Lightroom Tutorials

Spot Metering for Better Exposure Have you ever been in a situation where you are surrounded by uneven, harsh, dark, bright, and just overall inconsistent light?  I’m sure you have, as this type of situation is all-t...

Learn how out of focus, selective focus & motion blur photography can add an entirely new, unique & engaging dynamic to your photos!

How to Put Clients at Ease in Front of a Camera Have you ever heard one of your photography client's say this?  "We get a little nervous having our pictures taken”. I have probably heard this said a dozen times or mo...

Tips for Toddler Photography When I first started in photography, posing was a big stumbling block for me.  I really had no idea what I was doing and I tried all sorts of awkward poses with my subjects that really ma...

How to Quickly Blur the Edges of Your Image in Photoshop Have you ever wondered how to blur the edges of your image in Photoshop to enhance the depth of field around the subject of your image? The beautiful Pretty Ac...

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...

30+ Top Photos of 2018 Pretty Presets Photo Challenge We are so excited to share these incredible photos with you from our PRETTY photo community.  These were our favorites and they absolutely took our breath away!  ...

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...

How to Deal With Constructive Critique on Your Photos If you are a member of one or more of the plethora of Facebook photography groups or forums for photographers, you have probably seen posts of others asking for a...

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...

Photography Mentoring Breaking into the photography industry can often times feel extremely daunting.  How on earth are you supposed to learn marketing, budgeting, bookkeeping, sales, and business administration, on ...

Photoshop Curves Tutorial Many new Photoshop users don't know where to start when it comes to learning the basics of the program.  While Photoshop is quite complicated, it doesn't need to take years to become comfort...

  Our Favorite Time Management Apps As business owners, we know how hard it is to be your own boss.  The most difficult thing is managing your time in order to get things done successfully.  Here are 10 favorite time ...

How to Apply Sky Overlays in Photoshop Who wants to learn about the truly magical Pretty Actions Photoshop Sky Applicator actions and see them in action? Who wants to see the beautiful Sky Overlays you can use to rep...

Free Valentines Day Collage & Storyboard Templates I love Valentine's Day for so many reasons and want you to enjoy something special!  I love working with Elena from EW Couture, and she put together this exclusi...

Our Favorite Photography Posing Apps This was a difficult post to put together because there are so many options and ideas out there for posing, but I decided to focus on these five posing apps for today's post.  We ...

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...

Kraft and Jute Photography Packaging When I received my package from Kraft & Jute delivered in the mail today, I was super excited to see all the lovely things inside!  I had been looking online at their hand-cr...

Top 10 iPhone Apps for Photographers Chances are, you have a smart phone.  It can be one of the best tools to keep your life and business under control and be able to keep you organized and efficient!  As a photograp...