Jeff Hirsch Photography

25/06/2026

Big news in the world of editing software! Maybe we will finally get native AI sharpening in Lightroom? (I can dream, can't I?)

A significant gain for Adobe.

25/06/2026

I've got a new video up on my YouTube Channel.

The Select Subject Mask gets a huge upgrade and Lightroom Classic finally gets Duplicate Detection!

Run-time: 15 minutes

Huge improvements to the Select Subject Mask and at long last we ge...

22/06/2026

Adobe has released a Lightroom Classic 15.4.1 hotfix to address a bug that was introduced with the v15.4 update from last week.

Be sure to get this latest version if you are already on 15.4.

I'll have a video up shortly explaining the new features in the latest update.

03/06/2026

Just posted a new Lightroom tip video to my YouTube channel.

Give it a peep. You might even learn something!

Viewing time: 3 minutes, 30 seconds.

In this short three and a half minute video, you'll learn about the...

29/05/2026

An independent audit found that there are no security-related reasons for blocking DJI's products from being imported and sold in the USA.

29/05/2026

Sigh.

It appears Capture One is being auctioned.

28/05/2026

There's still time to register for the Shaw Photo Series Celebration on Saturday at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Hope to see you all there!

Celebrate the 45 plus years of photography programs at Shaw Nature Reserve with us during this presentation, panel discussion, and social hour. The Nature Reserve is fortuante to have had nationally and internationally recognized photographers Ernst Haas, Jay Maisel, Jim Brandenburg, Sam Abel, and A...

11/05/2026

It is so refreshing to see somebody clearly articulate why Susan Sontag's "On Photography" is absolute rubbish.

This is a great take on Sontag's misguided ideas that are still being pushed in photo programs across the country.

I'm done pretending her angry screed is anything other than a personal ax she needed to grind to express her disapproval of Diane Arbus and other photographers who dared to show a different perspective to the world.

It couldn't be farther from a "universal truth" if it had been written on Alpha Centauri. And photographers need to stop giving it any sort of reverence or respect. It deserves little.

Teachers need to stop holding this piece of judgemental crap up as some sort of legitimate criticism of the entire medium. It's one anxiety-filled person's rant about something she clearly doesn't understand at a personal level.

This post should be required reading for any students forced to swallow Sontag's garbage.

And why I never recommend "On Photography."

30/04/2026

Jeff Bridges is bringing the incredible Wideluxx panoramic film camera back into production with new materials and an updated design.

The first batch won't be cheap but I cannot tell you how happy I am that these things will exist again. There's nothing like them out there.

GO WIDE.Discover the worlds hidden in every moment with WideluxX™. A moving lens. Sweeping analog panoramas.PREORDER NOWOnly 350 in the first release.A Contemporary Tool, Not a Retro GestureThe WideluxX™ is not a nostalgic return to the past. It exists alongside contemporary tools, offering a di...