Lightroom Tutorials

30+ Happy Halloween Photos We are so excited to share these super fun & happy Halloween photos with you.  These were our favorites and we all had a great time choosing the winners!  To everyone who participated ...

DIY Newborn Photography You're expecting a baby?  Congratulations!  Have you been asked by everyone you know if you’re planning on doing a photo shoot with your new bundle of joy?  Are you planning on trying?  You s...

Studio Lighting for Winter Photography I love outdoor environmental portraits - warm, yummy sunlight and lots of beautiful trees and flowers and elegant compositions.  I can't get enough of it in the Spring, early S...

Softbox Vs Umbrella Vs Beauty Dish Is studio lighting using a softbox better than an umbrella or a beauty dish?  Today I would like to talk about these 3 different studio light modifiers and share some example photo...

Free Digital Paper As a thank you for being here and helping us get to 500,000 customers, we have not 1 but 3 beautiful paper packs (Celebration, Valentine's Day, and Thanksgiving/Christmas) that you can download bel...

4 Easy Tips for a Successful Family Portrait Session Family portrait sessions can be very nerve-wracking for photographers - especially during the busy Fall season (Fall mini-sessions, anyone?).  They can be A LOT o...

30+ Captivating Silhouette Images We are so excited to share these incredible silhouette photos with you. These were our favorites and they absolutely took our breath away! To everyone who participated this week, tha...

How to Use the Lightroom Clone Tool Photoshop has long been the tool of choice for large cloning jobs.  However, in recent years, Lightroom has really made HUGE improvements to it's cloning and healing tools in Light...

5 Tips for a Faster Lightroom Workflow As much as I love Lightroom and photography, I don’t want to spend endless hours editing there.  I am a busy mom and my time is valuable.  Today I want to share with you 5 aweso...

How to Master Silhouette Photography in 7 Easy Steps Silhouette Photography is an excellent way to add drama, mood and mystery to a photo.  The dark mysterious shape/outline of a subject in front of a lighter backgro...

3 Best Newborn Lightroom Presets One question we see come up all the time in our groups and forum is the question of what preset collections are best for those who photograph newborns.  Editing newborns always comes ...

What is White Balance? One of the BEST ways to save time in post-processing is to get your white balance right in-camera! Now, if you are wondering what white balance is, or if you are familiar with the term, but are...

How to Use Lightroom Brushes to Edit Newborns Recently I had the privilege of photographing my grand-nephew (I prefer saying it that way over "great-nephew" because it makes me feel too old), and editing the images w...

How to Make Light Leaks in Photoshop Because they mimic film, adding a light leak to your digital photos is an easy way of giving your photos a vintage retro vibe.  They've been made popular through several differen...

Is Film Photography Dead? We live in a digital age of photography, that fact is quite obvious!  It seems as though everyone from hobbyists to professional photographers are sporting the latest DSLR’s. So, is real fi...

Manual Mode Cheat Sheet We asked what cheat sheet our Pretty Presets community wanted and one of the top requests was a cheat sheet for Manual Mode!  So we put one together just for you! Personally, I love having the...

How to Use Falling Leaves Photoshop Actions & Leaf Overlays In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to use the Falling Leaves Photoshop Actions and Overlays to make your Autumn photos really shine!  I will...

30+ Cute Cat Photos to Melt Your Heart After having a week of adorable dog photos we decided to do a photo challenge for our feline friends!  You will love these cute and cuddly cats and see why we couldn't resist sh...

Have you been wanting to learn how to use your camera in manual mode?   If you answered "Yes", that was a great decision!  To become a better photographer you NEED to learn how to do this!   To help our awesome Prett...

Frequency Separation: Photoshop Retouching For Beautiful Skin A common misconception that many people believe is that skin retouching should focus on getting rid of the texture and making the skin smooth.  This may b...