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Is noise as bad as you think it is?

January 27, 2023 by Rod Lawton

This question comes in three parts. First, is your camera really as bad at high ISOs as you think? Second, is noise REALLY that intolerable? And is your attitude to noise stopping you from taking shots you might actually like?

Filed Under: Featured, GeneralTagged With: DeepPRIME (DxO), ISO, Noise reduction

More than half of photographers use Lightroom, according to Shotkit survey

November 8, 2022 by Rod Lawton

Camera gear website Shotkit has run a survey of 657 photographers to find out what software they use, and Lightroom is by far the most popular option, with 58% of the vote. Equally interesting are the reasons why users don’t choose Lightroom, and what they use instead.

Filed Under: Featured, General, News

I’m shooting RAW with my iPhone but I’m not sure I should

September 17, 2022 by Rod Lawton

Don’t get me wrong. I really value the processing headroom of RAW files, whether they’ve been shot on a phone or a full frame camera, but I’m starting to think the iPhone might be a special case.

Filed Under: Featured, General, MobileTagged With: 10-bit HEIF, HEIC, HEIF format, JPEG vs RAW, Linear DNG, Mobile photography, RAW file

Don’t forget about white balance just because you’re shooting RAW

September 14, 2022 by Rod Lawton

It’s true that you can set the white balance to whatever you like when processing RAW files, but there are still advantages to choosing the setting you want – or you think you will want – on the camera when you shoot.

Filed Under: Featured, GeneralTagged With: White balance

Adobe Lightroom: what is it, where do you get it, what does it cost?

May 7, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom is not one program but three. You could easily call it an ecosystem. At heart, it’s a tool for both organizing your photos and editing them. So how do you get it, what does it cost, and which version do you need?

Filed Under: Featured, General, Lightroom, SidebarTagged With: Adobe, Cloud storage, Lightroom (Adobe), Lightroom Classic (Adobe), Lightroom mobile, Photography Plan (Adobe), Subscription software

The one great strength of non-destructive editing – it remembers what you did

April 27, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Have you ever browsed your back catalog of images, re-discovered one with some edits that you really love… but you can’t remember how you did it? For someone like me who uses all sorts of software for all sorts of different techniques (and has a memory like mine) it’s a real issue.

Filed Under: Featured, General, Ideas

Panoramic photography tips: how to shoot panoramas successfully

April 10, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Panoramic photography is really easy to do but not so easy to get right. Your software can work wonders, but you have to give it a fighting chance. Here are 10 panoramic photography tips that might help.

Filed Under: Featured, General, Tutorials

Why calling RAW files ‘digital negatives’ is only half right

April 6, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

RAW files are not quite ‘digital negatives’. They are actually more like the latent images on undeveloped film and need a ‘digital developer’. Choosing the best digital developer (RAW processing software) can make a big difference to your images.

Filed Under: Featured, General, WorkflowTagged With: Bayer sensor, Demosaicing, RAW file, RAW processing

10 myths about RAW files – and why they’re wrong

March 31, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Almost any photographic expert will tell you that you should shoot RAW files not JPEGs, and that RAW files are innately superior. The trouble with this kind of wisdom is that it’s repeated and passed on without question.

Filed Under: General, Listicles, WorkflowTagged With: 14-bit RAW, 16-bit image, 8-bit images, Artefact/artifact, Bayer sensor, Bits and bit depth, Compression, Dynamic range, JPEG, JPEG vs RAW, Lens corrections, Lossy/lossless compression, Noise reduction, RAW file, RAW processing, RAW+JPEG, TIFF, White balance

Cataloguing software explained

March 29, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Cataloguing software can organize your entire photo collection, but how does it work and what do you look for?

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, Featured, GeneralTagged With: Adobe, Album, Asset management, Batch processing, Bridge (Adobe), Browser (photos), Capture One, Catalog, Cataloguing software, Cloud storage, Collection, Copyright, Culling, DAM (Digital Asset Management), Develop (RAW files), EXIF data, Export, Import, IPTC data, Keyword, Library, Lightroom (Adobe), Lightroom Classic (Adobe), Local adjustments, Metadata, Non-destructive editing, Presets, Preview, Referenced images, Session (Capture One), Smart album/collection, Thumbnail, Virtual Copy (Lightroom)

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