my software recommendations
Here you'll find my recommendations for photo editing software, plug-ins, and tools that will make your photo editing life easier, better, or more creative. I only recommend tools that I use in my professional photography or I find invaluable for my personal or creative photography work.
Photo Editing Programs
At the heart of all digital photo editing is the main photo editor. I use a few different ones as each one represents different strengths.
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Luminar NEO - this software from Skylum is creative and provides for easy photo editing (coupon ATNEO10)
Lightroom & Photoshop - Adobe's powerful editing software
DxO Photolab - a Lightroom alternative without committing to a subscription!
Topaz Labs - this bundle provides extremely good sharpening, denoise, and upscaling (discount code turnham15)
Plug-ins For Photographers
Lumenzia is a luminosity masking panel for Photoshop by Greg Benz Photography
DxO's Nik Collection provides high end finishing and effects
Useful Links
Save 80% on my Ultimate Texture Bundle here with code "Save80"
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Get creative with textures in this tutorial: https://youtu.be/VQwslOxdBbo
My brand new collection of sky replacements are now available here
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The graphics tablet I choose to use is a Wacom Intuos with bluetooth
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The best colour accurate monitor is a Dell Ultrasharp 27inch
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My Camera Equipment
Best power vs cost strobe light is the Godox AD600 Pro
My go to lens is the Nikon AF-S F2.8 Nikkor 24-70mm lens
My new favourite mirrorless camera is the Fujifilm X-T4
The Nikon D850 is my pro architectural photography camera of choice
My wide angle lens that I use for 90% of my architectural photography work is the Nikon 16-35mm vibration reduction lens
For a 50mm nifty fifty lens I use the Nikon AF-S Nikkor one
My mid-range zoom is the Nikon AF-S 24-70mm F2.8E lens
For reliability I use the 70-200mm Nikon telephoto lens
The tripod head I use for architecture photography is the Manfrotto XPRO which allows me to precisely frame the image, is easy to adjust and lightweight
