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October 13, 2024 - We all begin with a SOOC image. Everyone of us does. What is a SOOC image? It’s a Straight Out Of Camera image. One that...

December 16, 2023 - It all started with a question, as many things do. A fairly innocent question: What is the difference between two comput...

December 07, 2023 - A funny thing happened on the way to RAW photo editing: I met Gentlemen Coders. Well, not exactly and not in person, Gen...

November 05, 2023 - “Ceci n’est pas un visage” But it could be. With the utmost respect for René Magritte and his iconic image of surreal...

August 10, 2023 - Fear is a powerful thing, and it has a useful purpose in our survival. That said, it can best be utilized as a guide, an...

July 15, 2023 - When it comes to creating (*generating) images using Artificial Intelligence tools, I ask students (really any photograp...

July 11, 2023 - Are there any moral or ethical considerations to be calculated when using Artificial Intelligence to “create” Art (or is...

June 29, 2023 - So what is all the uproar about Artificial Intelligence and the creation of images/artwork? I have a few thoughts 💭… No...

June 23, 2023 - A while back I did a video tutorial on how I create LUTs using Affinity Photo to color grade images and import them into...

June 21, 2023 - Now let me start by saying I am NOT by any stretch an optics engineer, nor do I fully understand the physics of lens cre...

May 03, 2023 - I am a “Skipper”. No, not the boat kind, I skip software versions, and hardware upgrades on a regular basis (but not eve...

October 16, 2022 - I love beauty and beautifully designed things. The adage that “form follows function” is true, and when both are in perf...

May 05, 2021 - Sometimes, once in a great while perhaps, you come across a pair of image editing softwares that play so well together y...

April 05, 2021 - If you are an Aperture user (I know, we are a very small but dedicated and scrappy bunch), this is the one thing you hop...

April 03, 2021 - Grabbing a warm, steamy cup of Joe, I thought I would settle in and wax on with a few more thoughtful insights against s...

March 16, 2021 - If you are an Adobe Creative Cloud subscriber you probably know by now Adobe has just released an update to their separa...

January 31, 2021 - A few years ago I wrote a post called "Tools:: On Why Gear Really Does Matter" and I have wanted to do an update, or at...

January 12, 2021 - This post is part fantasy, but more importantly a really close look at a beautifully designed program for RAW image, and...

January 09, 2021 - As we stroll into 2021 I want to take a peek into the current state-of-the-art of photo editing software. What I won't b...

December 20, 2020 - This final portrait edit was created entirely in Apple's Aperture software here at the end of 2020. Yes, I'm still runni...

October 22, 2020 - Exposure X5 (NIK Silver Efex Pro 2 vs.True B+W Conversion LUT) As an artist and photographer I'm not one to go by numbe...

October 08, 2020 - So, it's 2020 and Adobe has finally started catching up with the color grading world of still photography. Catch this re...

September 15, 2020 - Not all RAW converters are the same, that's not a new revelation. When I was photographing in the analog film days, all...

September 06, 2020 - Creating and using custom LUTS for still photography is easy and fun using Affinity Photo and Exposure X5. (the above vi...

April 24, 2020 - This is the third and final post in a series on photo software. A lot has been said and written about the whole Adobe mo...

January 12, 2020 - A funny thing happened on the way to the future... I decided to go back. No, not back to 1985 but more like 2014. Since...

December 25, 2019 - We've all been there. We know the drill. If you are doing your post-processing of images with a program that you bought...

August 08, 2019 - Almost five years back I wrote a blog post called "Got Film? Digital Photographers Now Have Choices" on the state of the...

July 24, 2019 - Way back in November 2007 I started this site to showcase my work, and eventually find a home for my blog. My goal then...

July 07, 2014 - Some time ago, I wrote a post about the demise of Aperture being premature when the interwebs responded to the Aperture...

June 30, 2014 - It's official: On Friday, June 27th 2014, Apple announced it would cease any further development on its professional pho...

April 25, 2014 - So you think gear doesn't matter? Or maybe you are on the side of those who are all about the supremacy of gear at the e...

January 14, 2014 - Sometimes it seems like this techno-photo-centric world we are in is racing along at a break-neck speed. Newer cameras,...

December 10, 2013 - Why have I chosen Zenfolio for my website as opposed to any other portfolio hosting solutions or a Wordpress site? Essen...

November 07, 2013 - Creating a completely unique and customizable look to your images can be as easy and fun as painting with textured brush...

November 04, 2013 - To answer the question above, it can now be argued that "yes, indeed", digital photographers have film. Or rather "film...

October 27, 2013 - This post could be subtitled: " How's that working out for you without Photoshop?" All said, I have to say I'm only scra...

October 20, 2013 - This two part tutorial on creating fine, textured overlays and backgrounds for creative portraits, is a companion piece...

October 03, 2013 - This tutorial on creating tintype textured backgrounds and overlays for creative portraits was inspired by a recent crea...

June 17, 2013 - With the advent of Adobe going to its monthly subscription model for Photoshop and all the other Creative Cloud applicat...

May 16, 2013 - So, Adobe has chosen to "go cloud", and offer a subscription for software solution to its customers. No sooner was this...

February 20, 2013 - What is in your photographic kitchen? What herbs, seasonings and flavours do you most use? Like cooking, photography is...

January 28, 2013 - What is creativeLIVE? In short, it is a worldwide, on-line classroom for free while live, and during re-broadcasts, for...

October 29, 2012 - "Use filters and plug-ins!" "Don't use filters or plug-ins!" It seems everyone in the photography industry has an opinio...

June 21, 2012 - With apologies to Mark Twain for the title, I'm here to say that Apple's pro photography application Aperture is very mu...