Photoshop/Lightroom offer extended

By On 04/12/2013

Adobe has extended the special offer for Photoshop CC and Lightroom at $ 9.99 till December 8th.

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Holiday discount on books

By On 25/11/2013

My photo books like Valley of Elephants, Seasons of South Luangwa and World Landscapes are published through Blurb, so it’s good to know that Blurb offers a 25% holiday season discount on all purchases over 75 euros. Getting the discount [...]

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Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom for $ 9.99/month

By On 21/11/2013

For a period of almost two weeks, Adobe is offering a subscription to Photoshop CC and Lightroom (including 20 GB online storage) for $ 9.99 per month (on a yearly subscription). That offer already existed, but was only valid for people who had purchased Photoshop CS3 or later. Now to offer stands for anyone. You [...]

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Eindhoven ‘Glow’

By On 16/11/2013

From November 9th to 16th 2013, the city center of Eindhoven turned again into a forum of interventions, installations, performances and events based on the phenomena of artificial light. I was invited by Canon Nederland for a special visit to this event. Only a few years ago, it would have been difficult to make photos [...]

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Photoshop Quick Tip: Improve local contrast

By On 07/11/2013

Here’s a Photoshop ‘Quick Tip’ to give a little more ‘punch’ to your photos. Use ‘Unsharp Mask’ and set the Radius all the way to its maximum (1000 pixels). Then set the Amount slider to a relatively low number, much lower than what you would use for sharpening the photo. Something like 10 – 15% [...]

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Buggy Aperture 3.5 update

By On 24/10/2013

Apple has released a minor update for Aperture. Version 3.5 adds a few new features, but is mainly meant to make Aperture compatible with the new MacOS X Mavericks. Unfortunately, Apple screwed up big time with this update. It is very buggy and so updating is not recommended at this time. The most important bugs [...]

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