This year I’ve been using a very different aperture approach to my previous life in photography – plus other big changes!

Those of you who know me know that I love shallow depth of field, and that I almost exclusively keep my aperture wide open, or nearly wide open. It is something I’ve always done, and I have a number of reasons on why I like to do this.  “What I like about shooting wide openContinue reading “This year I’ve been using a very different aperture approach to my previous life in photography – plus other big changes!”

RapidRaw (1.5.2) – A Review And Update

RapidRaw 1.5.2 represents a major milestone for this lightweight, open-source RAW editor available for Windows, Mac and Linux users. Developed by Swiss developer Timon Käch (CyberTimon), it has quickly evolved from a proof-of-concept into a high-performance alternative for photographers who find mainstream tools like Adobe Lightroom too bloated or expensive. At just under 30MB, RapidRawContinue reading “RapidRaw (1.5.2) – A Review And Update”

The real question is, once you are done editing and shared them initially, what do you honestly do with your photos?

There is no greater feeling than completing your image after editing (be it editing a raw file, or just cropping and straightening a jpeg). The first thing you do over the next few days is share your wonderful new images to your Facebook account, Instagram etc or your website for others to enjoy and forContinue reading “The real question is, once you are done editing and shared them initially, what do you honestly do with your photos?”

The most important editing setting once you’ve cropped your raw image

We all know that one of the, if not the most important tool in your photography editing toolkit is the crop tool. It can really make a composition better, and even create multiple compositions from a single image, cropping into various sections. However, the next most important setting is one that some people skip forContinue reading “The most important editing setting once you’ve cropped your raw image”

Your Choice: Free Photo Editors To Replace Adobe In 2025

Who does not love a bargain? And with the prices of Adobe and other software rising constantly, it is nice to know that there is perfectly capable editing software out there that will be useful to most people, most of the time! Although you would have heard of many of these before, many of themContinue reading “Your Choice: Free Photo Editors To Replace Adobe In 2025”