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Lenscraft Photography Blog & News

The Lenscraft Photography News blog is where I share all things photography with readers. It could be an interesting piece of news from the photographic industry or something more personal to Lenscraft. Either way, it will make interesting reading if you’re passionate about photography.

What makes this photography blog different to many others is that I also share my personal view. This isn’t a blog that simply reproduces that same material you will find repeated across popular websites. I try things and tell you what I think works and doesn’t work.

I will be posting new material each week although sometimes it may be more or less frequent than this. The life of a Landscape Photographer can be very demanding at times, so you may need to give me a little leeway at times.

I hope you enjoy the photography news items and blog posts.

Lenscraft Blog Articles & News

How Big Can You Enlarge iPhone Photos

I recently wrote an article about how to enlarge iPhone photos. In it, I used the excellent Topaz Photo AI software to correct quality problems and make a two-times enlargement. But that got me thinking: how big can I enlarge my iPhone photos? ...

Announcing The Dark Image System For Lightroom

The Dark Image System for Lightroom is a new approach to producing excellent landscape photography. It's counter intuitive but easy to learn and apply. Register your interest here ...

Example 3 of an image using the Olympus EM5 Mk3 High Resolution mode showing the problem

Olympus EM5 Mk3 High-Resolution Mode Problem

Recently, I purchased a used EM5 Mk3 Micro Four Thirds camera. Although I already own and use a Panasonic G9, I prefer the colour rendering of the Olympus EM5 and the tiny body. It’s around half the size and weight of the Panasonic G9, making it an ideal travel camera ...

Whats New The Nik Collection 6.3 - Review Video

The Excellent Nik Collection 6.3 – Now It’s Complete

On Wednesday the 30th August 2023, DxO released the Nik Collection 6.3. Whilst this appears at first to be a minor release in the Nik Collection 6, the changes are significant for two of the applications. Both Nik HDR Efex and Nik Sharpener Pro have changed, migrating them to the ...

Can I get the Nik Collection Download free

Can I Get The Google Nik Collection Download Free?

There so much confusion and misinformation about the Nik Collection that I want to set the record straight. The simple answer is yes you can still get a free download of the Nik Collection download. Later in this article, I’m going to explain how to do it legally, but there ...

The finished image compared with the original iPhone image

My Desktop Approach To Editing iPhone Photos

In my July 2023 newsletter, I published a photo that I’d shot whilst visiting the Basilique Saint-Nicolas in Nantes, France. At the time, I never realised how much interest it would create from people wanting to know about how I shot and processed the photo. I was also equally surprised ...

What’s New in The Nik Collection 6

On the 16th of May 2023, DxO launched the Nik Collection 6. In this article and video, I look at the changes to the previous version of the software. This is going to seem more like a list than a detailed review because a lot has changed ...

DxO PureRAW Version 3 Reviewed

Most photographer’s spend a small fortune buying the best cameras and lenses, hoping to achieve excellent image quality. Whilst cameras and lenses certainly play a part in image quality, this ignores the third component which is RAW processing ...

On1 Sky Swap AI Photoshop Plugin Reviewed

On1 Sky Swap AI Plug-in Review

In this review, we’re looking at the new On1 Sky Swap AI plug-in for Photoshop. Although we don’t cover it in this article, I’ve also tested this plug-in with Affinity Photo, and it works great ...

Now Available: Essential Affinity Photo 2 in Paperback & eBook

Towards the end of 2022, Affinity Photo 2 was released. I had a suspicion this was on the cards and had already begun updating my original Affinity Photo book which had proven so popular. This is what allowed me to release Essential Affinity Photo 2 in December of the same ...

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