Smartphones are an excellent tool for testing and documenting compositions. So with the launch of the iPhone 14 Pro, I wanted to examine a few key improvements. And put them in context for what they’ll mean for your landscape photography and videos.

I knew Karijini National Park was an ancient landscape. I had seen images of its rolling plains broken by fractal-like gorges. And of the arthritic ghost gums clinging to cliff faces. But it wasn’t until I was standing on Country that I truly felt the deep time of the landscape.

In the old town, tight rows of timber houses are painted canary yellow. Bursts of colour greet you at every turn. Blue doors line the lanes. While bougainvilleas bloom and creep across the facades.

In Saigon, the heat was draining. The streets, deafening. The chaos, overwhelming. The city, alive—and so was I. Here’s what I saw.