At one time or another, digital photographers will have to deal with image noise. This is particularly true when photos have been shot in dim lighting conditions and at a high ISO. Many digital cameras produce visible noise above 400...

When I was new to photography, before digital imaging turned the industry upside down, I would often hear one uncertain advise from my mentors: "Break the rules." As best as I could, I respectfully learned the rules and then...

When Lightroom 2.0 emerged out of beta, not a few Aperture users might have felt exactly the same thing that some Lightroom users may have felt when Aperture 2.0 was released. It's a feeling, a sensation, a nagging suspicion that,...

Since Aperture opened itself to more, and specialized, editing capabilities, as sampled by Apple’s Dodge & Burn plug-in, almost all of the promised 3rd-party software have now been delivered. We can now download, install and use NIK Software’s Viveza, Tiffen’s...

Drab and gray? Flat? No highlights? It can happen. Maybe you're on location, and it's getting late and the light is fading fast. Or, you're in the studio and there's not enough strobes for the kind of setup you...