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Lightroom has undergone yet another software upgrade.  Most of the upgrades have been around performance - under the hood stuff- but there is one added feature that for the longest time I was baffled why it was included in  Lightroom.

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Taking photographs, for classic photographers such as Ansel Adams or Henri Cartier-Bresson, required dexterity and excellent vision. Many photographers today cannot fathom using a camera that sees the image slightly different from what is in the viewfinder.  Or, most i...

When taking pictures should you set your camera to manual or auto? The answer to this question is both yes and now. Read on.

The July 2018 Adobe Creative Suite update has seen the introduction of some new features to Adobe Bridge.  You may remember back in 2017 Adobe introduced publishing service in Bridge.  This was a major boost to Bridge as you could publish your work straight to Adobe St...

A couple of years ago I found myself in a motivation and creative rut.  I was not motivated to pick up my camera and the few times that I did manage to pick the camera I had no idea what to do - my creative juices were not flowing.

Working was like the proverbial h...

How many times have you taken a picture only to delete it because the subject is out of focus or worse still the whole picture is blurry?  Blurry or out of focus pictures is one of the most common problems in photography. This annoying and frustrating problem can be av...

All you need to know about camera sensors types, sizes and more.

You may have heard someone say that artists are born and not made that unless you were born with an artistic skill there is no way that you can acquire it.  Although this statement may hold some truth, that some people have an innate artistic ability, art can be acquir...

One of the problems that beginners face when they start to dive deeper into photography is what file format to us JPEG or RAW. The answer to this question is just as complicated as the question itself because it all depends on what your end goal is. What you are going...

Photography is all about light. The key to mastering the art of photography, therefore, lies in mastering light and how to control it. Luckily, there are only three ways by which cameras control the intensity of light hitting the sensor or film.

The three variables refe...