Jon Sienkiewicz

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Why Do Pro Photographers Use AI-Assisted Editing?

1 week ago | shutterbug.com | Jon Sienkiewicz

Why do professional photographers rely on AI-powered culling, AI-automated editing and AI-guided cataloging apps in their daily workflow? What are they gaining? With the help of my counterpart at Aftershoot, I reached out to two well-established pros to get some answers. Artificial Intelligence has been hogging the news lately, and strong opinion leaders have been debating the pros and cons.
REVIEW: Wacom Intuos Pro Graphics Drawing Tablet

2 weeks ago | shutterbug.com | Jon Sienkiewicz

Have you ever thought about owning a graphics tablet? You're into imaging, so of course you have. The all-new Wacom Intuos Pro 2025 deserves your consideration. It can add precision and amazing control to your sketching, photo editing and graphic creations. If your photo editing involves more than cropping, exposure correction and other minor tweaks, you can enhance the experience with a graphics tablet.
Half the Frame, Twice the Fun! New Fujifilm X half

2 weeks ago | shutterbug.com | Jon Sienkiewicz

Fujifilm has launched a rocket that is likely to illuminate the sky for years to come. The new Fujifilm X half is a digital camera that captures images emulating those from a 35mm half-frame film camera. Featuring a 1-inch sensor, 10.8mm f/2.8 lens (32mm equiv), vertical orientation, Aperture Adjustment Ring, Frame Advance Lever and an abundance of other film-camera-like features, the Fujifilm X half appeals to an extraordinarily wide array of imagemakers.
Priceless Advice From A Hyper-Successful Insider

3 weeks ago | shutterbug.com | Jon Sienkiewicz

This short Q&A with Karen Williams contains four insightful gems of advice that might help you fulfill your photographic ambitions to unimaginable levels. Dive in! It's a three-minute read that could constructively shift your focus and put you smackdab on the track to success. Karen Williams is a super-successful photo editor and creative director. She's directed shoots for WIRED, AARP, Masterclass, Barron's, Airbnb many others.
WANDRD Rogue Sling Bags Rock in 8 Colors!

3 weeks ago | shutterbug.com | Jon Sienkiewicz

WANDRD sent us a pair of Rogue Slings, a yellow mid-size and a green one that's a little larger, to review. We're happy to say they have some features that make them unique. We road tested the WANDRD Rogue Sling 6L and Rogue Sling 9L. The bags are nearly identical except for capacity. Initially we were attracted to WANDRD bags because of their attractive assortment of colors. Black and natural canvas-beige bags are okay, but muted yellows and greens, etc., are undeniably refreshing.
Photographers: NEVER DO ANY OF THESE 13 THINGS!

4 weeks ago | shutterbug.com | Jon Sienkiewicz

Give yourself 10 points for every one of these 13 common misdemeanors that your NEVER do. For every transgression that falls into the "I do only it once in a while" category, give yourself 10 points anyway. What the hell; it's spring, the time for fresh beginnings. 1. Never carry your keys, wallet or cellphone in your camera bag. Having your bag full of camera gear stolen is devastating.
Excire Foto: Best Darn DAM Ever

4 weeks ago | shutterbug.com | Jon Sienkiewicz

If you deal with more than a couple thousand images, you need a DAM, a Digital Asset Manager. Excire offers two solutions that fit the billing of "best ever."Excire calls their product a "photo management tool," but since Excire Foto 2025 also handles video, I think the correct label is DAM: Digital Asset Manager. And unless your collection of imaging creations spans just a handful of folders, you DAM well need it.What Exactly is Excire?
Most Exciting New Photoshop Feature: Adjust Colors

1 month ago | shutterbug.com | Jon Sienkiewicz

If you're using the latest version of Photoshop, you're likely exploring the cool new stuff that was recently added. Which enhancement do you find most exciting? There's no doubt in my mind — it's Adjust Colors. On April 24, Adobe added a bleep-ton of powerful new features to multiple Adobe Creative Cloud apps, with their Firefly AI engine taking center stage. We published a summary of the upgrades which you can read here: Major Enhancements Coming to Nearly All Adobe Apps.
Skylum's Luminar Neo Gets Exciting Enhancements

1 month ago | shutterbug.com | Jon Sienkiewicz

For spring 2025, Luminar Neo has been boosted with a new set of additional AI tools. Already a powerful and popular program, this upgrade adds features all photographers will appreciate. Luminar Neo Key New FeaturesHere's the rundown. But first, what is Luminar Neo? What is Luminar Neo? Luminar Neo is a product you should know about. It's an affordable image editing app that operates as a potent standalone program or Photoshop and Lightroom plugin (Win and Mac compatible).
Major Enhancements Coming to Nearly All Adobe Apps

1 month ago | shutterbug.com | Jon Sienkiewicz

At the Adobe MAX Creativity Conference 2025 in London, the San Jose-based software behemoth took the lid off a veritable ton of upgrades and improvements to Photoshop, Lightroom, Premier Pro and Firefly—and most of the other members of their editing family—and we're excited about all of them. The list of enhancements is long—this is just a summary. After we've road tested our favorites, we'll report on them in detail.