As it’s getting pretty close to Christmas now, I’m signing off for the rest of the year to take a much-needed break. I have a few unfinished articles that I had hoped to get out before Christmas, but they’ll be out in the new year now. I’ll get to those in a minute, but for now, I wanted to wish everyone out there who celebrates it, a happy Christmas, and for everyone, a happy new year. Let’s hope 2020 doesn’t have any more nasty surprises up its sleeve for is. I’ve gone and jinxed it, haven’t I?

It’s been a little while now since Capture One 21 was released. The new version of Capture One has been accompanied by a bit of a backlash about the amount of new features. Putting that aside, for now, In this review, I wanted to focus on a couple of things, namely the headline features of Dehaze and Speed Edit, and I’ll discuss some of the other improvements too. I’ll also look at whether or not the criticism of this release is justified.

Since the release of Apple’s new MacBooks and Mac mini powered by their own Apple Silicon, software ported to these new M1 processors has steadily been released. While we’re still waiting on some of the key applications, there has recently been some bigger names releasing M1 optimised versions.

Skylum has been teasing the release of Luminar AI for quite some time now, and they’ve finally released the software. I’ll have a full review soon, but for now, you can find out all the details on the Skylum website

Capture One 21 has now officially been released by Capture One. The new version of the software, which is available now, contains some new features, and performance enhancements. I will have a full review soon, but for now, here is an overview of what’s new in the software

I know it's been a while since I've done any videos or tutorials, but with recent events it’s been difficult, and so I'm only getting back into it now. Anyway, I hope you find this useful. In this video, I show you how to do “Tonal Contrast” in Capture One

If you’re like me, you’re probably sick of all the emails and posts about Black Friday deals at this point. So, I’m only going to do this once, and I’ll keep it quick! As I’m on the affiliate programmes of a few different software applications, and they’re offering deals for our readers, I’m passing them on for those looking to get a bargain of software.

Capture One showed off another sneak peek of a new feature coming in Capture One 21. This time they showcased the new Dehaze tool coming in the next version of the software.

There’s been a few bits of photo software news over the past few days, so I’ve distilled them down into one quick post! Nik Software is celebrating its 25th anniversary, you can now get a free upgrade to Capture One 21 if you buy version 20, and Photoshop is already out in beta for Apple Silicon Macs.

If you’re curious as to what is new in the upcoming Capture One v21, the company is holding a sneak peek live stream tomorrow (Nov 17th) at 16:00 CET where they will showcase some of the new features.

Ever since Apple first announced the move to Apple silicon back in July, I’ve been thinking about it a lot. I’ve been wanting to write about it for a while now, but I held off until there were more concrete details. Well, now that the first Macs with Apple silicon have been announced, I can share my thinking on the subject, and what these new systems might mean for creatives.

The first memory I have of noticing photography was from when I was a child. In the house where we lived at the time, there was a long narrow hallway, and along that hall were beautiful black and white portraits of our family. Those portraits were taken by my father, and I always remember them, even to this day.

I've been trying to get some time to do a proper full review of DXO Photo Lab 4 but I’ve been really busy with client projects and some other things, so I haven’t had the time to fully immerse myself in the software yet. However, I have played around with the new “Deep Prime” noise reduction, and I’m impressed with what I’ve seen so far.

Just a quick update on the state of my Gumroad store. After closing my own digital download store, I’ve slowly been working to make some of my previously available products available for sale again via Gumroad. I’ve just added another few and now most of my eBooks are available again.

Today, Capture One has announced that the next version of Capture One will be coming in the not too distant future, and they are accepting pre-orders for those who want to upgrade to Capture One 21.