Lightroom Tutorials

How to Get Sharper Images at Open Apertures Shooting at open apertures gives a beautiful creamy bokeh and blur to the background.  But shooting at open apertures also comes with its own set of difficulties.  These tr...

In May of this year, I finished my M.F.A. (Photography, of course!) and after three years in the protective bubble of the academic art world, I am so fortunate and very thankful to be able to pick up where I left off...

Skin Retouching (Managing Photography Client Expectations) An all-too-common situation with clients involves skin retouching in post-processing.  As photographers, we each have our own comfort level when it comes to ...

I strongly believe in fate and that everything happens for a particular reason. This is how I feel about photography and my journey to becoming a photographer. Never in my early years of artistry did I expect photog...

5 THINGS I'VE LEARNED SINCE STARTING MY PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS: 1. Balance is Key For me over the years it has always been hard to find the correct balance between home life and my photography business. When that ba...

GETTING IT RIGHT IN CAMERA + FREE CHEAT SHEETS/NOTES FOR YOU! Do you find yourself spending too much time editing to fix problems with your images? Enjoy this fantastic recording from our live training all about ge...

What encouraged me Pretty Presets has taken me to the next level in photography, it has helped me learn the different ways in editing an image, to take it from the ordinary to the extraordinary achieving amazing resu...

I come from a family of “picture takers” and don’t remember a family get together or holiday when my grandmother didn’t have a camera of some sort in her hand. My great grandfather (her dad), owned a portrait studio ...

If I am a Current Member of Rock the Shot Do I Need to Join Again to Access All the Goodies? Nope!! It is all there just waiting for you to log in and enjoy!  If you are close to the end of your membership, you can t...

I love chocolate.  When I’m in charge of baking dessert, it will usually include some form of chocolate.  The richer and darker, the better.  Every now and then, I venture outside what I love and try something new.  ...

Here are some tips to remember when shooting on the same plane: Keep people close together.  As I am getting a family together, I tell them that we are going to put them in the right spot first, then we are going...

My Journey to find the Photographer in me… I have never met a photographer (whether professional or a hobbyist) who is not completely passionate about this form of art. This passion I have for photography has been th...

Free Training Lightroom Basics 101 Class We asked for suggestions for our next free online training webinar and received so numerous thoughtful ideas, which made it hard to narrow down. This next webinar will cover ...

Congratulations on your new Pretty Presets purchase. You've likely seen some of the amazing images shared around our Facebook Page, Facebook Group, and Instagram and decided that they were just right for you.  But no...

  Editing with Presets, Brushes & Graduated Filters in Lightroom Thank you so much for attending. We had such a wonderful time and enjoyed all of the fantastic questions at the end, too. Be sure to watch it throu...

How to Smooth & Fix Wrinkles on a Background in Lightroom Last month, Erika of Erika Marie Photography posted a photo in our awesome Lightroom Facebook Group where she had used the cloning and healing tools in Li...

If you edit in black and white, the Dodge and Burn tools will become two of your favorites! Dodging and burning are traditional darkroom techniques, but the concepts have also carried over to digital editing in Photo...

Photoshop's Lens Flare filter is a wonderful way to add hazy light to your images, and also a great way to brighten an underexposed image. In this tutorial, I will show you a couple of tricks to get the most out of t...

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