Observations and Thoughts on Photography
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I tend to like my photographs to be straight out of camera (SOOC) or if I have to edit them, just trying to achieve a filmic (film camera) look. That’s not to say that I won’t play around with images, just that if I don’t have to all the better. I recently posted some shots […]
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Since it’s launch back at the begining of February Luminar Neo from Skylum Inc. has received a few updates which have improved usability and functionality so I thought that this would be a good time to take another look. Before I do though I just want to remind readers that many of Skylum’s development team […]
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Before I start I just want to say that my thoughts today and everyday are with the people of Ukraine in this their darkest hour. In the coming days and weeks, democracy and the right of everyone to live their lives in peace will be tested to the limit in the face of unfounded Kremlin […]
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Most photo editing software seems to support only a few cameras with direct tethering from within the application. One such product that I use is On1 PhotoRAW 2022. This supports just two camera brands, Nikon and Canon. Fortunately I am a Nikon user so I am able to tether the D600 to PhotoRAW without too […]
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PART 1 RELIGHT AI My post yesterday focused mainly on providing my first thoughts about Luminar Neo with respect to the very much cut down beta software available to early adopters. In this version the two stand out features of Luminar Neo are Relight Ai and Sky Replacement although the latter has been a key […]
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When I first bought into the Skylum world with Luminar2018 I was impressed. At last a really simple, efficient and productive tool for minimal outlay. At that time, other than Photoscape X Pro, it was my main photo editor and I did some really good work with it. Then came along Luminar 3, another really […]
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Darktable is one of those pieces of software that you know nothing about until someone tells you about it. Like many open source applications it attracts wide support from a small and tightly knit community who, at least from my experience, are extremely passionate about it. But what is darktable? Well, the darktable website provides […]
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A friend recently sent me a RAW image taken on a very old Lumix digital camera with a 1/1.7″ sensor. The image was a really tricky one, very under exposed and while it was only shot at ISO 400, combined with the small sensor this created quite a messy, noisy image. What this did though […]
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Disclaimer! I’m a big fan of On1 PhotoRAW. As a user since On1 PhotoRAW 2018, every major upgrade has improved the software dramatically. In On1 PhotoRAW 2019 we welcomed Portrait Ai which made it a lot easier to fine tune portraits albeit with some limitations, for example relighting of subjects which for me is a […]
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When I first created this post I called it “Don’t be afraid to Cull Bad Images”. However, as the post evolved I felt that I needed to look at keeping versus culling in the round. This article therefore discusses my take on what stays and what goes in my photography. Now, I’m pretty good at […]
