Photographers Buying Guide – M3 MacBook Pro
In October of 2023 Apple updated their extremely powerful line of MacBook Pro computers with M3 Apple Silicon. The size and design of the Ma...
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HDR Editing in 2023 Using Lightroom and Photoshop
Adobe just finished up their annual MAX conference where they demonstrate the latest things their software can do to help content creators....
Deciding to Print Yourself
Should photographers spend the time and money to print their images themselves rather than sending their images out to printing labs? Here a...
What is the difference between the Canon “1/2” and “3” ICC printing profiles?
Canon offers two ICC profiles specific to the printer for each type of paper. One has “1/2” in the name and the other has “...
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Making DeNoise AI Faster
Right up front I want to set some expectations on the speed of DeNoise AI. Even on the best of computer hardware here in early 2022 DeNoise...
Help With Drive Space and Backups For Photographers
Hard Drive Space Problems for Photographers Let’s talk about the problems that photographers face with hard drive space.  The mo...
Dimensions and Quality For Social Media Photo Sharing
What Dimensions and Quality Should Photographers Use When Posting To Social Media? Nearly a constant debate online, I constantly get questio...
13 Steps To Troubleshooting Lightroom Problems
Common Lightroom Problems Lightroom is really complicated software here in early 2021. Not complicated as a tool that can help photographers...
Find Your Lens Diffraction Point
What Is Diffraction In Photography? Let’s start off by very briefly defining diffraction.  I want to encourage all of you to go...
Lens Variance vs Bad Copy
This post was heavily influenced by and will reference an excellent two part article that the great Roger Cicala published at DPReview.com i...
Fire Full Moon – How I Shot The Moon With A Foreground
The details of how I created a picture of a full moon that includes a foreground and looks more like a sunrise than a moonrise The Creative...
What Does Apple Silicon Mean For Photographers?
No doubt you have heard that Apple made big news at their annual developer’s conference (WWDC) announcing they are moving from long-te...
Can Canon EOS Webcam Utility Beta Do 1080p?
Chances are you are here because you are trying to figure out how to get 1080p video out of your Canon camera when used as a webcam. Canon h...
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AMD vs Intel For Lightroom and Photoshop With Puget Systems
Puget Systems Lightroom and Photoshop Benchmarks Before we tell photographers if AMD or Intel runs Lightroom and Photoshop better, it is imp...
Intel NUC – Inexpensive Photo Editing Computer
Can the relatively inexpensive and tiny form factor Intel NUC be a good photo editing computer? The PC counterpart to Apple’s Mac Mini...
Slash The Import Time Of Lightroom Classic By 90%!
How To Make Lightroom Classic Import 90% Faster This is not a new topic here on Photo Taco.  I have talked about this magical process,...
Topaz DeNoise AI vs Lightroom and Photoshop
Episode Sponsors Phlearn – When Phlearn reached out I was really excited because my friend Aaron Nace and the folks over at Plearn.com...
Performance of External Drives With Lightroom Classic
Note: If you just want to skip straight to the results go to 43:19 in the episode! One of the questions I have had asked hundreds of times o...
Photographer’s Checklist For Sharper Photos
Create Photography Retreat I am so excited to be presenting at the Create Photography Retreat again in 2020.  It is being held in beaut...
How To Do Water Droplet Photography With Don Komarechka
Water Droplet Refraction Photography I am sure you have seen photos featuring water droplet refraction, but you have to check out some of th...