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Color Noise Reduction Isn’t a Free Ride

Uncropped Drone Photo with Minimal Noise Reduction

One thing that gets me about some post-processing software, including Lightroom, is that the default settings do not always make sense. Of course, because they are the defaults, a huge number of photographers use them anyway. A clear example of this is color noise reduction. First, you may want to...

50 Photography Terms You Need to Know

In this article, I will introduce some of the most important photography terminology that every photographer should know, beginner or advanced. There are 50 terms at the moment, but this is an ongoing glossary, and we will be adding more words over time. You may notice that the definitions below...

Gnarbox 2.0 SSD Review

It has been over a year since I reviewed the original Gnarbox and criticized it for its sub-par performance and overall reliability. Since then, the Gnarbox team released the new "2.0" version of the unit, which promises to be significantly improved over its predecessor. In this review, we will take...

How to Reduce Noise in Your Drone Photos

One of the most frustrating issues when working with a consumer-grade drone is the amount of noise one can encounter at low ISOs. Due to the small size of the drone's sensor, even ISO 100 can look rather noisy, especially when recovering shadow detail. In this article, we will take...

Apple iPad Pro 2018 Review for Photography Needs

One of the big releases from Apple last year was the iPad Pro 2018 that comes with an insanely fast A12X Bionic chip that is capable of outperforming even some of Apple's own laptops in performance. With up to to 1 TB of storage, a USB Type-C port that allows...

Desert Travels in Namibia with the Nikon Z7

Five years ago my wife and I travelled to Namibia. Like many others I marveled at the beauty of - and photographed - the Sossusvlei sand dunes. Simple shapes set against an impossibly blue sky. As it then seemed a once-in-a-lifetime trip, I took a Nikon D800E with a range...

The Case for f/16

As photographers, it’s easy to get in our own heads and overthink which aperture to use. On one hand, there’s the classic saying - “f/8 and be there.” On the other, modern lens reviews almost always conclude that the sharpest aperture is around f/4 or f/5.6. But what aperture does...

Understanding Aspect Ratios in Photography

Although aspect ratio might sound confusing for beginners at first, it is a relatively simple subject to understand. In this article, we will explore aspect ratios in detail and explain everything you need to know. What is Aspect Ratio? In photography, aspect ratio represents the relationship between the width and...

Raw vs JPEG: Which Image Format is Better and Why

The Raw vs JPEG debate is one of the never-ending wars in photography. Some photographers say shoot in Raw, while others say shoot in JPEG. What is the Raw format in digital photography and what are its advantages and disadvantages when compared to JPEG? Let's get down to the true...

How to Completely Remove Adobe Creative Cloud Software

If you decide to move to another post-processing tool and you want to completely uninstall and remove all Adobe Creative Cloud applications, you might come across some issues. In this article, I want to share the process of completely removing Adobe software from both PC and Mac hardware. I recently...