Software & Reviews

Skylum Luminar 4 – AI Augmented Sky

A quick look at the new AI Augmented Sky feature in Luminar 4. Designed for those that want to be more creative with their sky/background replacements.

Review – Peak Design Travel Tripod

A review of the Peak Design Travel Tripod. This professional travel tripod is ideal for anyone that wants a high quality, light, and well-designed tripod.

Luminar 4 – Top 5 features we use

Our top 5 favourite features we use (and love) in Luminar 4. This software makes sky replacements a breeze compared to other applications.

Review – Endurax Professional Camera Tripod ETR66

A review of the Endurax Professional Camera Tripod Model ETR-66. This budget travel tripod is ideal for the beginner who uses a tripod on the odd occasion.

Samyang AF 35mm F2.8 FE – Tiny but Mighty

A review of the Samyang AF 35mm f/2.8 FE lens. This tiny but versatile lens that is ideal for travel and street photography.

Review – LENSKIRT – Is this the best lens hood for eliminating reflections?

A review of the Lenskirt. A flexible lens hood which is perfect for cutting reflections when shooting through windows with internal lighting.

Review – URTH 100mm Square ND Filter + Discount Code

A review of the URTH 100mm square ND Filter. Available in 3, 4, 5, 6, & 10 stop densities.

Samyang 12mm F2.8 ED AS NCS Fisheye lens

The Samyang 12mm Fisheye lens is for photographers that want an expansive 180-degree scene. Perfect for travel, architecture, and cityscapes.

Review: Peak Design Lens Kit

The Peak Design Lens Kit is a product designed for the photographer who wants quick and easy access to lenses without the need to open their camera bag.

Review – Peak Design Everyday Sling Bag 10L – V2

This is our review of the Peak Design Everyday Sling 10L – V2 camera bag. Such an awesome camera bag for the street and travel photographer.

Samyang AF 18mm F2.8 FE – Tiny but Super Wide

A review of the Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE lens. This tiny but super wide lens is a welcome replacement to our previous much-loved Nikon 20mm f2.8D lens.

Review – Joby UltraFit Sling Strap

A review of the Joby UltraFit Sling Camera Strap. Ideal for any photographer who wants to avoid the unnecessary neck strain caused by normal camera straps.

HDR – Is it an essential tool in Travel Photography?

HDR - Is it an essential tool in Travel Photography? Have you ever wanted to capture that perfect scene when travelling only to find your skies are washed out or your foreground is in dark shadows?. Many people we meet simply want to take natural-looking images that...

Review – Topaz DeNoise AI

As Travel Photographers we are constantly shooting in all sorts of lighting conditions and quite often we have no alternative but to increase our ISO to get a shot especially when it is impossible to use a tripod.

Review – URTH ND2-400 Variable Filter + Discount Code

A review of the URTH ND2-400 Variable Filter. This filter reduces between 1-stop and 8.65-stops of light.

Skylum Luminar 4 – AI Sky Replacement

A Travel Photographer’s nemesis is the weather. Days with washed-out skies or even cloudless days can make images boring and bland. In high dynamic scenes where there are extremely bright sky highlights and dark foregrounds, it is impossible to get a well-balanced image without bracketing shots and combining them in software.

Review – Sony FE 16-35 F4 Zeiss lens (SEL1635Z)

Back in December 2014 we made the decision to move from Nikon to the Sony mirrorless camera system and bought the Sony A7r. This camera is 36mp of sheer delight. We purchased it with the FE 24-70 F4 Zeiss lens which has been an absolute dream to work with.

Review: Peak Design Slide Camera Strap

The majority of people that purchase a new camera will use the supplied camera strap or buy a cheap neck strap that may look and feel more comfortable. I mean… how important is a camera strap anyway!! Most people would say it wasn’t important at all ….well they’re wrong.

Review – Vanguard Alta Rise 45 camera backpack

We have used Lowepro bags for years, in fact, Paul has used a Lowepro Mini Trekker for close to 20 years or so and it was a fantastic bag however it was time for a change.

Adding a Copyright Preset in Adobe Lightroom

Now there’s probably been a lot of blog posts on how to set up a Copyright Preset in Adobe Lightroom so there may be nothing new here.

Review – 3 Axis Camera Spirit Level

People always ask us why we use these when most cameras now have great tools for keeping the camera level. We have been using them for many years attached to our hot-shoe and although initially, we used them only when the camera was mounted on a tripod we have found them to be very useful in other situations. There are many different models and can be found on eBay, Amazon or at your local camera shop.