Lightroom

Creativity In A Restroom

3 March 16, 2012

I love road trips. Especially when they are taken with great friends. I expected this trip to be fun – lots of laughs, girl talk and fun. What I did not expect was a creative experience in a rest stop restroom… According to my iPhone Camera GPS it happened somewhere in Montana…. I spotted this trash can and instantly saw...
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Lightroom 4 – YES!

10 March 14, 2012

I’ve been busy with other things lately – but I had to take a moment to say if you are interested in Lightroom 4 – what are you waiting for? For the FIRST time ever we have a price decrease! You can pickup the full version for $149! Upgrade or educational pricing will run you only $79! I seriously use...
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Speeding Up Lightroom

1 February 22, 2012

Here’s a tip that will save you time and make those Power of 20 sessions even more productive. It’s one of those settings you forget you set until something changes in your catalog and you have to reset it again. It is definitely one setting I can’t live without: Auto Advance. To set Auto Advance you will want to make...
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Digital Stash Organization with Lex

4 September 15, 2011

A few weeks ago I recieved the nicest email from an amazing lady. Have you ever put something out there that you hope catches on and then months later you see that it's not only catching on but there are some pretty awesome people doing wonderful things with it? That describes Lex to a "T" – she took what she...
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Review: Any File Lightroom Plugin

5 September 8, 2011

I've had quite a few emails these past few months about a nifty little plugin called Any File Lightroom Plugin. The promises of this plugin sound fabulous – "import any type of file into a Lightroom 3 catalog and manage the files just like photos…" I should preface this post by saying a few things (disclaimers): I LOVE Lightroom because...
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Reader Tip from Carla Skipper

3 July 25, 2011

Having a hard time seeing those white on white elements in Lightroom? Check out this fabulous tip from Carla Skipper along with some time saving actions - ***UPDATE*** Because Carla was so generous to ask and I had so much fun answering, I sent her a sneak peek on this tutorial – I do that for those of you...
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Getting to The Point with Lightroom & OnOne

2 July 19, 2011

Selective focus is a pretty cool tool in a professional photographer's bag because it makes it easy to see the story in an image. For example, in this senior shoot I focused on one of the subjects to draw the viewer's eye exactly where the story of the photo can be told. It says a lot about how much fun...
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Reader Q&A: Lightroom Ratings and Labels

5 July 14, 2011

Krystal in AZ asks, "I am curious if you have found an effective way to use the colored flags, and if you ever use 4 & 5 stars? Also, how do you track which photos have been printed or scrapbooked? I've looked through the content quickly and not seen where you might have addressed these . . . I'm working backwards...
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Reader Q&A: Lightroom Publish Service vs. Export

9 July 11, 2011

Today's question comes from Carm, "What is the difference with publish service and export with presets?" This is a great question because the way Publish Service and Exports work in Lightroom are very similar. In this video I cover the differences and a little of how I use each – there are very good reasons to use both at different...
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Review: Perfect Layers in Lightroom

Comment July 7, 2011

by Kayla Lamoreaux Layers in Lightroom? OnOne's Perfect Layers plugin makes it possible to take your photo editing to a completely different level – without Photoshop. Check it out in this video Review: Some helpful links - Perfect Layers Plugin Scrapbooking in Lightroom Creating Scrapbooking Templates in Lightroom
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