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Knowing how to do things and knowing WHAT to do are two different things
You’ll find no shortage of tutorials on how to achieve certain photo editing effects in different editors, but very little on which direction to take your images. It’s all ‘how’ and no ‘why’. That’s why I rate software like the Nik Collection and ON1 Photo RAW so highly. They don’t just give you tools, they give you ideas.
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If you’re interested in architectural photography, this one small adjustment is crucial
I’m talking about the one thing that it’s very difficult to avoid when taking pictures in any urban environment, and that’s tilting the camera. Even the smallest tilt can make the most careful architectural study look like a snapshot. It’s the tiniest of details but one of the most important, in my opinion, for this kind of photography.
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ON1 Effects can apply non-destructive edits even as a Lightroom plug-in – did you know that?
ON1 Effects is a component of ON1 Photo RAW, which is itself a non-destructive editor, storing all your editing adjustments as metadata alongside your images. But if you choose to use the ON1 Effects plug-in alongside Lightroom instead, surely you lose that non-destructive capability? No!
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The Bokeh filter in Analog Efex is really rather remarkable. Who needs AI?
The Analog Efex Bokeh filter looks simple, but used with a bit of care and judgement (and on the right subjects) it can produce terrific shallow depth of field and ‘miniature’ effects.
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16-bit TIFFs are ideal for editing… but you don’t actually have to KEEP them
16-bit TIFF files are top choice for editing, but not for keeping! When you’ve finished editing, just save your finished image as a JPEG. You don’t need that huge TIFF any more.
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Cataloguing software explained: how does it work and do you need it?
Cataloguing software can organize your entire photo collection, but how does it work and what do you look for?
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ON1 Photo RAW Max 2026.4’s Restore AI process is truly remarkable
I’ve always been pretty sceptical of AI photo enhancement tools as many of them seem to be either ineffective or over processed and artificial-looking. The Restore AI process in ON1 Photo RAW Max 2026.4 has completely changed my mind.
