Photo software
The second half of the work happens at the computer. Lightroom is my hub, plus a few programs for the donkey work, from skin retouching to noise reduction. That leaves more time for the look.
Editing
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Adobe Lightroom
This is where everything starts: importing, culling, developing. The library lives in the cloud, so I import at my desk and pick up where I left off on the laptop. I merge exposure brackets for property shoots right here, and from here the photos go out to all the other programs.
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Adobe Photoshop
For everything that goes beyond Lightroom: retouching with layers and masks, composites, and the cases where a detail has to be right pixel by pixel.
AI retouching
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Reblum
Reblum handles the skin retouching: blemishes, redness and shine disappear, whilst the pores remain visible. And it processes the images locally on my Mac, so the photos don’t go anywhere.
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Topaz Photo AI
When it was dark and the ISO was high: Topaz denoises the raw files themselves, sharpens them and brings back faces that have gone a little soft. These days the program is called Topaz Photo.
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Evoto
Evoto retouches whole series at once and can do things that take ages by hand: reflections in glasses, flyaway hairs, a busy background.
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Luminar
I mainly use Luminar for the grain: you can adjust the amount, size and coarseness precisely, from barely visible to old film. There are also subtle creative effects, such as ‘Mystical’, which makes the bright areas glow softly. Until August 2026, it was called Luminar Neo.
Galleries for my clients
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Picdrop
Until 2026 I delivered my photos via Picdrop. That worked well, but I wanted my own address and my own design.
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My own client galleries
Today my clients get their photos right here on the site, in password-protected galleries: in full size, with their own selection and as a download, straight into the Photos app on their phone. I built them myself; I’m a web designer too, after all. And I’ll build something like this for you as well.
View the sample gallery ↗ · Ask about your own gallery · More on web design
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