I’ve been part of the beta testing team for DxO for a few years now so I’ve had a chance to see this product evolve close up. Its been a fascinating and rewarding experience. Released today, in this DxO PhotoLab 6 Review we compare capabilities in editing and catalog management with previous models of PhotoLab…
The best photo editing software for landscape photography is a subject that I think I am reasonably well placed to comment on, having suffered and benefited from multiple solutions over the course of my career. As ever, I only feature software I have good hands on experience of. The section entitled Best of the Rest…
Some say Levelling, Others say leveling Until I started to research this article I had no idea there was a debate around the actual word! We will use the english version – levelling except where the product is actually named using the american leveling version. Which levelling base for panoramic photography? We take a look…
DxO have come in for a fair amount of criticism for their annual upgrade business model. I’m taking a look at what’s new in Nik Collection 5 and trying to determine whether its worth the investment. What is Nik Collection 5? Nik Collection 5 is a suite of eight plugins that can be integrated into…
I was a beta tester on PhotoLab 5 so I’m delighted to finally get my hands on the finished article! For the full DxO Photolab 5 Review read on… but be aware that there is a new version, PhotoLab 6 released today, 5th October. Read my review of PhotoLab 6 here. Disclaimer I am affiliated…
Best Camera Bag? It’s a shootout! Why waste time talking about the Billinghams. Domkes and Manfrottos of this world when everyone knows the best camera bags are made by Think Tank? It’s not a case of which is the best camera bag. It’s rather a question of which is the best Think Tank camera bag!…
Those of you who follow my Twitter account will know that I bought the Rokinon SP 14mm f/2.4 lens for Astrophotography a couple of weeks ago. Since when we’ve had more or less 100% cloud cover in the UK. C’est la vie! Astrophotography images will follow once I get back to Spain. Rokinon vs. Samyang…
Hot off the press, in fact, only announced today, there’s a new DxO RAW processing app. Aimed at Photoshop and Lightroom Classic users, this takes the RAW processing and de-noising capabilities that DxO have become rightly well known for and packaged them in a bundle that will integrate seamlessly into an Adobe Photoshop workflow. Special…
Converting images to monochrome is never as straightforward as it might appear. In this post we look at methods of achieving the monochrome look and answer the question “Is Silver Efex Pro the best Black and White Photography Plugin ever?” First the disclaimer. I am affiliated with a few carefully selected companies whose products I…
Library Management in DxO Photolab 4 Update: DxO Photolab 5 is the more recent version of the program – DxO Photolab 5 Review In this post, I’ll be looking at Library Management in DxO Photolab 4 in detail. I’ll explain how it works in comparison with Adobe Lightroom and talk about why you might want…