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Linear Curves; How Making Your Images Look Really Dull Might Be the Way to Go
This is the title for my article about linear curves and HDR in Capture One Pro 8/9 on the website PhotosApps.Expert. Read the full article here.
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My latest article about Capture One Pro
Where Oh Where Will All My JPEGs Go… Apple Photos or Capture One Pro? This is the title for my latest article about Capture One Pro 8 on the website PhotosApps.Expert. It was meant as a jokey working title but it seems to have stuck. Read the full article here.
Barcelona Hair Academy: A Creative Shoot in Gracia
I’ve been getting my hair cut by Emma for years now, and she’s recently teamed up with Cecilia to launch their new venture: the Barcelona Hair Academy. A Cool New Space in Gracia Cecilia invited me to photograph their new location—a stylish space in Gracia. This former industrial building now houses various start-ups, and it…
Your Aperture Files Imported into Capture One Pro 8; the Good, the Bad and the Missing
Exploring the Transition from Aperture to Capture One Pro 8 This is my second article for photoapps.expert, focusing on the transition of Aperture Library images into Capture One Pro 8. The process has been quite a learning experience for me, as it’s teaching me to be more methodical in analyzing what’s possible and what isn’t.…
Using Aperture Libraries in Capture One Pro: My Experience
Exploring Capture One Pro 8 for Aperture Users I was recently invited to write about my experiences using Capture One Pro 8 for another site. To my surprise, it turned out to be a much more in-depth process than I initially thought. I had to be more “scientific” in my approach, testing everything carefully before…
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Capture One Pro 8; Some Initial Likes and Dislikes
I have started to immerse myself in the programme, but a short trip interrupted the flow and I feel like I almost need to start again! As an Aperture user in the process of migrating a couple of things I like and dislike have become apparent; If you liked Aperture’s interface then C1 with kind…
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Goodbye Aperture; Hello Capture One Pro 8
Well, we finally got the confirmation recently that the Photo app from Apple would not be any kind of new Aperture; it’s aimed squarely at iPhoto users and a lot of them might be unsure if it’s even fit for purpose for some of their workflows. Apple, it would seem, is no longer interested in…
My New Website
I woke up one morning last week and just erased my old website. I then checked out some templates on WordPress and got to work on a new one. I am not au fait with coding as such, so customising took some time and eventually, in exasperation, got some help from my friend Piper, when it came…
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The Retro Camera App Rant (AKA: Stop Hipstamatic-ing Everything)
Let’s talk about retro-style photo apps. Specifically, the kind that wrap digital snaps in layers of faux nostalgia and pretend it’s art. I’ve used Hipstamatic for a couple of years now. I like it—in moderation. I even have a go-to combo of lens and film effects, fine-tuned after lots of trial and error. I know…
