Lightroom Tutorials

Off Camera Flash For Beginners When I first became interested in off-camera flash, I was completely overwhelmed by the amount of information I found online, and didn’t even know where to begin! But I was determined t...

  9 Essential Wedding Photography Tips Being a new photographer can be a little intimidating and being a first time wedding photographer can be downright TERRIFYING! I know its not typical, but I was never very nervou...

How to Take Photos in Bright Sunlight While taking photos in the bright mid-day sun presents a certain set of challenges, it can still be done with great results - if you know what to look for.  Unfortunately, taking...

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...

4 Tips to Master Indoor Photography Lighting I was not one of those photographers who got a camera as a teen and followed my dreams to art school.  Actually, it was quite the opposite... Like many photographers, I am...

How to Batch Process Using Actions in Photoshop Do you want to learn how to apply actions to multiple images in Photoshop?  Or would you like to know how to apply several actions to an image with just a single click?...

Congratulations to our Winter 2018 Scholarship Winner! During the past 6 months, Pretty Presets for Lightroom has received many essays written by current and prospective college students from around the U.S and Canad...

How to Retouch Baby Portraits in Lightroom When documenting babies or children, whether they are crawling or walking, they are often quick and completely unpredictable. Your framing of them can change in an instant a...

7 Tips to Become a Better Child Photographer Okay, I am asking for a show of hands.  How many of you found your love of photography after becoming a mother (or father)?  MEEEE!!  Yep, no inspiring photography class i...

Why I Changed to In-Person Sales (IPS) About 3 years into my business, I was facing burnout.  I was shooting sessions all weekend long from sun up to sun down, staying up until 2 am to finish my edits and upload to g...

How to Take Great Photos From Any Location A few weeks ago, we looked at how to find great photoshoot locations near you and I showed how you can find some really great locations, pretty much anywhere.  Its just a ma...

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...

Are You Ready to Rock Your Next 365 Photo Challenge? I just finished my second 365 photo challenge a few weeks ago.  Now having completed two 365 projects, I've learned A LOT about what it takes to complete one of th...

Photography Lighting Equipment for Beginners The world of studio lighting can be an exciting aspect of photography for some people, while others are intimidated by what seems to be a never-ending stream of equipment ...

Camera Lens Filters and Effects When it comes to digital camera lens filters, there are so many possibilities, and your choice of filter depends entirely on what you are photographing, and how you would like your pho...

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 ...

Optimizing Photoshop Images for Web and Print Not all file types and color modes are created equal, so when it comes image files, there are a few easy steps you can follow to optimize your image for whatever platform...

How to Restore Old Photos in Photoshop A question that has been asked quite a few times recently our community is how to digitally restore old family photos that originated on film. We all have them: cherished vintag...