ON1 Photo 10 Now Available

ON1, Inc. has announced ON1 Photo 10 is now available, the next generation of its
photo editing and effects app for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. Version 10 is a
ground-up rework of Perfect Photo Suite 9, optimized for performance, stability and
ease of use. Up to 4x faster than the previous version and requiring less memory to
run, ON1 Photo 10 also includes an integrated mobile workflow, a modern user
interface, and the essential ON1 photo editing tools photographers have come to love.

ON1 Photo 10’s enhancements include:

• A significantly improved Effects module. Filters respond faster than ever before and
presets are easier to find and apply. New preset categories have been added for
popular photography genres, and include settings for color grading and haze
reduction. The Perfect B&W module has been fully integrated into Effects, which lets
you apply any filter—including the popular Dynamic Contrast effect—to your
monochrome images. Lastly, you now have complete control over the organization of
your presets and preset categories, making it easy to customize Effects to work the
way you want.

• Two-way syncing of photos between ON1 Photo 10 and mobile devices with our free
Photo Via app for IOS. Photo Via lets you share albums, smart albums and folders of
photos between your desktop and your iPad or iPhone using Dropbox or Google
Drive. With Photo Via, you can search, rate and share photos easily from any iOS
device, and have the metadata synced back to your desktop.

• Better and faster workflow tools for working with faces in the Portrait module. Find
facial features quicker, even with side views or faces at an angle. Portrait is faster and
better than ever. The new way of working with facial features makes it easier to
retouch the areas you care about.

• Access to Resize from any module, which lets you use the photo enlargement
features of Perfect Resize from any part of ON1 Photo 10. Sharpen, add a watermark,
or create a gallery wrap when you want, without jumping to a different module.

• Color and tone controls that make sense. Use Enhance’s exposure adjustments,
better color controls, and improved highlight and shadow recovery to make your
photos pop before taking them into other editing modules. 

• Browse’s new Smart Albums feature, which lets you put your most important photos
—wherever they are—at your fingertips. You can even automatically publish your
Smart Albums to your mobile device with Photo Via.

• A new export feature, which automates the process of creating photos for printing
and sharing. Take a single photo, or a group of photos, and create whatever size and
file format you need. Combined with our improved batch processing options, we
make it simple for you to print, share and manage your photos without undue
complexity.

Throughout ON1 Photo 10, you will find an improved user experience, with more
responsive sliders, tools that won't stick, and a user interface that is snappy, modern
and easier to use. Most of ON1 Photo 10’s image processing algorithms utilize modern
video cards (GPUs), providing better overall performance, a new sharing feature for
posting photos directly to Facebook®, Twitter®, Messages®, Mail®, Flickr® and
more.

About ON1 Photo 10
ON1 Photo 10 is a full-featured photo editor that works either as a plug-in editor to
Adobe Photoshop® and Lightroom CC, or as a standalone application. ON1’s open
system allows access to your photos no matter where they are stored: your computer,
your network, or on cloud-based storage services. We support all of the key online
storage services, including Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft’s OneDrive. ON1
Photo 10 works on both Mac OS X (10.8, 10.9, 10.10) and Microsoft Windows (7, 8, 10),
while Photo Via requires iOS 8. Version 10 supports Photoshop CC 2015, CC 2014, and
CS6; Lightroom 6, 5, 4; Photoshop Elements 13, 12 and 11.

Williamsburg, NY

During my trip to NYC last month, I met up with several Stocksy photographers, and one of the places we walked to was Williamsburg.  Unlike its fellow Brooklyn Bridge to the south, which is relatively clean and crowded with tourists from around the world, the Williamsburg bridge is covered with graffiti from one end to the other and has very little foot traffic (at least on the day we were there) which adds up to a photographers dream :-)

For this series I decided to go black & white to allow the character and grittiness of the bridge to shine through.

All of the images below are available for licensing at Stocksy United.

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New York City

A few of weeks ago I got to spend 5 full days in New York City with nothing to do but roam around and take photos.  I racked up some serious mileage on my poor feet, but I had a great time exploring the city.  The last time I was there was in the late 90's, so with my memory it was like visiting for the first time ;-)

Of course no visit to NYC would be complete without stopping by B&H Photo and doing a little shopping :-)

One of the highlights of the trip was meeting up with several fellow Stocksy members.  We started off the day meeting for lunch in the Lower East Side and ended it by walking over the Williamsburg Bridge into Brooklyn, where we had dinner & beers before calling it a night. (Thanks Holly for letting me use a couple of your photos!)

The only pre-visualized image I had in my mind was visiting Brooklyn Bridge Park at sunset and capturing the New York City skyline.  With that accomplished, the rest of the week was just having a good time roaming around and photographing whatever looked interesting.

The above images are available for licensing at Stocksy United and prints available on Crated.com

Washington DC

I couple of weeks ago I visited Colonial Williamsburg and Washington DC for spring break.  While the main purpose of the trip was a family vacation, I still had my cameras with me and had hoped to see some cherry blossoms.  Unfortunately, spring hadn't sprung yet and there wasn't a cherry blossom in sight:-(  While the weather wasn't as cooperative as I would have preferred, I still managed to get some useable images.  Just might have to try again next year ;-)

Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wakes Florida

On Friday I had the pleasure of meeting up with fellow Stocksy photographers Suzanne Clements and Gabriel (Gabi) Bucataru at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales Florida.  We had a great time exploring the grounds, but the music from the tower was a little creepy!