DPReview/PetaPixel/Fstoppers/B&H Explora
•On Camera Club Competitions by Colleen Miniuk
•I Stopped Taking ‘Nice’ Photos by Aristeidis Sfakianos
•Why Pretty Photos Might Be Holding You Back by Alex Cooke
•Ansel Adams Forgotten Process for Photography Perfection (YouTube)
Lens Shark Photography Podcast
PetaPixel Podcast
This Week In Photo (TWIP)
Picture This: Photography Podcast
B&H Photography Podcast
The Two Hosers Photo Show
Behind The Shot
•Always wait to upgrade your computer OS! For Macintosh computers read The MacObserver.com site, (or listen to “The Mac Geek Gab” podcast) for Mac upgrading info. For Windows computers check The WindowsObserver.com site to know when to upgrade. Never upgrade your OS until at least the “x.2” version, giving Apple/Microsoft time to squash the usual bugs.
•For Lightroom/Photoshop wait until the “all clear” from Victoria Bampton (lightroomqueen.com) that it’s OK to upgrade Lightroom Classic/Lightroom/Photoshop.
•Finally, NEVER use the Creative Cloud Auto-update function, turn it off in Creative Cloud, screenshot below (Creative Cloud/Account/Preferences/Apps).
It is usually a good idea to update your camera firmware and photo processing software on a regular basis. If you don’t know how, ask someone in the club who has experience doing it for help. Updates can usually be obtained from within your current version by clicking on “check for updates”, or you may obtain them from the support section of your camera vendor’s website. If you do it this way and you are downloading Canon software, you may need to input your camera’s serial number for some apps.
If you use the (excellent!) free FastStone Image Viewer (Windows only), the current version is 7.5. You can download it from their website. This is much more than a “viewer”, it is great for resizing images and adding borders for DPI competitions. Ask Edgar Reihl for a walk-through at one of the club meetings if interested.
The new Sony “Creators App” can update Sony software: https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/CCCA01000?source=notify
For most of these, you can get the updates from within the app by clicking on “Check for Updates” (or similar). This way, you don’t have to search for them on the developer’s website.