Category Archives: Software

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Iridient Transformer

October 29, 2017 by Denise Silva | 4 Comments

In my last blog, I wrote about using Iridient Developer to process Fuji images. At the end of that experiment, I decided that I still preferred using Lightroom Develop or Adobe Camera Raw to process […]

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Iridient Developer

October 23, 2017 by Denise Silva | Comments Off

Today I spent some time testing out potential new workflows for processing images. As many folks know, I love Photoshop and Camera Raw for processing my images. I feel these tools give me the most […]

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MacPhun Aurora HDR Pro!

May 11, 2016 by Denise Silva | Comments Off

MacPhun is offering Aurora HDR Pro with bonus features! HDR can be extremely challenging for a number of reasons. Let’s look at this image I recently developed. The challenge was that the 3 bracketed images […]

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Dust Spots!

December 22, 2015 by Denise Silva | Comments Off

Dust spots and artifacts are my pet peeve… cannot stand them because they are so easy to fix. However, they can be hard to find! They are definitely the bane of any landscape photographer’s existence, […]

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Third Party Printing

June 19, 2015 by Denise Silva | Comments Off

If you are like me, you don’t have a photo quality printer at home, so you use a third party printer, such as Costco. Our particular Costco does a great job, but tends to print […]

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Mt. Storm Time Lapse

May 22, 2015 by Denise Silva | 2 Comments

The other day, I was asked to describe how I created this image: I decided it would be easier to write a blog and create a video demonstrating the techniques, than to layout out an […]

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Texture Tutorial!

February 24, 2015 by Denise Silva | Comments Off

Today’s blog is a tutorial on the use of textures. Often we see texture added to images of flowers or landscapes with bland skies. Although these types of images are awesome for texture use, for […]

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Valentine’s Day Gift from MacPhun!

February 11, 2015 by Denise Silva | Comments Off

Get Two of the Best-Selling Mac Apps to Make Your Pictures Perfect for the price of ONE!  Regular Price: $40 Now $29.99 Save 25% on Tonality and Snapselect, plus be entered for a chance to win […]

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New eBook demystifying Lightroom 5!

January 27, 2015 by Denise Silva | Comments Off

Denise just completed her first eBook – Lightroom 5!  The book demystifies Lightroom, from setting up preference for optimal functionality to importing images and organizing your workflow to developing images to their full potential to […]

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Processing Infrared Images

January 9, 2015 by Denise Silva | 2 Comments

Today I want to share one of the methods to transform an infrared image from a RAW file to various stages of a final image. The actual final image chosen is about preference and totally […]

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