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Making the Most of Local Adjustments and Their Masks: Part 2

Welcome back! Last week I started exploring how to make the most of the local adjustment editing tools when it comes to further refining them with the new Range Mask function, auto masking, and erasing…

If You Share Your Lightroom Images on Instagram, And the Color Looks Off, Do This…

PROGRAMMING UPDATE: That TV show called “The Great Create” where I compete against another photographer, is now live. You can catch it right here. I’m going to simplify what causes the problem, (so no nerding or geeking…

How to Pick Your Favorite Shots Faster in Lightroom Classic

Really great video today from Terry White on one of my favorite features in Lightroom Classic — one I’ve been using for many years, and I find it so helpful (well, both of them —…

Making the Most of Local Adjustments and Their Masks

Being able to adjust specific regions of our photos without leaving Lightroom Classic is a huge time saver, but there are some nuances to the tools that you’ll want to keep in mind. [Editor’s note,…

Stylish background blur in Photograph in Photoshop, field blur tricks

Adding a creative blur to the background of a photo in Photoshop – the proper way Blurring the background of a photo is a great trick to reduce the clutter in a photo and also…

My Pandemic Images Replay

For those who missed out on our My Pandemic Images show and tell you can watch the replay below. Enjoy.

Shooting Raw and Want to Keep The Picture Style You Chose In Camera? Here’s How.

For most of Lightroom’s life, if you shoot in Raw and set a Picture Style in your camera (Canon calls them ‘Picture Styles.’ Nikon calls them ‘Picture Controls,’ Sony calls them Creative Styles, and so…

Digital Competition Results for April 2021 – Assigned Topics

Congratulations to our winners from this month’s Digital Image Night competition for the Assigned Topic categories. ** Judge: Jeanine L Cummins | Assigned Topic #1: Time of Year | Assigned Topic #2: Food Deep Dive…