Category: Photography

Another way of mounting a strobe, flash or continuous light and a light modifier onto a light stand

If you are a professional photographer — regardless of whether you’re mainly shooting weddings, portraits, products or fashion — it’s understood that you have a number of light mounting options, including light stands, clamp systems, rails, etc. But if photography represents a side income for you or it’s a hobby, or you carry around a light stand with accessories most of the time, chances are you’re going to want light stand accessories that can be used for more than one purpose, and that excludes flash/umbrella holders.… Read More Another way of mounting a strobe, flash or continuous light and a light modifier onto a light stand

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The Rogue Umbrella Travel kit, a high quality pair of light shapers in a slim package

Photographers and filmmakers rarely use light sources as they are. Pointing a lamp, strobe or flash at the subject, press the release and done — it’s not their thing. That is why you’ll see them use reflectors, diffusers, softboxes, and umbrellas. The people at Rogue Photographic Design took the latter and improved it. Enter the Rogue Umbrella Travel Kit.… Read More The Rogue Umbrella Travel kit, a high quality pair of light shapers in a slim package

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DXO PURERAW 3: DeepPRIME XD and TransX support, nicer interface

PureRAW lets you benefit from DxO’s PRIME denoising neural network, which indisputably is the best available, without having to buy a license for Photolab. With version 3, DxO has added the power of DeepPRIME XD that became available in Photolab 6 last year, which this magazine published a review of back then. As was already clear and in spite of this reviewer’s scepticism, DeepPRIME XD is capable of squeezing detail out of images that even you didn’t know was present in the image in the first place.… Read More DXO PURERAW 3: DeepPRIME XD and TransX support, nicer interface

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Affinity Photo 2 is about flexibility and less frustration when your client asks for a different mockup

After well over half a decade of updating Affinity Photo without charging an update fee, Serif, the company that develops Affinity Photo, decided it was time to release a massive, paid upgrade. Affinity Photo 2 has a large number of new features that put a lot of power into your hands, and it still steers clear from using AI-assisted functionality.… Read More Affinity Photo 2 is about flexibility and less frustration when your client asks for a different mockup

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DxO Photolab 6, a major upgrade if there ever was one

DxO’s flagship image editor is 22 years old. It used to be called Optics Pro but its current name Photolab more accurately describes what you can do with it and the new version just expanded on what that entails. Photolab 6 is a major upgrade with the Optics Modules now including support for another nine new lenses. I reviewed the Elite version.… Read More DxO Photolab 6, a major upgrade if there ever was one

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