A few days ago, Adobe launched its latest versions of Lightroom and Photoshop. Strangely, this was done with little fanfare, and came as a complete surprise to me when I first saw the updates.
It’s been a long standing complaint that Adobe Lightroom is frustratingly slow to load and display images, particularly previews on import or previews when switching from Library to Develop. Adobe promised to deal with this issue, going so far as to release a statement from photography product manager, Tom Hogarty in July. The statement acknowledged user concerns and committed Adobe to working harder to address them.
I guess this week they delivered, but not in any way that anyone expected. Far from being pleased, many users are puzzled and even angry at what the latest releases imply. Continue reading “Seriously Adobe?”
Whenever I venture to purchase a new lens, I’m typically presented with the fastest lens first – the advanced option. But the more I’ve shot, the more I’ve come to question this equipment mantra. Most of the time, you DON’T need the fastest lens. Here’s why. 
Macro photography requires only one unique piece of equipment: a lens that can focus within a tiny distance of the subject, resulting in an image that is the same size on the camera sensor as the subject is in real life. But macro lenses have an amazingly small depth of field, almost guaranteeing that some part of the image will be out of focus. What’s a photographer to do? 
But the consumer revolution left Adobe a bit behind, with savvy semi-pro and enthusiast photographers looking for image editing options that were reasonably priced and didn’t require a college degree. To Adobe’s credit, they saw that demand and Adobe Lightroom was born. But recent moves to subscription services and releases of updates users didn’t want have set them back a bit. Room for others to step in? Now we have a new player in this arena – MacPhun’s 
