One of the first things that comes to mind when faced with some sort of a disaster (fire or flood, for example) is the safety of the people we love. If one's family and friends are well and within arm's reach in the case of such a tragic event, people...
Using Filename Template Editor in Lightroom
As any reader of our previous Mastering Lightroom series articles will know, one of the biggest strengths Adobe's popular RAW converter has is presets and templates. With its emphasis on speed, Lightroom allows you to create a preset or template for more or less anything, from Metadata, to slideshows or...
3 Post-Processing Tips to Improve Your Workflow
Rather than taking a deeper look at an image, those of us who are just getting into photography might get carried away with thoughts of major post-processing. If given enough consideration, most photos do not need major editing or hardly need any editing at all. Before venturing into piling on...
VSCO FILM 01 Review
You know how things sometimes just... click together? You hear a new soundtrack and, out of nowhere, it takes you away. You meet a new client or a friend and it feels as if you were meant to work together or help each other. Click. Just like that. You read...
Proof that Image Stabilization Should First be Stabilized
I had a number of discussions with other fellow photographers and our readers about Vibration Reduction (also known as Image Stabilization, Vibration Compensation and Optical Stabilization), its behavior and how to best use it. While I will provide detailed information on how to properly utilize Vibration Reduction on Nikon's lenses...
Open and Closed Composition
In our article on composition, we discussed the definition of the term in photography. We also outlined the main goal of composition and talked about why it is such an important part of any work of art. As we dive deeper, it is necessary to define two discrete types of...
What is Lens Distortion?
In photography, there are two types of distortions: optical and perspective. Both result in some kind of deformation of images - some lightly and others very noticeably. While optical distortion is caused by the optical design of lenses (and is therefore often called "lens distortion"), perspective distortion is caused by...
Vello Universal White Balance Disc Review
This is a product review for the Vello Universal White Balance Handheld Disc. White balance is something that I constantly tweak in Photoshop. I typically use the auto white balance function on my Canon 5D Mark III. I find that the auto function gets my white balance close, but in post...
Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5D Review
This is an in-depth review of the Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5D IF-ED, a variable aperture zoom lens that was released a long time ago, in the year 2000. The lens has been recently replaced with the Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED, which I recently reviewed and praised for its superb performance. I...
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Review
Adobe's recent change of license strategy for most of its Photoshop family software tools has introduced a lot of doubt among the previously happy customers. Because of Photoshop CC, many owners of Lightroom 3 and 4 have started looking for alternatives, fearing that despite Adobe's claims, there is a possibility...