How Black & White Strikes a Different Chord (McCullin Method + Silver Efex) It’s a curious thing but the photographers who have been most inspirational in my own photography which is largely but not exclusively shot in color, have been to a man (or woman) black and white photographers. Black and White Strikes a Different…
I’ve been shooting a lot of black and white images lately, using techniques ranging from infrared conversion to black and white with Silver Efex. For this who don’t already know Silver Efex is the black and white conversion plugin that comes as part of the Nik Collection. Black and White with Silver Efex I wanted…
DxO Labs celebrates its 20th anniversary! Everyonegets 20% off for the next 20 days DxOLabs invites photographers to celebrate its 20th anniversary by offering 20% off allof its products for the next 20 days. From June 18th to July 7th 2024, all software purchased from the DxO website will be sold at a 20% discount….
DxO PhotoLab 7 and the Nik Collection Creating depth in landscape photography is a challenge that can be resolved in a few different ways, ranging from point of sharp focus, through leading lines to foreground interest. These solutions happen in camera, but what can we do in processing to increase the perception of depth in…
Getting the best out of HDR Photography involves knowing how to set up bracketing in your camera and how to use an HDR processor such as Nik HDR Efex or the Merge tool in Adobe Lightroom to blend the photographs together. What is HDR? HDR the technique stands for High Dynamic Range and the technique…
Color Efex and Viveza I’ve been looking closely at Color Efex and Viveza, two plugins from the Nik Collection recently. I’ve dabbled with Color Efex in the past, but in terms of a coherent Color Workflow with Nik Collection plugins, well I didn’t really have one. Until now. Video I have a playlist on YouTube…
We’re approaching that time of year when a major release is due, we’re on Nik Collection 6.9 today, late Spring will probably see 7.0. So, I thought I’d do a level-setting post because, over the years, the Nik Collection has evolved from a collection of filters to a much more comprehensive set of grading and…