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Adding A Background Light Behind Your Subject, All in Lightroom

This one works in either Lightroom Classic or Cloud, and it’s quick, easy, and really effective. Here goes: STEP ONE: Well, this isn’t a step, but here’s our starting image with our subject photographed on…

Managing Develop Presets in Lightroom Classic

I hope your 2020 is off to a great start. One of my constant resolutions is to be able to manage all of the myriad of digital files that find their way onto my laptop.…

What Do Those Lightroom Thumbnail Icons Mean?

There are a couple of icons that I get asked about quite a lot when I share a screencap from Lightroom’s Library Module, so I thought I might tackle those two here today just in…

How To Update Your Lightroom Classic Copyright Info to 2020

I’m back from a couple of weeks off; I’m back in the blogging saddle, and I’m kicking things off this year with my annual tutorial on how to update your Copyright info in Lightroom Classic…

End Of Year Housekeeping for Lightroom Classic

Well, as 2019 draws to a close I think it is a good time to review some Lightroom Classic housekeeping chores you can take care of over the holidays. Set Your Default Catalog There’s probably…

How To Use Virtual Copies to Nail Your Creative White Balance

So, here’s the scenario: you want to try something artistic with your white balance for a particular images, but you’re not sure which white balance setting you might like best. This is where Virtual Copies…

The Reality of Switching to Capture One

Matt, Me, and Serge from yesterday’s show, featuring my incredible shrinking chair. That was our topic yesterday on ‘The Grid’ my weekly video podcast for photographers, and my guests were both dear friends and icons…

Useful Metadata Smart Collections

I’ve mentioned my Catalog Dashboard before, and even shown how you can import and export smart collections using one aspect of it, but there was one section of the “dashboard” I haven’t fully covered. That’s…