Our November Lightroom hangout is scheduled for November 19th at 1 pm Eastern (the time localizes to your time zone on the event page). Not only will you learn terrific techniques, but if you tune in live, you can be entered to win a Creative Cloud… Read More »Lightroom Hangout: Deep Dive into Lr Mobile
In this Photofocus blog post I share my experience with an app designed to calculate exposure time when using a neutral density filter. I love long exposure photography because it has the power to make even the most mundane scenes a bit more interesting visually. When… Read More »Photofocus: Calculating Exposure with Slower Shutter
This is an excerpt from our eBook, “Develop Great Images in Lightroom”. Download it over at iTunes and Scribd! In the Mastering Exposure and Tone chapter we looked at ways to make global tonal adjustments to your photo using the Basic and Tone Curve panels. We also discussed how… Read More »Photofocus: The Flexible HSL and Color Adjustments
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