Archive for March, 2009

Book Review – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2: Visual QuickStart Guide by Nolan Hester

Designed to quickly take beginning Lightroom users through a series of graphically-intensive lessons, Nolan Hester’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2: Visual QuickStart Guide lives up to its name. An incredible amount of information is included in this relatively short book.

Read on for my review.

Book Review: Photographer’s Photoshop CS4 Companion by Mark S. Johnson

It’s no secret that my software use for photography has moved heavily towards Lightroom. Adobe Photoshop, however, is still the gold standard when it comes to detailed adjustments to your photographs. Mark S. Johnson, an excellent author (and great friend of mine), has begun releasing chapters of his new book, Photographer’s Photoshop CS4 Companion.

Read on for a review of this book and detailed information about the topics in each chapter.

Apple Updates Professional and Consumer Desktop Line

Today, Apple announced updates to its professional and consumer desktop computer line with new Mac Pros, iMacs, and Mac Minis. This is great news for photographers. As David mentioned in a recent article, our favorite desktop photography machine is the Mac Pro, and this upgrade makes it even better!

Read on for more details about the new machines.

Lightroom 2.3 and Adobe Camera Raw 5.3 Available

The free update to Lightroom 2, version 2.3, is now available from Adobe. To install the update, go to your Help menu in Lightroom and choose Check for Updates…

Apple releases Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 2.5

Apple has released a software update to address support for camera RAW files.

Check out this article for a list of affected cameras.