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This is the last post of the year - not so much an ending, more the final bit of noise before a short pause. And it has been a year unlike any before on Open Source Photography. What started out as the familiar mix of gear talk and software reviews slowly shifted into something else... Continue Reading →
This was RAW DEV #2. One file, one shared starting point, and complete freedom. No brief, no direction, no safety rails, just time, curiosity, and a RAW to work with. There were fewer submissions this time, which was hardly a surprise. The holidays are close, the timing was tight after the previous RAW DEV, and... Continue Reading →
If you haven’t noticed yet, the sites have quietly shifted. Winter has settled in, Christmas found its way in, and a familiar landscape has changed just enough to feel different. Snow, movement, atmosphere - not added at random, but shaped with intent. This wasn’t about decoration for decoration’s sake. It started with a single photograph... Continue Reading →
Leica T (Typ 701) and SG Image 35mm f1.2 L mount Well, this is normally the kind of post I’d put in the Gallery, but there’s a bit too much technical stuff woven into it, so I’ll just drop it here instead. So what is this actually about? I think the interesting elements are these:... Continue Reading →
6 minutes reading time Confessions from Outside My Comfort Zone: On Macs, Studios, and the Lie of “Simple” The Setup I spent last friday on my daughter’s MacBook, doing a “small” project that turned out to be surprisingly serious: making proper studio photographs of my daughter’s paintings. Yes, she doesn’t just sing, she paints too... Continue Reading →
4 minutes read time Update added 12/12/2025 - 17:21 People have been arguing about this topic forever, but very few discussions ever touch the real issue: what these choices actually do to your workflow. Maybe everything runs smoothly for you ? no friction ? no clutter ? no headaches ? If so, congratulations, keep doing... Continue Reading →
If you’re out for a full day of photography, or wandering through a multi-day hike, something warm to drink can be as welcome as a perfectly timed beam of light. Gas stoves work, but there’s always that moment when your canister turns out to be empty at the worst possible time. A twig stove doesn’t... Continue Reading →
GIMP 3, Broken Plugins, and Why Your Old AppImage Finally Gave UpWhen GIMP 3.0 first arrived, the rule was simple: if you needed plugins, don’t touch it. The new release had a completely rewritten plug-in system, Python 2 was gone, the API had changed, and none of the classic add-ons like Resynthesizer, Heal Selection, G’MIC,... Continue Reading →
I wasn’t planning to host a second RAW DEV so soon after the first one, and certainly not this close to the end of the year. But the response to RAW DEV #1 was far more enthusiastic than I expected, and that gave me an idea: a Christmas Edition. A small seasonal experiment to round... Continue Reading →
4 minutes read time. Impulse Noise Reduction: The Small Tool That Fixes Big Pixel Problems If you’ve ever pushed a high-ISO RAW a little too far, added gritty microcontrast for that 35 mm look, and suddenly ended up with a miniature galaxy of bright white pixel dots… congratulations, you’ve met impulse noise. It’s not grain,... Continue Reading →
Finally ! Here are the submitted results, presented in the order they arrived. This is our first run at this experiment, and the response genuinely impressed me. Not just the variety, but the quality of the images, and the wide range of software people used. Each entry is shown with the contributor’s name or alias,... Continue Reading →
Anyone curious how I cut firewood in my own garden? I promised this little demo after my previous TBF review of the Nordic Pocket Chainsaw - and believe me, this thing eats wood like a tiger on steroids. Camper or photographer on a multi-day trek, your campfire will be burning in no time. Need wood... Continue Reading →
For a while now, this little idea has been simmering in what’s left of my grey matter. Every so often I like to push back against habits that, once you actually think about them, make very little sense. Running my Open Source Photography site and gallery, I keep seeing the same comments pop up in... Continue Reading →
5 minutes reading time So you want to get serious about black-and-white. Maybe you’ve tried your camera’s SOOC B&W mode and felt underwhelmed, and now you’re not sure what the next step should be. That’s exactly what this article is about. And before any Fujifilm users rush in with comments about “just use recipes”: let... Continue Reading →
