Lightroom Tutorials

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-c...

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...

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...