One program I use all the time is Topaz Denoise. It just works, and consistently gives me amazing results. I may spend an entire morning photographing birds at ISO 6400, and I will run them all through Denoise. I don’t use Gigapixel or Sharpen as much, but I do use them from time to time. Read More
processing
MacBook Air 13″ 2021 M1 chip
A few weeks ago I was backing up over 10,000 images on a big commercial shoot in Alaska. I had my 11″ MacBook Air to process images and backup flashcards to external drives. I loved this laptop, it was so light it felt like an iPad, I didn’t even know it as in my pack. Read More
New Lightroom Features June 2021
Lightroom just keeps getting better and better. When Adobe announced Super Resolution for Photoshop, people were impressed. This new feature greatly increased the size of your image, with really good results. So after heavily cropping that wildlife photo, you could still have enough file size for a decent print. The new LrC update adds this Read More
Photoshop Super Resolution using JPEGS
With Photoshop’s new Enhance Super Resolution, many photographers are enlarging their images right out of camera raw. No third party plugins needed, and you get a beautiful result to crop or print. One question we have received a lot is can you use this feature (soon to be released in Lightroom) using jpeg or tiff Read More
Photo Mechanic compare mode
If you have joined one of our online classes from the last year, or have been on one of our workshops, you know how much we love Photo Mechanic. We use this on the road for quick editing (without having to download to Lightroom…that happens on our main computers in the office after the trip) Read More
Photoshop Super Resolution is here!
I can’t count the number of times I have photographed wildlife and wished I had a longer lens. If possible I always try to fill the frame in camera for tight wildlife shots. But what happens more often is I have to crop down from an existing image. One of the great things about the Read More
Topaz Sharpen AI
Last year I talking about Topaz Sharpen AI. I liked the program, and it worked well for sharpening images. However, it didn’t have the ‘wow’ factor that Topaz DeNoise AI had. I have never seen better results reducing noise as Topaz DeNoise produces. Getting DeNoise was an obvious choice. Topaz has updated Sharpen AI since Read More
How many megapixels do you really need?
We get this question a lot. Should I get the 24MP or 45MP new camera? One criteria that is often mentioned is how big of a print you can make from your native file size. This is especially of interest to those who print at home. Some photographers have ink jet printers that make 17×22″ Read More
Reducing noise
Improved high ISO performance in today’s cameras has changed the way I shoot. I just spent my morning in our backyard bird blinds photographing in low light. How low? Murky enough light that I was using ISO 12,800 on my D6. Yep, and getting terrific files. If you would have told most photographers a few Read More
Seeing in Black and White
During our online Creative Camera Class, we spent one day discussing black and white imagery. Converting to black and white has benefits. First, without the bias of color, you are forced to look for other graphic qualities like texture, shape and form. Portraits become very raw, and it is easier to have a direct connection Read More