Photography

via El Perro Negro (@elperronegro@shmg.online): For 9 months I have been using RapidRaw as part of my RAW image workflow. So much so that Rawtherapee and Lightroom have fallen by the wayside.

RapidRAW is a non-destructive, GPU-accelerated RAW photo editor that ships in about 20 MB — smaller than many of the images it edits. Built with Rust and Tauri by a solo developer, it offers AI masking, presets, batch edits, and optional generative tools that can run locally, via your own ComfyUI server, or in the cloud.

via naz (@nazhamid@mastodon.social): 2.5 years in the making, and Aphera 1.0 is now live and available to download and trial (no cc required), or purchase (50% off for the next two weeks).

Aphera is a native Apple Silicon RAW photo editor for Mac, built around a from-scratch imaging pipeline, film-inspired color science, and a keyboard-driven workflow that stays responsive even on 100MP files. It’s positioned less as a Lightroom clone and more as a fast, project-based tool for photographers who want a signature look applied with one keystroke. Free 14-day trial, requires macOS 15+.

Former teammate Frederic Van talks about how generative AI photography is affecting taste.

The New York Times looks at how outdoor magazines like Backpacker and Outside have shed their print editions, and what’s lost when a genre built on long-form storytelling and large-format photography moves entirely online. A reminder that the economics of digital publishing reshape not just distribution but the kind of work that gets made.

via MacStories (@macstories@macstories.net): Globetrotter: Your Photos and Memories on a World Map https://www.macstories.net/reviews/globetrotter-your-photos-and-memories-on-a-world-map/

Globetrotter is a beautifully-designed iOS app that plots your photo memories on a world map, complete with route visualization for day trips, 3D landmark collection, and year-in-review summaries. As someone who loves both photography and maps, this looks like a compelling way to revisit travel memories.

via Axel Rauschmayer (@rauschma@fosstodon.org): Still frequently impressed by how much mileage MozJPEG compression gets out JPEG images. I’m using it via https://Squoosh.app (a progressive web app).

Squoosh is a browser-based image compression tool that works entirely locally — your images never leave your device. It supports multiple formats and lets you visually compare before and after results. Worth considering as part of a site build workflow for optimizing image assets.

via Retrobatch: Retrobatch turned 2.0!

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via Obsidian Urbex Photography: 🎲 Welcome to my new Abandoned Places Randomiser!

via Ben Sandofsky: With iOS 17 is now available, we dug into the big camera changes that come with it. Zero Shutter Lag, HDR rendering, and more!

via Dave Polaschek: On Thursday, we stopped by the Quarai Ruins at the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, and it was pretty dang photogenic.

via Shelia Hunt Fine Art: "𝐀 𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐊𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓"… I love the Great Smoky Mountains where we live… They never disappoint, and the sunsets are stunning. Happy to share a sunset I took above the hazy blue ridges a few weeks ago. Enjoy!

via Ben Sandofsky: We just launched a big update to Spectre, our long exposure app which won iPhone App of the Year. We now have 15 and 30 second exposures!

via Obsidian Urbex Photography: I don’t think I big up my #Patreon enough, so here it goes 💙💚

via finn: Hey 👋 my partner is publishing a book with her photography over the years ✨ You can preorder it here.

via Rust Weekly: Pixelate images - an intro to Rust and the image crate

via Simon Gray: The Danish artist Thomas Dambo put up these large, wooden trolls all around Denmark. They are located in various hidden or hard-to-get-to places, making them perfect as destinations for hikes (or bike rides).

via Stephen Shankland: Ha ha ha ha ha "Oklachroma" for oklch color space.

via Halide: Introducing Skylight Forecast — our third app.

Several alternatives to iPhone’s built-in Camera app.

Migrate photos from one processing tool to another.

If you’re someone who enjoys taking photos but doesn’t enjoy checking a pile of apps to see when the conditions are right, I’d love for you to check out my new app Photo Scout and give your feedback.

Simon Willison: TIL that macOS ships with a default CLI command called “sips,” for “scriptable image processing system” — and it can convert webp images to PNG, but it can also generate entirely new images from scratch using an almost entirely undocumented canvas-based JavaScript API!