About Steve Baczewski

When Steve was young, he was struck by the work of Richard Avedon, Cartier Bresson, and Eugene Smith, and eventually got a degree in Photography. He writes and teaches about both traditional and digital fine arts photography.

Perfect Photo Suite 7

Perfect Photo Suite 7 is sold in three different versions: Standard Edition, Lightroom & Aperture Edition, and Premium Edition. All editions work as standalone applications, but the Lightroom & Aperture and Premium Editions also work as plug-ins.

HDR Express 2

HDR Express 2 takes a complicated process and simplifies it, especially for people new to creating HDR images. HDR Express 2 expands your dynamic range in a photorealistic way instead of the more prevalent stylistic or surreal effects.

ColorMunki Smile

X-Rite’s ColorMunki Smile is an affordable, introductory monitor-calibration and -profiling kit, with an emphasis on ease of use. The results are very good and it’s the perfect solution for color-management holdouts.

HP ZR2740w

The HP ZR2740w is a 27″ LED backlit, nonglare display with an impressive screen real estate and native resolution of 2560×1440—a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Galerie Prestige Pearl Papers

ILFORD has added new versions of Smooth Pearl and Smooth Gloss to their high-end Galerie Prestige paper line. These new papers have the same professional coating as the previous versions of Galerie Smooth Pearl and Smooth Gloss; however, the weight has increased from 290 to 310 gsm.

X-Rite i1Photo Pro 2

The i1Photo Pro 2 is X-Rite’s impressive, new, comprehensive, color-management solution for professional photographers.

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