#nofilter

Sorry friends, but this term has no meaning in digital photography. When you apply a “filter” in photoshop, instagram, or any other app that uses that “concept”, it is rewriting the raster image, throwing out data in the process. But that distinction tells us nothing about the image and only …

Rastershop

The following is not aimed at any work specifically. I will say things that apply to every photographer that reads it. Though I make some declarative statements, as per usual, there is no judgement here. This is about what I’m passionate about when it comes to photography and doesn’t preclude …

Phase Two: Capture One*

I had been using Adobe Lightroom since 2006 when it was a beta. At that time Apple had also just introduced Aperture. I devoured both of them and quickly found Lightroom to be more flexible (no self-contained catalog) and intuitive. At the time both of these applications represented a new …