Rob Sylvan is a photographer, educator, and aspiring beekeeper. He is the author of many Lightroom and photography related books, eBooks, and videos. Rob also answers all of the Lightroom questions on the KelbyOne Help Desk. Follow along on Instagram @sylvanworks.
In this Photofocus blog post I cover the importance of knowing multiple ways to use Lightroom and Photoshop for post-production, which can help you save time by shooting with your post-production workflow in mind. The final image you see here was the result of pre-production… Read More »Photofocus: Planning with Post-Production in Mind
I first met Dave Black at Photoshop World several years ago. He was setting up a balance beam in a lecture hall for a live shoot he was doing with a champion gymnast for a session he was teaching. As I watched him set up,… Read More »Photofocus: Dave Black – Photographer, Teacher, and Author
Our fall workshop series is coming up fast, and we’re getting into the swing of things with a special hangout that is all about landscape photography. My Digital Photo Workshops co-lead Randy Van Duinen and I will be joined by two of our guest instructors,… Read More »Digital Photo Workshops Hangout: The Joys of Landscape Photography
Just a heads up that our next Lightroom hangout on Photofocus is all about using Lightroom in a mobile world. Our special guest this month is Brian Matiash, the Global Photos Products Evangelist at Google, who knows a lot about using Lightroom on the go.… Read More »July Photofocus Lightroom Hangout: Mastering the Mobile Monster
In this Photofocus blog post I cover how you can create customized file name templates to suit all kinds of needs. There are a few places where you can batch rename photos in Lightroom. The most common is during the import process via the File… Read More »Photofocus: Create Customized File Name Templates in Lightroom
I spend a large portion of my days helping people learn Lightroom in lots of different ways. I thought it would be useful to round them up a bit as we all have different learning preferences. If you are the type who just likes to… Read More »Lots of ways to learn Lightroom
You may have heard about collections, smart collections, and collection sets, but have you ever used a target collection? If you haven’t then I’ve got something pretty cool to share with you. The original target collection is the Quick Collection, which is found in the… Read More »Using Target Collections in Lightroom Classic
In this Photofocus blog post I take a deep dive into the Snapshots and History panels in the Develop module. Knowing when to use each can really improve your workflow. One of Lightroom’s greatest strengths is the fact that it stores all the work you… Read More »Photofocus: Understanding the Snapshots and History Panels in Lightroom
In this Photofocus blog post I discuss the Histogram panel, and how you can use it to evaluate and adjust your photos in Lightroom. This is an excerpt of a larger Photofocus project that should be released soon. The Histogram panel contains a number of… Read More »Photofocus: How to Read a Histogram: Underexposed? Overexposed? Or Just Right?
This month’s Lightroom Hangout is all about conversions to black and white. Aside from my regular cohorts Levi and Gerard, we are joined by a special guest, Brian O’Neil Hughes from Adobe. We cover a lot of ground in this hangout. Enjoy!