If you haven’t checked out the cloud-based version of Lightroom for Mac and Windows recently, it might be worth taking another look. Before going any further, you may want to read through my blog post on the May 2019 updates to Lightroom to better understand the most… Read More »Taking a Closer Look at the Cloud-based Lightroom for Desktop App
Happy New Year! I hope you managed some R&R during the holidays. I love the start of the year as it gives me pause to look back on where I have been and plan for where I hope to go in the future. I’m pretty… Read More »Learning Opportunities for 2015
My Lightroom hangout for Photofocus about Lightroom Mobile was yesterday and by sheer luck it coincided with the release of Lightroom 5.7. If you missed the live hangout you can catch the archive embedded below, but I also wanted to round up a few resources… Read More »Lightroom Mobile Roundup (and Lightroom 5.7 is out)
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
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
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