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Moody mono with a Leica M10 Monochrom and Capture One

March 29, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

I met my donkey friend while I was out testing a Leica M10 Monochrom and 28mm f/2 Summicron lens. For those who don’t know, this is a rangefinder camera with manual focusing, so getting my friend’s eye sharp was a special challenge as he was getting restless because I didn’t have any carrots. The Leica […]

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, Tutorials

Histograms aren’t sacred: shadows and highlights CAN be clipped

September 5, 2019 by Rod Lawton

Histograms just show you what’s happening in your images, they’re not there to tell you what to do. But there’s an old adage from the days of film photography that you should still be able to see some detail in the darkest and brightest parts of your pictures, and that’s carried through into digital photography. […]

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured

Montacute House in moody monochrome with split toning

August 2, 2019 by Life after Photoshop

What is the mood you’re trying to capture? For his image of an Elizabethan country house, I wanted and sombre and forbidding look, and this required black and white, some dodging and burning and subtle toning.

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, Tutorials

Levels vs curves vs luma curves: ways to adjust contrast in photos

July 26, 2019 by Life after Photoshop

Levels and curves can both be used to adjust the contrast in photos, but how are they different, which should you use and is one better than the other?

Filed Under: Capture One, Editing A-Z, Featured, General, Tutorials

Preset picks: Capture One ‘Seasonal’ SN-04

June 26, 2019 by Rod Lawton

Preset Picks: The SN-04 Style from Capture One’s Seasonal Style pack (sold separately) has a very rich, warm look. Here’s how the Style is created.

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, Tutorials

Capture One vs Lightroom: which is best?

June 19, 2019 by Rod Lawton

Capture One vs Lightroom: how do choose between these two programs? Here are they key differences, broken down section by section.

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, Lightroom

Does the new Capture One 12.1 X-Trans processing make any difference?

June 14, 2019 by Rod Lawton

It’s fine for Phase One to say the Capture One 12.1 X-Trans processing has been improved, but can you actually see the difference? (It was pretty good already.)

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, Tutorials

SN-05 from Capture One’s Seasonal Style pack

February 18, 2019 by Life after Photoshop

SN-05 is a pretty unromantic name for an image style, but it’s worked quite a transformation on this sunlit winter tree and sky. It’s one of 15 Styles in the Seasonal pack, which is sold via the Phase One website here: Seasonal Styles & Presets for Capture One – Preview Images & Buy The price […]

Filed Under: Capture One

Can you really take proper pictures with a smartphone?

February 11, 2019 by Rod Lawton

Well, I actually think you can. I like taking pictures with my iPhone. It’s partly a practical thing, as it’s the camera I always have with me. More than that, though, it makes me see things differently. I see compositions, shapes, light and shadow in a way that I might not when looking through a […]

Filed Under: Capture One, General, Tutorials

Capture One 12 Fujifilm Film Simulations: how they work

December 3, 2018 by Rod Lawton

Is Capture One now the best RAW converter of all for Fujifilm owners? Phase One has added support for the Fujifilm GFX, launched a new, free Capture One Express Fujifilm app, and Capture One 12 now adds Fujifilm Film Simulation modes.

Filed Under: Capture One, Tutorials

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