A while ago, I was looking at ways to improve the performance of Lightroom. One solution was to move the entire catalog to an SSD drive. The actual process was remarkably easy. However, it also got me thinking about some of the other obscure but handy things you can do in Lightroom. I spend a […]
Photography Post Production Articles
Improving your photos in the darkroom and on the desktop.
One element of post-production that many new photographers struggle with is the difference between resizing and cropping. I am sure that like me, you have seen images posted on photography sites where the shot is either stretched or squeezed. You may have seen a digital print that look very pixelated or images that have such […]
White balance in photography if explained in simple terms means, adjusting the colours or setting colour balance in an image so that the image looks natural with natural colours. If the white balance is set right, white should look white with no colour cast. It is always best advised to get your white balance right […]
Many of you may be familiar with the term “sledgehammer to crack a walnut”. It means to use a tool that is way too powerful for what you are trying to achieve. That got me thinking about some of the tools we have in Adobe’s Lightroom. Whilst all of them have a place and usefulness, […]
Many of us know and understand the benefits of shooting raw files. Chief amongst them are the ability to set white balance in post production and the possibility of extracting more exposure data from an image. Typically this might be pulling back blown highlights or expanding dynamic range. Whilst there are numerous different post production […]
There is no denying that photography can be an expensive hobby. Along with the cameras, lenses, flashguns and tripods we also need computers, drives for storage and of course software. You can save money on the hardware items by buying used, but what about the software? Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One and many more are all […]
