Lightroom Tutorials

Adobe announced some exciting Lightroom news yesterday.  I am sure you have questions and we have ANSWERS! Will my Pretty Presets work in Lightroom Classic? Yes!  The same Pretty Presets you have been using in Lightr...

Adobe announced some new changes to Adobe Lightroom yesterday.  And, while Lightroom had received regular updates in the past, this one was a little confusing so I thought it would be worth it to explain the various ...

Have you ever heard of writer’s block? A similar phenomenon can be experienced by artists of all varieties. Though you neither lack for talent or time, you just can’t seem to create anything of substance. It’s frustr...

August 1st met me with thick, hot, air and about a thousand voices of crickets, toads and  birds yelling their songs for the world to hear.  The evening was a colorful one, the sun exploding through the clouds at sun...

A couple years ago, I got a message on Instagram that went something like this: “Hey Ashley! This might sound weird, but I’ve followed your work for a while and last night I had a dream we were friends.  I was think...

Today I want to talk to you about storing your Photoshop Actions somewhere besides your computer.  For example, in your cloud storage, or on an external hard drive or jump drive. This is really, really important for ...

Confession: The last time I had professional photos taken were my senior pictures in 2002.  Did you just gasp and fall over dead?! Let me explain. I’ve always been a documenter of life, filling scrapbooks and albums ...

This year, I did something drastic. It had been building for quite some time. Years of an inability to balance my photography work and family life caused me to lose focus. I photographed families, newborns, seniors, ...

 By: Corinne Brown If you’ve ever wondered how newborn photographers create beautiful images with their adorable little subjects, there is a little more to it than setting up the lights and laying the baby out in a p...

Hi Pretties!  In this tutorial we're going to show you how to remove the automatic pop-up message that sometimes appears at the end of the actions you run.  We love these messages, they are very helpful when you're f...

Editing is one of those things that I’m constantly reevaluating in my photography journey.  Do these colors, tones, and shadows tell the story I’m trying to tell? Do they portray the mood I feel? And frankly, do I sti...

Seeing a total eclipse of the sun is a rare and extraordinary event in anyone’s lifetime and there will be one over North America on August 21.  The last solar eclipse over the United States was February 26, 1979 an...

As with everything in life, we are always searching for the "easy button" when it comes to editing photographs, both in Lightroom and Photoshop. Presets and actions come close to being easy buttons, but often you, th...

Last week, I noticed silver in my husband’s beard and was taken aback.  When did it happen? How long had it been there? And then the dreaded and heavy…why didn’t I notice?  My heart sank. We are busy, so busy.  He wor...

Recently a participant in my Lightroom workshop (at Pretty Forum) mentioned how her Lightroom CC did not look exactly like mine, that it was missing some tools or abilities that were showing on mine. Thankfully she f...

Lifestyle photography can be absolutely magical. Let’s think about it for a moment, what other time do couples, children or families have the ability to take a peek into their own beautiful, ever evolving lives? When...

I’m going to tell you now, I’m not the type of photographer that subscribes to the school of fancy photography gear with all the bells and whistles.  I definitely believe the old line, the best camera is the one you ...

Let me tell you a scary story.  About a month ago, I was held hostage.  By my father-in-law. In his garage.  With a 300-photograph album from the teenage years of his kids. With him explaining every. single. one. Now...

Ahhh…another post about the importance of self-portraits.  If you are reluctant to read this it probably means you aren’t in enough photos and I’m going to need you to listen up. It’s summer, you are loving life, get...

Summer is here! Kids are out of school, calendars are filled with fun activities, and along with all that you have going on, your camera is probably going to get a lot of use in the next couple of months.  Isn’t this...