Category: Software Reviews

  • Best Image Compressor For Windows 11

    Best Image Compressor For Windows 11

    Looking for a Windows alternative to ImageOptim? Check out this list of the best image compressors for Windows users. Find the perfect tool for optimizing your images!

  • Why You Need FUJIFILM X RAW STUDIO

    Why You Need FUJIFILM X RAW STUDIO

    A few years ago Fujifilm released a free photo editing software for its users called Fujifilm X RAW Studio. Here is why you need it!

  • Aurora HDR 2019 Review

    Aurora HDR 2019 Review

    When I first started using Aurora back in 2017 it really felt like the beginning of something awesome. Like the baby alien that just burst out of Kanes chest in the first Alien movie, it took off running doing all these mysterious things behind the scenes. The little creature continued to grow while occasionally popping…

  • Macphun Luminar Review

    Macphun Luminar Review

    I’ve spent years learning all the crazy tricks in Photoshop for Landscape photography, building actions, buying plugins, etc. Then Macphun comes around and simplifies all that complicated workflow with a couple of sliders and a handful of filters. Brilliant!

  • Iridient vs Lightroom – Fuji Film Simulators

    Iridient vs Lightroom – Fuji Film Simulators

    To expand on the comparison between RAW and JPEG with the Fuji film simulators, I put together a test that also compares how the Fuji Film Simulators in Lightroom differ from those of the Iridient Developer.

  • Iridient Developer vs Lightroom – A Detailed Comparison

    Iridient Developer vs Lightroom – A Detailed Comparison

    You may have heard of this Iridient Developer RAW converter if you’re a Fuji shooter. If you haven’t, it’s something worth checking out. I’ve been using Iridient for the last few months with my Fuji X100T and have been so blown away by the difference it makes when converting my Fuji RAW files that I decided to make a…

  • RNI Film Presets At The Beach

    RNI Film Presets At The Beach

    I recently picked up the RNI All Films V3.0 Lightroom presets by Really Nice Images and wanted to try them out on some beach photos I took in Huntington last weekend. I’ll post more photos with these throughout the next few weeks, but my first impressions are pretty good. Usually, I think most presets are not great…

  • Photomatix Pro Review and Sample Photos

    Photomatix Pro Review and Sample Photos

    Photomatix Pro is software designed to create stunning HDR Photography by taking several photos captured at various exposures and combining them together into a single HDR image. 

  • Color Efex Pro Review

    Color Efex Pro Review

    Color Efex Pro 4 is one of my favorite photo editing programs in the Nik Collection. A software collection that gives you quick and easy control of photo manipulation without any advanced photo editing knowledge.