Lightroom Tutorials

How to Resize Images for Facebook Did you know that you can export directly from Lightroom to the web, and to popular sites such as Facebook? Last week, I noticed that, when uploading images to Facebook, some of my i...

How to Photograph the Night Sky A little over a year ago I moved to Alaska where the Northern Lights are often visible from September to March.  I will never forget the first time I saw them “dancing” in the sky. Nig...

Sigma 85mm 1.4 Art Lens Review It’s difficult to hold the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens in your hands without feeling like you’re holding something special.  It’s as if you’re holding an artifact from history that...

What is LAB Color Space? When it comes to digital editing, there are several different types of color spaces (or color modes).  A color space, in its most basic sense, is similar to a recipe: it is a computer's way o...

Understanding the Exposure Triangle I have a secret.  Well, after this article, it won’t be a secret anymore.  But I will feel better after sharing this with all of you.  I know there will be some of you that can rel...

Night Photography Taking photos at night is a unique practice filled with plenty of deep colors, exciting lighting options and the perfect balance of exposure. While night time photography may take a little longer t...

Who doesn't love bokeh?  We had so many incredibly gorgeous images shared with us this week, making it hard to narrow it down to just 11 images. Enjoy these beautiful images and stay tuned for our next photo challeng...

How to Get Beautiful Bokeh in Your Photos Bokeh is derived from the Japanese word boke, which literally means "blur" or "haze". So in relation to photography, Bokeh refers to the soft, creamy, out-of-focus and blurr...

Congratulations to our Spring 2018 Photoshop Scholarship Winner!  During the past 6 months, Pretty Photoshop Actions received many amazing essays written by some very incredibly talented students from around the wor...

How to Create Lightroom Print Templates Lightroom is an amazingly powerful program.  We all love it for the many ways that it saves us time in editing and the simplicity of using it to edit images. Usually, our main ...

Interior Photography Tips Interior photography is, in my opinion, underrated.  While it may not be the most glamorous or exciting genre, it is one that we all appreciate on a daily basis. When you go to Lowe’s to pic...

Family Photography: 3 Must Have Shots For many photographers, heading into a family storytelling session means that the family is going to heavily control what happens in the photos.  Depending on your philosophy as ...

Macro photography has been such a source of inspiration in my photography over the years.  It is an opportunity to see details and textures most never look for or can even see with the human eye. What is Macro Photog...

What is Chromatic Aberration? Have you ever noticed how, in some of your shots, your subject and or certain elements of the image will have a colored halo around the edges?  This is known as "Chromatic Abberation" or...

Have you been wanting to learn how to create beautiful images with a beautiful blurred background that brings attention to your subject? Understanding Shallow Depth of Field is the key to make that possible! What is ...

How to Use the Lens Blur Filter in Photoshop to Create Shallow Depth of Field Are you looking to achieve that creamy, background blur and shallow depth of field in your image that you were not quite able to achieve i...

Birth Photography (Everything You Want to Know) It's 2:47 am.  You are snuggled so warm in your bed fast asleep, maybe even having an amazing dream.  Until the most annoying, loudest sound from your phone wakes you u...

What is Backlight? In photography terms, backlight is when your subject is illuminated from behind.  This means you will place the light source behind your subject and in front of you (the photographer).  Having the ...

How to Remove Virtual Copies in Lightroom Is Your Lightroom Library View Cluttered with Lots of Virtual Copies? Do you have ten versions of the same image because you couldn't decide which preset or look to use?  Don...