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World Photography Day August 19th
World Photography Day is an internationally recognised celebration of an amazing hobby and way of life for creators from all around the world. In 2025 World Photography Day falls on Tuesday, 19 August and will be celebrated by enthusiasts who follow their passion and creative expression, which photography provides.
With a history dating back to 1839 World Photography Day is here to stay and for 2025 we have plenty of ways for you to participate and celebrate this historic event. Discover some of the most popular tips and tricks to advance your photography skills in subjects including wildlife and street photography, as well as how to edit your shots. Learn about some of the most popular lenses including the 50mm focal range, the latest cameras including the Fujifilm X-E5 and enter our competition for the chance to win some fantastic prizes. However you celebrate, Park Cameras are thrilled to be part of this incredible event and look forward to seeing your creative images.
Photography tips, inspiration and advice from our Blog
Budget-friendly Wildlife Photography
In this guide, we take a closer look at how a budget mirrorless camera and lens performs when tkaing photos of wildlife, with a focus specifically on bird photography.
Why Leica Cameras Are Worth The Cost
We take a closer look at what goes into the cost of producing Leica camera gear, and why so many enthusiast and professional photographers believe they are worth every penny.
Student Guide to Camera Equipment
Getting into photography as a student can feel overwhelming at first and it’s not always clear what kit you actually need, or why you need it. Our guide is here to help!
PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIALS & PRODUCT REVIEWS FROM OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Why 50mm is the BEST Prime Lens
We talk about why the 50mm prime lens is such an ideal lens choice for all kinds of photography from portrait photos to landscape and even food photography and product photos.
A closer look at the NEW Fujifilm X-E5
Fujifilm have released the new Fujifilm X-E5, a followup to the X-E4 with some pretty serious upgrades across the camera. We take a closer look at all it has to offer.
3 Ways to Make Your Subject Pop
In this video we look at 3 way your can make your subject pop using a variety of different tools within Adobe Lightroom Classic. It's never been easier than it is right now!
The latest competitions at Park Cameras
Summer Photo Competition
Summer can be a great time to capture memories, so we’re looking to see what places have inspired you to capture on your camera or phone. Whether you’ve been able to take advantage of the glorious Summer sunshine, headed to a music festival, chilled out in the countryside, captured the action by watching (or playing) sport, or maybe you’ve got caught in a rain shower (this is Britain after all!), we’d love to see your most captivating moments during this holiday season.
The latest events at Park Cameras
Get hands-on with the Sony RX1R III in Burgess Hill
Join us at our Burgess Hill store and be amongst the first to experience the brand-new Sony RX1R III fixed-lens camera.
Get hands-on with the Sony RX1R III in London
Join us at our Central London store and be amongst the first to experience the brand-new Sony RX1R III fixed-lens camera.
Wildlife Day
If Wildlife’s your thing, then don’t miss the Park Cameras Wildlife Day, held at our Burgess Hill store on Saturday 20th September 2025. Full detail coming soon...!
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Who started World Photography Day?
The World Photography Day celebration stems from the invention of the ‘daguerreotype' after which on August 19, 1839, the French government purchased a patent from Louis Daguerre. France declared it a gift to the world, for anyone to use without cost. Well, almost everyone. The French were still smarting from the Napoleonic Wars, and there had been a long rivalry with Britain reaching back hundreds of years, and so, they excluded Britain from the gift. British photographers had to pay a license fee to use the technique.
Fortunately for the British, around the same time, William Henry Fox Talbot had independently developed his own system, and so, the two processes evolved, at first, in parallel. Fortunately, the world is a much more peace-loving place than it was in the 1800s. Overall, despite some hiccups, we get on together much better than we did 182 years ago. Now, on August 19 every year, to celebrate that idea of international camaraderie on the anniversary of France’s generous sharing of the Daguerreotype, it’s World Photography Day.
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By Park Cameras on 19/08/2025
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