Adobe Camera Profiles Have you ever taken a shot that looks awesome on the back of your camera, but looks a little lacking when you import it into Lightroom? Many people have run into this issue, and more than a few have been discouraged from utilizing their cameras RAW settings. Short of creating a preset […]
For an overview of how we’re leveraging dual monitors in our Lightroom workflow, head on over to the Digital Photography School. We’ve uncovered the parts that matter, along with some best practices for using the Loupe View to put your workflow on steroids and improve your productivity by 25% or more!
Alright, so everyone has read the Sharpening In Lightroom Part I of our series and is now an expert with sharpening in the Develop Module, right? I hope so, because we are about to explore another sharpening feature offered in Lightroom. Export Sharpening works in tandem with Develop Module Sharpening to prepare an image for […]
Options are good, especially when said options are free. Lightroom users have the option to use a multitude of presets to enhance their images – and most Lightroom users also have the option to use Photoshop and its native RAW processor, Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). However, not many Lightroom users are aware that they can […]
This something I read about wayyyyyyy back when Lightroom Beta 2.0 came out – the ability to maintain your vignette edges even when cropping images. Back in pre-2.0 versions of Lightroom the basic vignette adjustment panel would only apply its effect to the 4 corners of the original image (pre-crop). This forced me to export […]
In this post, we’ll be creating what we like to call a contextual preset – a preset that is used in a particular context to enhance your image based on lighting, weather, time of day, season, etc. This particular type of preset is no different technically than any other preset in Lightroom, with the exception […]
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 or create a gallery for clients to proof our work. One technique that we have found to work exceedingly well […]
With the summer months fast approaching, the last thing I want to do is spend more time staring at my monitor. Every tip and technique that enables me to speed up my workflow, give me some control over my free time, and still maintain a maniacal hold on image quality is a sweet deal in […]
While preparing a series of images for print on a high resolution printer, I found myself obsessing about removing any residual sensor noise or image imperfections from my collection. Normally, I’m pushing images to 72ppi for proofing on the web, which will often downsample out any irritable noise, dust, or imperfections. Not this time – […]
