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Partnering with the Digital Photo Workshops (and a ThinkTank Photo Giveaway)
I’m very excited about an opportunity to team up with my friends at The Digital Photo Workshops! The first workshop is a trip to Death Valley. This is a brand new location for me and I really can’t wait to get there.
Test Driving the Lightroom 4 Public Beta
OK, I’m sure you are curious about jumping into the driver’s seat and giving this new version of Lightroom a few laps around the block. There’s a lot of cool stuff in here, and if you have been using Lightroom for awhile you should feel very much at home, but there are a few things I want to mention before you go too far.
My 2012 LightroomWorkshops Schedule
Hope your 2012 is off to a great start! Always hard to believe a new year has rolled around once again. I just wanted to share my 2012 workshop calendar as it stands so far.
Migrating You Lightroom Catalog and Photos to a New Computer
There comes giddy a time in every Lightroom user’s life when you will purchase a new computer. I’ve broken out the components you need to consider to get from old to new with a minimum amount of angst and a maximum amount of control.
A hands-on look at Adobe Carousel
I’ve had a chance to play around with a pre-release version of Adobe’s new platform for viewing, sharing and editing your photos across any number of supported (Mac only at the moment) devices. I thought it might be helpful to share some of my impressions and how I’ve come to use this platform within my existing photo workflow.
Taming Lightroom Keyword Chaos
I don’t often get questions about how to apply keywords to photos, but I do hear from people who are struggling to regain a bit of order over an unruly keyword list, so it is to them that I devote this column. Unfortunately, there is no magic wand to wave and automatically fix a disorganized keyword list, you’ll need to roll up your sleeves, put the kettle on, and just get down to business.
New Course at Perfect Picture School and a 15% discount
I’m excited about a new learning opportunity just starting at the Perfect Picture School of Photography. This new series of classes is called One on One with an instructor of your choice. I have been teaching a specialized 4-week Lightroom class there for almost 2 years, which is still happening every month. In this new class you have the chance to work with me one on one for 4 weeks covering just the Lightroom-related topics you are most interested in learning more about.
Protecting What’s Yours
I wrote an article for Layers Magazine that was published in their September 2008 issue about some steps every photographer can take to help protect their copyright when putting their photos online. I’m happy to report that Layers has put the full article online for all to read: Protecting What’s …
Daybreak
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Sunrise From the Top of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia, ME.
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Aperture: f/8
Lightroom Import Backup Poll
I’m interested in hearing how other people use Lightroom’s Import Backup function. Care to vote and comment in my poll over at Lightroom Forums?
Geocoding: Using GPS Data in Your Lightroom Workflow
In the article I referenced a couple of ways I include GPS data during output. One of the ways is in my blog posts that have the GPS tag. I do this using a Lightroom export plugin called LR2/Blog. Using LR2/Blog I can export directly to a wordpress template for my blog.
Autumn Waterfall
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Water flowing through a New Hampshire stream in peak foliage.
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 70.0-210.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/2
Aperture: f/22
Flightseeing
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Helicopter tour of Glacier Bay, Alaska.
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0
Shutter Speed: 1/80
Aperture: f/22
How I Watermark Photos with Lightroom 2
A nice feature of Lightroom 2′s Export dialog is the ability to automatically add exported copies into the Lightroom catalog. Among other uses, I find it to be a very handy way to add a custom watermark using theLR2Mogrify export plugin to copies of photos I want to add to …
Using Lightroom 2′s Target Collection
I was recently asked if it were possible to assign photos to a collection during import. It would make a good feature request, but it is not currently possible.
Here are the alternatives I came up with that could be used once the import is complete.
You could select all (Ctrl/Cmd+A) the …
Synchronized Swimming
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Sea Otters swimming in Glacier Bay, Alaska.
Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/8
Make a Wish
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Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 70.0-210.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/4.5
Changing the crop orientation in Lightroom 2
There is an aspect of the Lightroom crop tool that is not as intuitive as it could be (based on how often the question gets asked), and that is how to change the orientation of the crop rectangle.
