As the old saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. If we do not exercise that responsibility wisely in Lightroom we can end up with a messy catalog and garish looking images. Let’s look at some of the more common mistakes we can make when using Lightroom.
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Improving your photos in the darkroom and on the desktop.
This new incarnation of Lightroom is designed to be much more integrated with Adobe Cloud and Adobe’s smart device apps.
Noise can be the bane of the photographer’s life. It has been with us since the dawn of photography, first as grain in our negatives or transparencies and in the digital era the similar looking sensor noise. Typically we encounter noise when we are shooting in low light and have to increase our ISO speeds […]
Black-and-white photography shouldn’t be used only for aesthetic reasons, but for utilitarian purposes. By keeping ourselves from the distractions that color creates in our mind we can obtain – as photographers and spectators – images with clearer and more efficient messages. The early options for transforming light into images were all monochromatic. Black and white […]
Every portrait photographer knows that dealing with stray hairs in post-processing can be a hassle. Of all the tasks under the retouching umbrella, I most often hear that stray hair removal is among the most frustrating. I’m sure you’ve encountered numerous suggestions about how to tackle this, and hopefully, you have found a method that […]
Like it’s sister program Lightroom, Photoshop can be an incredibly daunting program for newcomers to photography. And, as with Lightroom, Photoshop is not a necessary requirement for the up and coming photographer, however, the program will give you much more creative control over your final image. Learning Photoshop is a lifelong exercise, Adobe constantly updates […]
