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All posts by Jeff Carlson

Author, photographer, and late-nighter Jeff Carlson writes for outlets such as Popular Photography, DPReview, Creative Pro, and others, and is a contributing editor for TidBITS. He is the author of Take Control of Your Digital Photos; The Photographer's Guide to Luminar AI, Take Control of Apple Watch, and Take Control of Your Digital Storage, among many other titles.

PhotoActive #138: DPReview and AI

In the latest PhotoActive podcast episode, Jeff and Kirk discuss the imminent shutdown of DPReview and Adobe's new Firefly Generative AI service.

DPReview Shuttered

Like many people on Tuesday, I was shocked to learn that DPReview is being shut down by its parent company Amazon.

Bring Back (?) the Noise: A Contrarian Take on DxO PureRAW 3

I look at DxO PureRAW 3 and how its incredible performance might lead us to accepting too-soft images.

PhotoActive 137: Zoom Lenses with Chris Niccols

Chris Niccolls joins us on the PhotoActive podcast to talk about zoom lenses!

The Paralysis of “Best”

[This post first appeared in Photo AI, my newsletter about how computational photography is fundamentally changing photography as we know it. Subscribe here, or view the archives at TheSmarterImage.com.] Last week the good folks over at Glass posted on Mastodon: "Hi. Hit us with your best photo on Glass. Just because. 🗣️ Show 🗣️ us 🗣️ ...

Photocombobulate #28: Imposter Syndrome

Imposter syndrome hits everyone, even people we think would be immune to it. Jeff and Mason talk about how to deal and overcome it.

PhotoActive 134: Mike Hipple Lived Through That

On the latest PhotoActive podcast, we talk to Mike Hipple about his book of 90s musicians, Lived Through That.

PhotoActive 133: New Year, New Goals

We decided to focus on one photographic goal for the year instead of resolutions in the latest PhotoActive podcast episode.

PhotoActive 132: The Best Focal Length

People obsess about focal lengths and lens choices, so we dig in.

Book Sales: Take Control Winterfest 2022 and Peachpit

Save on ebook versions of my books in two different sales, Winterfest 2022 and Peachpit Skip the Shipping.