These beautiful buildings were quite colorful, yet the vibrance of the colors is lost in this capture due to the extreme difference in contrast between the parts in direct sunlight and the parts...
This tutorial walks new Darktable users through the process of importing photos from their cameras or SD cards.
They usually aren't light, and they certainly aren't small, but the unique perspective a telephoto lens brings makes it an indispensable part of your kit, even when traveling. Let's review some...
Learn how to use the split-toning module in Darktable to create a 70s retro sepia photo effect.
We’re proud to announce the new bug-fix release of darktable, 5.2.1! The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.2.1. To build from source, do...
Week highlights: new Blender, RapidRAW, Gradia, Sigil, and Hydrogen releases; new darktable UI prototypes. Gradia 1.7.0 I last looked at this new screenshot annotation app about a month ago....
Let's explore how to showcase this beautiful waterfall in Lauterbrunnen along with the colorful rock surrounding it and the iconic church tower.
This post consolidates events of the last two weeks. Highlights: new releases of GIMP, darktable, Cardinal; new features in FreeCAD and Ardour. GIMP 3.1.2 This is the first release in the series...
We’re proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 5.2.0! The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.2.0. To build from source,...
At first glance, the exposure module might seem quite basic. However, this module combined with darktable's powerful masking features can be used for a wide variety of purposes; let's explore...
April showers bring May flowers, but what do May flowers bring? An article about color harmonies. Let's explore how color theory can help make these photos of spring flowers pop.
On the surface, taking photos of cars seems easy enough. However, you can really take your automotive photography to the next level with a few simple capture techniques and some creative...
I keep getting the same question, time after time, from all kinds of photographers. “Why Mark? Why do you use Darktable so much when you have plenty of more advanced paid software?”....
When your subject is old and historic, it may be desirable to give the entire image an aged, analog look. Using the color wheel, let's explore how to create an analogous color harmony and give and...
I have just finished a few new portraits in black and white from a recent shoot with Mark Davies. Here are the images taken with the Nikon Z6ii and various lenses. I will be attending a couple of...
Scenes with a high dynamic range can be challenging to work with - either you risk blowing the highlights or the shadows are way too dark. Let's learn how to compress a high dynamic range scene in...
We’re proud to announce the new bug-fix release of darktable, 5.0.1! The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.0.1. To build from source,...
Avid Andrew: Sigiriya Rising
Feb 08
The mighty Sigiriya rises from the surrounding plains in dramatic fasion. This UNESCO World Heritage site is both impressive and beautiful to see. Let's look at how to bring out this beauty and...
Sunsets can have many fantastic colors, but they may not be very visible on the initial edit of an image. Let's explore how to bring sunset colors to life with this beautiful tropical silhouette.
Much of the advice for composition revolves around certain times of day (e.g. the Golden Hour or Blue Hour) or certain conditions (cloudy vs sunny, the angle of light, etc) in order to take...
Week highlights: the second release candidate of GIMP 3.0 is out, and so are the new stable releases of OpenShot, Mixxx, Overwitch. GIMP 3.0rc2 The new release candidate is finally out, mainly...
Shooting far-away subjects often results in haze, characterized by a loss of contrast and a loss of detail. Fortunately, sigmoid is well-suited to recover this contrast and pairs well with the...
In a pre-holiday rush, developers made a lot of releases, so this is going to be a longer recap. Week highlights: new release of darktable, HDRView, Tahoma2D, Flowblade, Kdenlive, Qtractor,...
We’re proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 5.0.0! The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.0.0. To build from source,...
Users new to darktable who have experience with other raw developers may have trouble figuring out how to do various tasks as a result of different names or workflows in darktable compared to...
Let's see an example of how to take a decent photo and really drive attention to the subject using color and saturation.
A graduated neutral density filter (or GND) goes over your lens and reduces the brightness (typically for about half of the image) without changing the color temperature. This is useful in scenes...
Fall colors are a great opportunity to utilize analogous and complementary color harmonies in a scene. Let's see how to use the RYB color wheel to create a color harmony and bring fall scenes to life.
Darktable's powerful drawn masks and parametric masks let you quickly and easily make targeted edits to only part of an image. Let's learn how to use both types of masks and then make several...