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Lightroom Redux

I thought it would be a good time to post our favorite Lightroom tips, tricks, and just plain killer techniques for making your life … and … your workflow faster. Let’s get right to the goods! +LIGHTROOM 2.0 SHORTCUTS – CHEAT SHEET Our most popular download next to our presets. Memorize these, and you’ll cut your editing time [...]

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X-Equals Contextual Presets – Setting the Mood

I’ve received countless emails from photographers and workflow jedi’s asking me to describe in more detail the process of development behind our surprisingly popular film presets. That being said … by popular request, the success of our Lightroom presets, and over 30,000 downloads in less than 6 months … here it goes! Before we begin, let [...]

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Lightning Quick Galleries

Wedding photographers shoot a lot of photos … not just a few hundred – I’m talking thousands of photos per shoot. This has always presented some unique challenges for our studio as we process images and create galleries for clients to proof our work. One technique that we have found to work exceedingly well for previewing [...]

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Proportional Exposure Management

I don’t use the Quick Develop Panel. There I said it … I’m as guilty as the next person for having ignored what is truly a powerful tool in Lightroom. Sure I’ve played around with some Alt key trickery but I never really though of Quick Develop as a valuable part of my workflow … until [...]

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Virtual Copies … making the commitment

In continuing with my theme of sharing in last weeks post, I want to delve into the topic of virtual copies and how my team and I have been leveraging them in our collaborative workflow. We’ll look at how we use virtual copies to not only preview various changes, but commit those changes to a [...]

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