Every now and then I like to download camera samples from DP Review to see how various cameras look, and how they perform in different software. (Because I’m a bit of a nerd for such things). I was recently having a look at raw files from the Canon Eos RP and I was looking at them in Lightroom and I though, these are kind of “meh”. Then I opened them in Capture One, and the difference was night and day. It was so significant that I though to myself, “what’s going on here?”

A little over a year ago, I started an experiment to see if I could partially fund this website and my YouTube channel through Patreon. When I first started it, I’ll admit that I didn’t really know what I was doing, and so for the first few months I floundered. Now that I’ve been doing it for a while, it’s time to re-launch it, with more benefits, more tiers and a better experience.

One of the most frustrating things about working with Lightroom on an iPad is having to import images to the camera roll first before then importing them to Lightroom. Luckily, thanks to changes in iOS 13 this should soon be at an end. Adobe published a video showing an upcoming change to Lightroom on iPad which will allow direct importing of photos.

When Adobe first introduced the syncing feature in Lightroom, which let you sync to its cloud services, it only synced smart previews, and at the time this wasn’t a big deal, as there was limits to what you could do on the mobile applications. Now, many versions later and Lightroom has become a whole eco system, and the mobile versions are much more powerful. We now also have the desktop version of the mobile applications, so it is odd that Lightroom Classic is still stuck syncing only smart previews. But what if you want full res versions that you can edit on another device but still synced to your classic library? Well, there is a workaround.

With Phase One having already announced Capture One 20, I wanted to just update you on what is happening with my current Capture One Fuji Guide. The guide, which was launched relatively recently, is currently written for Capture One 12. 

Since VSCCO Film was discontinued at the start of this year, I’ve been looking for alternatives to recommend to people who want to create a realistic film effect. While I do have some film like presets of my own, they are mostly designed as an artistic interpretation of film. For those looking for accurate and highly regarded film simulations for Lightroom, there are a couple of solutions.

In this second part of my review of K&F Concept’s new filters, I look at the two Variable ND filters the company sent me to try out. Both filters are variable neutral density filters, and they were of two different ranges of ND. To test them out, I set out to try capturing some long exposures in a large park near to where I live.

K&F sent me some of their new filters to review. They included a polarising filter, a UV filter and two different Variable ND filters. In this post, I’m going to look at the first two, a circular polariser and a UV filter.

After the incident I had the last time I was out shooting Street Photography, I have been finding it hard to get back to shooting. The attack put me off wanting to do street photography at all, having both shattered my confidence and also my motivation. But slowly I’ve ben trying o make myself get back out there, and this Saturday, I finally did my first street shoot in a while. 

Adobe today announced a new round of updates to its photo workflow software ecosystem. This includes new releases of all of the major versions of Lightroom, and it brings Lightroom Classic to version 9. Lightroom mobile on iOS and Android is now at version 5 and Lightroom Desktop is now at version 3.

The next couple of weeks are going to be pretty busy for photo software. We’ve recently had plenty of teasing about Luminar 4, as well as an announcement of sorts about the next version of Capture One. So what can you expect over the next little while?

There are still people using Apple’s long discontinued Aperture app, and as an early proponent of this application, I can understand why. Despite all the competition out there, there are still things that Aperture did better than most of the current applications. When Catalina was recently launched, it spelled the end for Aperture, as the software would no longer run on the new operating system. However, a clever programmer has come up with a solution.

There’s still time to use my discount code if you’re planning on getting Capture One. The code allows you to get 10% off any CaptureOne purchase, and if you buy any of the current versions of Capture One you will get a free upgrade to Capture One 20. This code also works on style packs. 

A little while ago I made a video where I showed you how to create a dehaze effect in Capture One using layers and a few effects. The video was well-received, and lots of people wrote to me that they found it really useful. It was a little cumbersome however, and applying it still required a few steps. Well, now you can create it in one step thanks to a very useful script a reader sent me.

Iridient Digital has released a minor update for both X-Transformer and Iridient Developer. Both add support for new cameras, and some bug fixes and are available now. If you’re already a user, you can update through the interface, or you can go to the Iridient Digital website.