Lightroom Tutorials

7 Tips Every BRAND NEW Photographer Should Know I know photography can be so overwhelming!  When I started out I thought I would never be able to achieve the images I wanted.  Even now there are some days that I stil...

Coordinating Outfits for Family Pictures When I decided to start my photography business, I had no idea that being a personal wardrobe consultant would be part of the job.  I almost always wear clothes that are comfo...

How to Use Split Toning in Lightroom You love the look of your favorite presets, but have you ever looked under the hood to see how they are created?  Lightroom is a masterful tool and its split toning panel is one o...

How to Use Snapshots & Virtual Copies in Lightroom These virtual copies and snapshots get mixed up in Lightroom all the time.  Today I will explain what each of these are when you should use each one.  You can fo...

How to Use the Lightroom Book Module The Lightroom Book Module is a super-user-friendly feature you can use to create photo books quickly in Lightroom.  After you create your photo book, you can export it to the web,...

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 re...

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...

How to Apply Leaf Overlays in Photoshop In this tutorial, I will show you how to easily add beautiful Autumn leaves to your images in Photoshop using Pretty Action's Falling Leaves Overlays & Action Collection to...

Understanding Lightroom Brush Flow & Density The brush tool in the Masking Panel is a very powerful tool for making isolated changes to your image in Lightroom.  I use portrait adjustment brushes ALL THE TIME for...

SEO for Photographers We all want to see our own website at the top of Google searches for photographers in our area, am I right?  With your site ranking at the top of local Google searches you’re guaranteed to have ...

Understanding the Histogram in Photoshop Have you ever wondered how to read the histogram in Photoshop, and how you can use the information it is providing you?  In this tutorial, we will give you the basics of the h...

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 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 ...

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 (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...

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 (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 modul...

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...

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...