I’ve been shooting jazz concerts for a while now, and lately I’ve been thinking about what makes a concert shot iconic. In many cases, the viewer of a particular concert photo will have no idea who the artist is, so one way to keep the viewer interested is to express a mood – a black […]
In the Part 1 of this 4 part series, we had an in depth look at importing your images from your camera into your Lightroom catalog. We looked at how by applying presets and folder structures we could start to create an easy to navigate image storage solution. In this second part of the series […]
In this first part of the series we will be looking at how to use the Import Controls in Lightroom 4 for importing, organizing and creating back-ups of your images. The most important thing to remember when reading this series of blog posts is that the way in which I take my images through Lightroom. […]
Dodging and burning (or local exposure adjustment) is one of the fastest ways to improve your images, so it’s no wonder we use it a lot around here. It’s one of the oldest tricks in the books, and can do things like: Focus attention on the subject Shape and flatter the subject Increase dynamic range […]
Installing XEQUALS Presets is a snap, visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for more details.
Lightroom’s Map module gives you two methods for putting your photos on the map: there’s the fully manual way, which can be tedious and encourages selectivity in what you tag, or there’s the semi-automatic way, which can do a whole batch of pictures in one go, but is heavily dependent for accuracy on external equipment. […]
Working with the the Lightroom Book Module I love picture books. For me, it’s just not a photograph unless it’s been printed and either hung on a wall or bound into a book. I’ve made a few books of photographs using Blurb’s BookSmart software, so I was rather excited to see the new Book module […]
As a photographer in the modern era, the Web is your best means of having your work seen and thereby growing your audience. Lightroom provides various means of publishing your work to the Web, either using the Web module to roll your own galleries or using Publish Services to upload your work to online services […]
A little while ago I did a panoramic stitch of Rotterdam covered in beautiful hazy autumn light. Since I received a lot of positive responses and even a few question on how I did it, I’ll be explaining the process of making a panoramic photo using this photo as an example: {click on the image […]
Today we’re going to look a a lesser know feature that has been around since version 1.0 of Lightroom, and although I personally do not use it that often, it’s a great image inspection technique!