Editing with the Dark & Moody Millennium Preset Collection
Editing with the Dark and Moody Millennium Preset Collection Hello, PRETTIES! We've got something new that we're so excited to share with you today! Our brand new Dark & Moody Millenium Presets have just been rel...
3 Awesome Ways to Use Lightroom Snapshots
How to Use Lightroom Snapshots Snapshots are this ingenious little feature in Lightroom (that is often overlooked and unused), which allows you to take a snapshop or "bookmark" an editing moment-in-time so you can qu...
Lightroom Brush Flow & Density (What's the Difference?)
Understanding Lightroom Brush Flow & Density The adjustment brush is a very powerful tool for making isolated changes to your image in Lightroom. I use portrait adjustment brushes ALL THE TIME for smoothing skin,...
Using Lightroom's History Panel (or How to Time Travel in Lightroom)
Using Lightroom's History Panel One of the features that really endeared me to Lightroom from the very beginning was the fact that the History Panel keeps track of what edits you make to your photos FOREVER! And when...
Best Free Cloud Storage for Photos & Presets
Best Free Cloud Storage for Photos & Presets It has happened to almost all of us - the inevitable computer crash! We don’t plan on it. We try to avoid it. We always feel bad when it happens to others. We pray it ...
How to Export & Other Lightroom Panels (Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days)
How to Export in Lightroom & Other Panels (Day 7 of Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days) Today’s post is the last in our Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days Series. As I thought about what to share in this final post, abou...
How to Use Lightroom Presets (Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days)
How to Use Lightroom Presets (Day 6 of Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days) Editing photos in Lightroom Classic CC using presets and brushes saves me so much time! I can’t imagine editing photos without them. That being...
Basic Lightroom Editing Workflow (Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days)
The Lightroom Develop Module (Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days)
The Lightroom Develop Module (Day 4 of Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days) The Lightroom Develop Module is where you will be developing (editing) your photos and is the most exciting place to hang out in Lightroom! Ther...
The Lightroom Library Module (Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days)
The Lightroom Library Module (Day 3 of Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days) Modules - this is a word you will hear around Lightroom a lot. Just think of Lightroom’s Modules as different sections of Lightroom. Each module ...
How to Import Photos into Lightroom (Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days)
Importing Photos and Video into Lightroom (Day 2 of Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days) Once you are a Lightroom user, the best way to import photos from your memory card to your hard drive will be through Lightroom. This...
The Lightroom Catalog (Mastering Lightroom in 7 Days)
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 an...
Making the Most of Your Photography On a Budget
Making the Most of Your Photography on a Budget Some of our readers have asked us to write a post on how you can enjoy photography on a small budget, so I wanted to put together a post with some of my own suggestions...
iPhone Food Photography (Taking Cravable Photos with Your iPhone)
iPhone Food Photography Have you ever whipped out your iPhone to take a picture of your dessert so you could share it with a friend? Are you guilty of taking a selfie with your favorite beverage? Mobile phone cameras...
5 Ways to Make Your Photos POP in Lightroom
How to Make Your Photos POP in Lightroom If you shoot in RAW, I'm sure you know that RAW files come out of the camera a little flat and lackluster. Adding a little bit of "PUNCH" or "POP" to your photos is something...
Using Manual Focus for Sharper Images
How to Get Sharper Photos Using Manual Focus In order to achieve sharp focus on your images, you can set the focusing mode on your lens to manual focus. Manual focus is not ideal for ALL situations, but if you have a...
6 Important Lessons I Learned from Photography
6 Important Lessons I Learned from Photography I am fairly new to the photography world and even newer to the business side of photography. I have been shooting for about four years, and have been self-employed as a ...
3 Reasons to Use Lightroom Brushes Whenever Possible
3 Reasons to Use Lightroom Brushes Whenever Possible Lightroom’s Adjustment Brush 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 Adjust...
How to Find the Best Lighting for Outdoor Photos
How to Find the Best Lighting for Outdoor Photos A couple of weeks ago my daughter and two of her friends wanted me to take some photos of them. I was thrilled to do it. They are 13 and any chance I have to take phot...
How to Remove Dust Spots in Lightroom
How to Remove Dust Spots in Lightroom The Lightroom spot healing tool saved my life! Well it didn't LITERALLY save my life (as in bring-me-back-from-the-dead kind of save my life). But it did save me TONS of time as ...
6 Tips to Photographing Your Clients in Public
6 Tips for Photographing Your Clients in Public If you prefer to shoot in natural light, you may not always have the luxury of photographing your clients in a private space. If you are photographing them in public, t...