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The Question I Always Get Asked – Why Do I Use Darktable?

I keep getting the same question, time after time, from all kinds of photographers. “Why Mark? Why do you use Darktable so much when you have plenty of more advanced paid software?”. Today I will answer that question as best as I can. Before we begin, let us take a look at what Darktable actuallyContinue reading “The Question I Always Get Asked – Why Do I Use Darktable?”

Printing Poll Results – It Is Time to Talk

A few days ago we run a poll which was shared across numerous Facebook groups that asked the questions about how often people are currently printing their work. We are not talking in a professional manner here, but the average amateur and pro-photographer in their everyday personal lives. The results were quite disappointing. The questionContinue reading “Printing Poll Results – It Is Time to Talk”

Fujifilm raw files and why they can look underexposed in Darktable

Many users of Darktable are Fujifilm camera users, and thankfully Fujifilm raw files work nicely with Darktable. However, I had some comments from Darktable users where they say that Fujifilm files can be underexposed by seemingly a lot once you open them in the darkroom. Here is your answer to why this is! I’ll giveContinue reading “Fujifilm raw files and why they can look underexposed in Darktable”

Making Darktables Quick Access Panel Much More Efficient With A Few Simple Changes!

The Darktable quick access panel is a great idea, and you can perform almost all of your editing just using this panel. However, there is room for tweaking and making it much more efficient with just a few simple changes. As you know, working from the bottom of the quick access panel, everything is orderedContinue reading “Making Darktables Quick Access Panel Much More Efficient With A Few Simple Changes!”

Simply and quickly avoiding hue colour shifts with Darktables Filmic/Sigmoid modules.

Darktable is a fantastic editing program, but it is not without its faults. For many, Darktable is overly complicated, and the tutorials available for it are technical or too long winded to sit through for many people. For this “Darktable Simplified” tutorial (as I’ll call them from now on), we will quash your worries andContinue reading “Simply and quickly avoiding hue colour shifts with Darktables Filmic/Sigmoid modules.”