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- Keith Cooper’s City Light Luminar presets
Keith's 'City Light' presets for MacPhun's Luminar photo editing software. Developed for architectural images when converting from colour to B&W. Before and after examples, and how they differ from 'straight' B&W conversions. Also using them as a luminance adjustment for colour images. - i1Studio calibration and profiling review
X-Rite i1Studio calibration and profiling review. Calibrate monitors and projectors. Profile reflection and transmission scanners, and profile papers for colour and black and white printing. - Luminar 2018 review
Luminar 2018 photo editing software - a review update. Filters, speed and attention to RAW processing, with asset management on its way - BenQ SW271 monitor review
Keith reviews BenQ's latest high end monitor. The BenQ SW271 27inch width display features 3840x2160 resolution at 16:9 aspect ratio and accepts 4k HDR video. Dual HDMI inputs along with Displayport, Thunderbolt/USB3. Technicolor certified - Topaz Studio additions
Topaz Studio additions - new functionality from existing Topaz plugins added to the free Topaz Studio editing application. - Book Review: Starting Your Career as a Freelance Photographer
Book review: Starting Your Career as a Freelance Photographer (Tad Crawford, Chuck DeLaney)
Just how do you run a photography business. What things do you need to address? How will you market and sell your services, and make your business last. - Review of the Epson P5000 printer
Review of the Epson Surecolor P5000 printer. 17 inch width A2, with roll support and paper cartridge for sheet media. Looking at print capabilities and colour management - Architecture and the Sigma 12-24mm
Using an ultra-wide zoom lens for architectural photographs. Testing the Sigma 12-24mm F4 DG HSM Art lens on a 50MP Canon 5Ds DSLR for architecture photography - Tilt and tubes for Macro
Using Tilt/shift lenses and extension tubes for macro photography. How much can you move the focal plane by tilting a lens - A shift lens at 50mm
Using a shift lens at 50mm - adding rise and fall to a standard focal length. Tilt/shift lens use at longer focal lengths. A Mamiya medium format lens used with a shift adapter - Epson SC-P20000 printer review
Review of the Epson SC-P20000 printer by Keith Cooper. 64 inch width large format printer with new UltraChrome Pro 10-colour ink-set including high density Mk/Pk inks and three grey inks for better Black & White printing - Book review – Marketing and promotion
Book Review: The Photographer's Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion (Maria Piscopo) Reviewed by Keith Cooper, professional commercial photographer and author of many of our business related articles - Better colour on your monitor
Better colour on your monitor, looking at simple monitor calibration and profiling tools that mean you can trust what you see. If colour matters, you need to do something about it - Kuuvik Capture V3.1 review update
Review update Kuuvik Capture camera tethering software is updated to V3.1 Looking at new software features and multi-point live view mode, particularly useful when focusing a tilted lens - Photo business advice for your competitors
Photo business advice that is probably best for your competitors - Business advice you'll hear and read, and should know when to avoid. (pt.5) - DxO Optics Pro V11 review
Looking at DxO Optics Pro V11. Review of the RAW image processing software that Keith Cooper uses for processing many of his images. The review builds on his experiences of using the software since it first came out - Setting up the Epson P5000 printer
Setting up the 17" Epson P5000 printer - installation & setup for the SureColor P5000 A2 printer, software configuration, networking and colour calibration - 10 more unwise photo business tips
10 more unwise photo business tips from our collection - Photography business ideas you may hear that are not as good as they seem (pt.4) - More popular myths of pro photography
More common photography business myths, why many popular business tips for photographers are probably quite wrong for your photographic business (pt.3) - Luminar Neptune review update
Luminar Neptune review update - The MacPhun Image editor version 1.2 adds new features, operating modes and overall performance. Follows on from Keith's full review
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