I recently wrote an article on preparing to migrate from Lightroom to Capture One Pro for the Phase One Team, and I’m sharing that with you as this week’s podcast and blog post.
Migrating from Lightroom to Capture One Pro (Podcast 633)
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Lightroom
Image Management Workflow for the Mobile Photographer (Podcast 466)
Over the years I've developed and evolved a pretty sound file management workflow for working with Lightroom on multiple computers, both in the office and when I'm traveling. I've talked about various aspects of this in previous episodes, but I thought I'd report on...
2014 Top Ten Photographs Selection Process (Podcast 454)
With 2014 almost over, and no more shoots planned for this year, I went through my yearly exercise of selecting my top ten photographs, and today I share my selection process with you, as I believe this exercise is something that many of us can benefit from. I'll be...
Creating a Black Background in Silver Efex Pro 2 (Podcast 435)
In response to a couple of questions about an image I posted recently, today I'm going to walk you through how I created a totally black background in Silver Efex Pro 2, using a recent Lotus Flower photograph. Here is the video. Remember to go full screen so that you...
The Complete Photography Bundle – 5DayDeal! (Podcast 403)
The most complete and best value Photography Bundle ever compiled! The moment this Podcast went live marked the very moment that the Complete Photography Bundle goes live on the 5DayDeal Web site. Today I'm going to walk you through some of the main details of this...
New Kid in on the Block – a 27″ iMac (Podcast 395)
Last week I took delivery of a shiny new 27" iMac, and having just about got it set up how I want it, I wanted to relay my thinking behind the purchase, and a few important things that I've learned from a Photographer's perspective, especially with regards to the...
Why I’m Back in Love with Adobe and the Creative Cloud!
First, a little background... On July 24, 2012, I posted a controversial article about "Why I have to dump the Adobe Creative Cloud". To summarize the problem quickly here, having bought a full Master Collection license for a number of versions, I was excited by the...
“Fine Art Print” Lightroom Slideshow Template
For many years I've used a black background for my Lightroom slideshow, and I still will sometimes, but recently, as I held a freshly printed photograph on Breathing Color's Optica One fine art paper, I thought, wouldn't it be cool if I could emulate a matted fine art...
Podcast 297 : Silver Efex Pro 2 Walkthrough & New Features
Nik Software improved on perfection when they updated Silver Efex Pro to Silver Efex Pro 2, and today here's a video Podcast to take a look at how to use this amazing black and white conversion plugin and touch on some of the new features. You can also view the...
What’s New in Lightroom 2? (Podcast 154)
Having used Lightroom 2 for over a month now, I figured I'd talk today about some of the new features. I’m not going to give you a comprehensive view of everything new. You can see a list of new features on Adobe’s Web site, and there are plenty of other tutorials out...
Cropping #2 – Aspect Ratios and Ethics (Podcast 138)
Last week we looked at how cropping is often used for artistic reasons, sometimes to overcome technical issues in capture or to bypass restrictions of your gear. Today I’ll go into more details on cropping for printing to a certain paper size, and automating the...
Digital Workflow Revisited – Part 2 (Podcast 91)
So here we go with the second part of my Digital Workflow update. If you haven’t listened to the first part in Episode 90, you might want to go back and listen to that first, but it’s not essential. Last week I covered from capture to the end of my selection process...