The Lightroom Catalog (Day 1 of Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days) I love Lightroom Classic CC.  I think it is pretty user friendly. However, I also know that anytime you start using a new program there are questions a...
3 Reasons to Use Lightroom Brushes Whenever Possible Lightroom’s Brush Tool is an invaluable tool that I use ALL THE TIME! Can you believe that at one time Lightroom didn’t even have a brush? Lightroom’s Adjustment ...
Sharpening in Lightroom Day 4 of "4 Days to Sharper Photos" When shooting in RAW, you may find that your images tend to look sharp in the LCD preview on your camera, but soft when you bring them in to Lightroom. This...
Sometimes when taking a photograph, your subjects eyes can end up looking too shadowed, possibly because there wasn't enough reflective surface bouncing light back on his or her face. Or, perhaps the overall image w...
How to Edit Black & White Photos in Lightroom I love a good black and white photo! And the last couple of months I have been in a black and white mood. Nice black and white photographs are fun and easy to make i...
Lightroom vs. Photoshop I get so many emails from folks wanting a simple answer to the question "should I use Lightroom or Photoshop?" I think of it like this: if you want limitless editing possibilities and are inte...
Here are 10 Lightroom editing recipes from Pretty Presets. Click here to see exactly how these gorgeous Lightroom edits were achieved in just a couple clicks!
How to Fix Perspective Distortion in Lightroom Sometimes a captured image can have its perspective skewed, either because of the photographer's position to the subject, or even because of the lens that was used to ta...
Editing Images of Children in Lightroom Kristen Umunna has been sharing fabulous edits with our Facebook Group for many months now. We asked her to share a few of them with us and include her steps for editing these...
How to Use Lightroom Lens Correction (To Enhance Photos in 1 Click) There is one little setting that is so very often overlooked in Lightroom and it's a setting that can make editing quicker and easier. It is so simp...
Lightroom Collections (Everything You Need to Know) Lightroom has a very powerful photo organization tool called Collections! Some of you may know about Lightroom Collections and some of you may even use them. But ma...
How to Create a Stunning Lightroom Slideshow Most users of Adobe Lightroom typically only use two modules: the Library module and the Develop module. There is another Lightroom module which is really fantastic, but ...
How to Personalize Lightroom's Identity Plate (by Adding Your Logo or Styled Text) You may have seen people working in Lightroom that have switched out the typical Lightroom logo found in the upper left of the side o...
How to Enhance a Silhouette in Lightroom Silhouettes are one of my favorite photos to create for clients. A dark subject set against a beautiful sky is a stunning image!  (If you want to know how to photograph a sil...
How to Enhance & Make a Sky Blue in Lightroom Sometimes, you just are not going to have perfectly blue skies and big, billowy clouds in your photos. Don’t worry, though – there are a few ways to give your skies ...
Are You Missing Something in Lightroom? We love Lightroom here at Pretty Presets. But have you ever almost pulled your hair out because a part of Lightroom goes missing? Here are some tips to help you find and get ...
Adding Snow in Lightroom, Creative Cloud and Lightroom Mobile Are you ready for some snowy, Winter fun!! With the Pretty Presets Winter Wonderland Lightroom Collection, you have the power to unleash as little or as ...
Managing Wedding Photos in Lightroom I don't proclaim to be a professional wedding photographer, however I have personally photographed many weddings and wedding receptions, and I can promise you that those events pr...
How to Add Contrast in Lightroom If you shoot in "RAW," meaning you use the RAW file format instead of JPEG, then your images probably come out of your camera looking a little "blah." Raw files are naturally void o...
How to Fix Under Eye Circles in Lightroom Under-eye circles - everyone has them. Some people more than others. Lighting and/or direction can also cause them to look worse than they really are, so I very often use a...