By Alex Damian on May 12, 2010
While this may be old news to some, I’m quite sure that most people – myself included – have never considered the idea of using the services of a photographic equipment rental company when travelling. With the summer fast approaching, I thought I’d share my new way of dealing with travelling with photo gear.
Posted in photography, Reviews | Tagged rental, review, service
By Armand Niculescu on November 20, 2009
With new releases in RAW processing software, I decided to take a look at the newest professional programs and see how they measure up in terms of image quality, features, UI and speed. The results will surprise you.
Posted in photography, Reviews | Tagged bibble, capture one, dxo, lightroom, photography, raw
By Armand Niculescu on November 3, 2009
Portrait retouching. Everybody does it. In many cases is common knowledge, in fact it’s expected – “of course it’s photoshopped”. From the now famous Dove commercial to the ridiculous Ralph Lauren ad, portrait retouching is a very sensitive area yet part of everyday life. In this post, I’ll review a program that makes retouching a child’s play.
Posted in Reviews | Tagged photography, retouching, review
By Armand Niculescu on July 6, 2009
So you got fed up with your compact digital camera and its limitations. You’ve seen those breathtaking photos taken with big black cameras. You want to be regarded as a real photographer. You might even want to make some money. Only one question remains: what should you buy? How would you choose?
Posted in Reviews | Tagged canon, nikon, olympus, pentax, sony
By Armand Niculescu on May 26, 2009
Just in case you’re unfamiliar with the therm, HDRI stands for High Dynamic Range Imaging. As I’ve discussed before, a regular photo can’t capture the full range of lights and shadows that the human eye can see. Photographers have long learned to avoid high-contrast situations or to use them to create artistic effects. It all changed when Paul Devebec presented at SIGGRAPH 1997 a method for combining several images with different exposures into one single image with a much higher range of luminosity. To put things in perspective, a camera sensor can cope with contrast ranges on the order of 4000:1, while a scene of a room with an outside view in full sun (something our eyes see every day) has a dynamic range of 100,000:1.
Posted in photography, Reviews | Tagged hdr, photography, Photoshop, picturenaut
By Armand Niculescu on March 31, 2009
I’m just offering you my honest opinion about two different photo cameras in a view that you can actually understant.
Posted in Reviews | Tagged fuji, photography, sony
By Armand Niculescu on March 21, 2009
With much fanfare, Dell unveiled their new ‘luxury’ laptop this week. Just 16mm (0.65in) thick and weighting 1.8kg (4 pounds), Adamo (meaning ‘falling in love’ in Latin) seems aimed at the Macbook Air market. But is it really worth the hype?
Posted in Reviews | Tagged apple, dell, hardware, laptop, macbook, review
By Armand Niculescu on December 11, 2007
With the new releases from Adobe, DXO Labs and Phase One, I’ve decided to put to the test some of the top RAW processors. These programs represent the high-end segment of the RAW converters, since they are all geared (or at least marketed) as tools for professional photographers. This doesn’t mean that Bibble, Silkypix or ACDSee Pro are not capable, it’s just that they have a different market.
Posted in photography, Reviews | Tagged capture one, dxo, lightroom, raw, review, software
