Optimising Photo Editing and Publishing Workflow with JPEGmini - Standalone and Lightroom Integration

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As a travel writer who is always on the go, I find myself struggling with large image file sizes from the photos that I take for my extensive hotel reviews as well as trip reports in premium cabins. While I do like the images that I get with my trusty DSLR, editing them and publishing articles on the go have not been an easy journey (especially when visiting smaller cities with less-robust infrastructure). One of the applications that I use quite extensively is JPEGmini which is a patent-pending photo recompression technology that significantly reduces the size of images (up to 80%) without affecting the perceptual quality.

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The Shutterwhale for Nikon: Basic Guide to DSLR Food Photography with D500

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Released just over a month ago, Singapore's very first Michelin Guide 2016 first saw the light on 21 July 2016. Ever since then, many restaurants that have been awarded Michelin-stars or the Bib Gourmand status have seen an influx of diners. It has been a couple of months since I have last published my first Basic Guide to DSLR Travel Photography and so I thought it was about time to check out some of these listed places and work on something on food photography instead - please note that this is by no means a guide to actual studio food photography (I am just an enthusiast after all!). Here are four basic tips to help you get that winning (and brag-worthy) shot! 

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The Shutterwhale for Nikon: Basic Guide to DSLR Travel Photography

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Photography is truly a journey to me and over time, your photography style changes (not necessarily for the better) as you evolve as a person. What a lot of people do not realise is that photos do not only show you what is being captured but it also shows you a lot about who is capturing it. The purpose of this article is really to introduce a complete beginner into DSLR photography and hopefully, to provide some tips to make the photos more enviable on whichever social media platform you may choose to share them on. 

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