Pixiq

The weekly round-up

So Apple released a new iPad this week, and we announced the winner of our February competition. The March competition is also up-and-running, so get your silhouette photos in for a chance to win an awesome prize from Fracture. Aside from that, what's been [...]

How photo-tastic is the all new iPad?

Whenever I see someone taking a photo with her or his iPad, it makes me cringe. There's something about it that looks so very wrong, especially when you consider that cameras have been growing progressively smaller, making the iPad as a camera seem [...]

Photographer's i - Issue 2 - on iTunes Newsstand - Now!

This issue has an interactive article I wrote about TTV.   RETRO-TECH John Neel Journey back to the future as an art photographer explores the digital world through the viewfinders of old twin-lens-reflex cameras. <> Available in the iTunes [...]

Lytro + Apple = next thing in camera phones?

Late last summer I was sipping a beer with a friend when we began to muse over the question 'Where next for Apple?' Apple isn't exactly a company that's easy to second-guess, if it were, it wouldn't be where it is now. But hey, a touch of speculation is a [...]

If you like a Leica…LOOK at this!

WOW! Ok, we all know that just below the surface, everyone wants an iPhone! The iPhone camera and all the imaging apps have become part of the fun of taking pictures. And for many it is the camera of choice. But if you want to have even more fun, you need to [...]

Apple releases Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update

Apple has released and update to its Digital Camera Raw Comaptibility software for the Mac OS, taking it to version 3.9. It adds support for the Raw file formats of eleven additional cameras, including the new Nikon 1 mirrorless camera models, the J1 and V1. [...]

R.I.P. Steve Jobs

‎"Three apples changed the world: Eve's, Newton's, and Steve's" - Steven Burress, Commented on Facebook  "Steve Jobs was the greatest inventor since Thomas Edison. He put the world at our fingertips." Steven Spielberg. ‎"Sometime's life's going [...]

Adobe Products and Mac OSX Lion Compatibility

Adobe has posted a comprehensive list of compatibility issues between its products and Apple's latest operating system, Mac OSX Lion, which became available yesterday. Full details can be viewed here.     [...]

Nikon software & Mac OSX Lion

The Nikon Corporation has issued a press release (Nikon Europe version, Nikon USA version) regarding compatibility between its software and Apple's Mac OS X (10.7) Lion operating system, which has just been released. The statement  confirms the company is [...]

Insta-Playtime: getting creative with Insta-Apps

Creativity, Myth and the Mouse

Making Images Pop!

The Saturation and its cousin the Vibrancy slider are the two main tools one would use to saturate colors in an image. The Vibrancy slider was one of those revolutionary tools that helped make Adobe Lightroom an indispensable tool for processing my raw images. [...]

Gallery: Water splash and fruits

With Aperture #1 Grossing App Store Download Apple Tells Adobe to Kiss Off

With Apple's radical drop in the price of Aperture, Apple has not only propelled their game-changing photographic tool into the number-one grossing application on the App Store, they've also yet again told Adobe that they can kiss off. Disclaimer: This is an [...]