fireworks can be challenging but with a bit of planning, perseverance and guidance it can be done successfully....

Painting with light and long exposures

Light painting is a fun, creative and relatively inexpensive photographic activity that allows you to add something personal and unique to your photos, as well as help you learn more about your camera...

Facebook January Photo Challenge Winners: Reflections

January's Facebook competition was titled 'Reflections', a theme which attracted a variety of eye-catching entries. Here are our winners!...

January Google+ Photography Competition Winners – Depth of Field

Our chosen theme for January was Depth of Field - here are the results!...

December Google+ Photography Competition Winners - Creative Blur

In December we asked you to get your thinking caps on and create an image that best represents the theme, 'Creative Blur'. Here are the lucky winners!...

Facebook November Photo Challenge Winners: Night Time

This year's penultimate Facebook competition had the theme 'Night Time'. Did you win? Find out right here!...

November Google+ Photography Competition Winners - The Sea

At the start of November we asked you to capture an image that best represents The Sea for our Google+ Photography Competition - and here are the winners!...

October Google+ Photography Competition Winners - Black & White

Black and white is a format that has long been celebrated in the world of photography - and it's also been one of the most popular Google+ Competition themes to date....

Facebook October Photo Challenge Winners: The Great Indoors

From intricate detail that caught your eye to the wider view of the structure, October's theme 'The Great Indoors' can be portrayed in any environment - old, modern or a combination of the two. ...

How to photograph fireworks

Want to learn how to capture exploding fireworks? Katie Dix explains all....

July Google+ Photography Competition Winners - Transport: From A to B

July’s Google+ theme Transport: From A to B is an essential part of our day to day lives and its ease or difficulty can impact us profoundly in our temperament......

May Google+ Photography Competition Winners: Close Up

Our May Google+ Photography Competition Winners have been revealed! The subject was Close Up - but who won?...

March Google+ Photography Competition Winners - All Creatures Great & Small

From a creative portrait of your beloved pet, to a tiny bug-eyed insect in your own backyard, and everything in between; the theme for March's competition was "All Creatures Great & Small"....

The Google+ Photography Black & White Competition - Jan/Feb

Black and White is a format that has long been celebrated in the world of photography. ...

The Google+ Photography "Winter" Competition - Nov/Dec

The chilly season between Autumn and Spring where the nights are long and the days are short? Yep, you’ve guessed it! “Winter” was our second #winwithwex Google+ competition....

December Wex Gallery Competition Winners!

"Still Life" photography is an image that you have usually created yourself to portray a particular scene of objects that do not move. ...

November Wex Gallery Competition Winners!

We are surrounded by “Colour” every day and it is something that can easily influence our mood and actions. ...

October Wex Gallery Competition Winners!

Atmosphere can mean many different things to different people and will conjure up a whole host of evocative imagery....

Painting with light and long exposures

Light painting is a fun, creative and relatively inexpensive photographic activity that allows you to add something personal and unique to your photos, as well as help you learn more about your camera...

September Wex Gallery Photography Competition Winners!

For September's theme we gave you the theme of "Fashion and Apparel". Fashion refers to anything which is popular in a culture at any given time. ...

Gear of the Year Awards 2012!

28 September 2012: The Gear of the Year Awards are given to the retailers and distributors are voted for by you, our devoted customers....

July Wex Gallery Photography Competition Winners!

Last month we asked you to submit images that best capture the essence of ‘Urban Jungle’ for the WEX Gallery photography competition, with a Canon PowerShot G12 digital camera up for grabs....

June Wex Gallery Photo Competition Winners!

A path one would not usually take, a new direction in life, or a road that is no longer distinguished as a useable road, there are many meanings to last month’s theme, ‘A road less travelled’....

May Wex Gallery Photo Competition Winners!

Last month’s theme ‘Champion’ was certainly a challenging topic and not one you would naturally come by in day to day life, unless you went looking for it. ...

Out on the piste with the Pentax WG-2!

Having been asked to go skiing with my family, I needed a camera that would be able to handle the unexpected, harsh, cold environment that is the French Alps. ...

April Wex Gallery Photography Competition Winners!

In last month's Gallery Competition we set the public a challenging theme of 'The Great Outdoors', a theme which we had hoped would get the entries flowing and we weren't disappointed. ...

Sony launch the A57 SLT!

14 March 2012: Yesterday Sony introduced the new Sony Alpha A57, the replacement to the Sony A55, and another to incorporate the revolutionary SLT (Single Lens Translucent) technology. ...

The Canon 5D Mark III has arrived!

2 March 2012: We spoke to Canon at Focus to find out a bit more on the new Canon 5D Mark III! Today, after three years of rumour and speculation Canon has officially announced the Canon 5D Mark III....

Pentax announce the new mirrorless K-01!

3 February 2012: Yesterday Pentax announced the launch of the Pentax K-01, a mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera that joins the ever-popular Pentax K series. ...

Nikon Release 10 NEW Coolpix Cameras!

3 February 2012: Nikon announced not one, not two, but ten new digital compact cameras to join the well established Coolpix clan! ...

Hands-on review of the Nikon 1 J1

On the 21 September 2011, Nikon launched their first range of mirror-less Interchangeable Lens Cameras (ILC), the Nikon 1 series, which include the Nikon J1 and the Nikon V1....

Gear of the Year awards 2011!

23 September 2011: This year we managed to collect not one, not two, but THREE shiny awards! To say Wex Photographic was over the moon would somewhat be an understatement. ...

Hands-on preview with the new Canon S100!

15 September 2011: This morning Canon have announced the launch of their new advanced compact camera – the Canon PowerShot S100 - the replacement of the highly-acclaimed S95....

Lowepro Pro Runner 200 AW Review

For me, it’s all about size and convenience, which is where the Lowepro Pro Runner 200 AW fits in perfectly. ...