The Photo Tools I Use In 2023
Photography is ultimately about the photos we produce. Photographers use lots of tools to create images - cameras, lenses, filters, tripods, and yes, software, to make those images. The photos we each produce are unique and often is the case that our workflows to create those images are equally unique.
“No one photo workflow is more ‘correct’ than another.”
I am asked often what software tools I use and why. To answer that question, I need to give you a brief history of photo software usage over the last 10+ years. My workflow in 2023 didn’t just materialize … it grew, shifted, changed, and meandered as my photography grew … and as industry changes caused ripples to my workflow. At a very high level, my core photo workflows have been:
Circa 2013; Apple Aperture and the ON1 Perfect Photo Suite
Circa 2023; Adobe Lightroom and ON1 Effects
Yet there is a lot more surround. As the graphics below suggest, there are more tools involved in my photography, both currently and in my past. Watch the video as I describe the photo tools I’ve used, how I’ve landed on the tools I use today, and why I’m not looking to migrate my core workflow anytime soon.
Photo tools I used in 2013. Aperture and the Perfect Photo Suite were the core tools.
Some of the photo tools I use in 2023. Lightroom and ON1 Effects are the core tools.
