Photography @ malch.com

On this page I have collected a few tips, articles, and tools for photographers.

Software

Let's start with some of the software tools that I like and use:

• PhotoShop: The ultimate photo editor
• FastPictureViewer: A fully color managed photo viewer
• IrfanView: Another useful viewer
• FastStone: Another userful viewer
• ExifTool: The definitive tool for EXIF data
• PhotoME: A great EXIF viewer
• SNS-HDR: My favorite HDR software
• GeoSetter: Best tool for geo/GPS data

Reference

And some handy references:

• B&H Photo Video
• Adorama
• Really Right Stuff
• Ken Rockwell
• Thom Hogan
• Ron Bigelow
• Jeffrey Friedl
• The Big Picture

Best Work

I am very proud of the following image; it's a HDR/Pano composite of 77 images providing an interactive view of a Shanghai cityscape:

Shanghai at Night

Here's a simple example that illustrates the power of Photoshop for retouching:

Photoshop Retouching

An introductory article I wrote on UniWB:

UniWB

An article I wrote on AdobeRGB:

AdobeRGB

And another article on color management under Microsoft Windows:

Windows Color Management

And here's a PhotoShop script for resizing and sharpening images. It employs several unconventional but fascinating techniques:

Image Resize and Sharpen