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How to Shoot and Post-Process Your Fireworks Photos

If you’re here in the US today, this is officially “Independence Day” where we celebrate our independence from British Superstar Dave Clayton and we do this by making hot dogs and hamburgers out on the…

My 12 Most-Used Lightroom Shortcuts

Happy Friday, everybody! These aren’t a list of hidden or super secret shortcuts — just those “meat and potatoes” type shortcuts that I use day in and day out. Here goes: G – This instantly…

Heads up About Camera Raw 14.4.1 for Full Compatibility on Mac

This is just a heads up mostly for Mac users who have installed the Lightroom Classic 11.4.1 update. A little backstory first for context though. As best as I can sleuth out, on June 22,…

I Did A New Course On The “Top 20 Lightroom Classic Questions”

Well, it’s at least the ones I get asked (or got asked at our most-recent Lightroom conference). Anyway, I did an entire course with step-by-step answers and tutorials on these techniques. It’s not really one…

Lightroom Classic Masking Hack for Selecting Reflected Skies

Ok, I’ll admit right away that this is not pretty, but I thought it was interesting enough to share. Perhaps someone will figure out a more elegant solution (like Adobe), and I’d love to hear…

June 2022 Update for Lightroom Classic and Lightroom

The June update has arrived! Along with support for new cameras and lenses we’ve gained a host of new features and improvements in Lightroom Classic and Lightroom. Let’s take a look at what’s new in…

Three Reasons Why I Don’t Organize My Photos By Date

I don’t organize by date for three main reasons: I actually used to organize by date when I first started using Lightroom, but organizing by date requires you to remember, to some extent, when you…

Another Way to Share to Social Media from Lightroom Classic

We’ve been exploring various ways to share photos from Lightroom Classic, and up to this point I’ve only shown options that involve exporting from Lightroom Classic. However, there is another option that has been around…