Photographing star trails involves a lot of complications. In this video I go through the entire process of photographing the star trail including dealing with light pollution. Then I go through an entire edit from start to finish. I edit the RAW files in Capture One, and then iterate through stacking the images in StarStax […]
Affinity Photo
Affinity Photo: Clone, Heal, Patch and In-Paint
There are a couple different Affinity Photo image repair tools: clone, healing, blemish, patch and in-paint. Each of these tools has a use case, a particular kind of problem it is good at solving. And, there is plenty of overlap. You can solve the same problems with many of them. Which you choose is a […]
Fixing Missing Edges in Affinity Photo
It happens to the best of us. You are photographing a quick moving or unpredictable subject, a moment occurs and you take the shot. Unfortunately your framing wasn’t perfect. No big deal. You took lots of photos so you shouldn’t need that one. That missed shot turns out to be one of your favorite images […]
Using Frequency Separation for Retouching Backgrounds
Frequency separation is a powerful technique. Photographers think of frequency separation as a skin retouching tool, but it is so much more. I often use use frequency separation for retouching backgrounds. Affinity Photo includes frequency separation built right in which is convenient. In this retouching walk through, I show you how to use it to fix […]
Milky Way Photography with Capture One and Affinity Photo
Capture One and Affinity Photo are powerful milky way photo editing tools. Combining them adds a whole new dimension to milky way photography. Check out this edit walk through of a milky way photo on Padre Island National Seashore. Editing Milky Way Photos with Capture One and Affinity Photo Capture One is my go-to […]