Tourbox Pt 1: Basics

I've mentioned this tool a few times now and I've yet to write about it. I used the product extensively at this year's Cannes film festival and I've got a few observations. But first, what is a tourbox?

Rush of Blood to the Head x2

With my last purchase being the GFX camera back in January, it was obviously time for me to spend some more money and apparently, rushes of blood to the head (or purse) are like buses; 2 come along in short succession.

Mastering Photography Workflow with Filmpack

I have always found the only way to really trial software is to go “all-in” on a job. Theoretical workflows whilst sitting at home, taking time, with a coffee and biscuit (ok, no biscuit), are all well and good but its only under the pressure of a real job can quickly find the pitfalls. .. this first job was the HBO Max launch party arrivals ...

Improving Black and White Photography Workflow

Those of you that have been following this blog for a while will know that for many (many) years I have been using Silver eEFex Pro (part of the Nik Collection, now by DxO) to produce my Monochrome images. I have created custom presets for Red Carpet and other subjects .....

A Deep Dive into DxO PureRAW 6

As the title of the post says, this is my look at the latest version of the PureRAW demosaicing which I use to pre-process all of my Fujifilm RAW files before editing them in Lightroom. (I have mentioned this before, here and here). Why do I do this? Why do I use an additional tool before going into Lightroom (which can process these files without any pre-processing?) There are a number of reasons.....