I used the image below in a a post on exposure a few months back. A reader asked me to show how I developed the image, so I have produced a video showing my technique. Click HERE to view it. To develop this image, I use the Basic, Tone Curve and HSL panels, as well as [...]
I have had some spots open up in this upcoming workshop in Seattle -- I hope you can join us. Printing with Lightroom In this one day workshop learn how to achieve high-quality color and black and white prints with Lightroom 2. We start with color management -- learn why and how to calibrate your monitor, [...]
Before the time saver, a few basics on collections: Collections in the Library module of Lightroom are virtual grouping of images. They allow you to pull together images from anywhere in your catalog without having to create physical copies of your files. I use collections alot, to group images for portfolios, show submissions, examples for the [...]
Curves isn’t exactly intuitive, so Adobe lately has been introducing tools to make it more accessible. As I mentioned in my “Introduction to Curves” post, the sliders available underneath the curve in Lightroom (and Camera Raw) to adjust brightness of Highlights, Lights, Darks and Shadows are one example of this. Another example is the targeted adjustment [...]
I still have some spots open for this workshop next weekend in Seattle -- I hope you can join us! Lightroom Fundamentals Lightroom is Adobe's image management and enhancement program designed specifically for photographers. With the inclusion in version 2 of the ability to make local image enhancements, Lightroom has become a powerful program which can [...]
Curves is certainly not one of those intuitive features of Photoshop (or Lightroom), or at least that was my perspective when I tried to figure it out on my own before I got formal training. Curves is used to brighten or darken tones in your image, and at a more advanced level, to do color correction [...]
See this announcement from dpreview.com if you have one of these cameras. Links to firmware updates provided.
Sometimes your mouse is a zoom tool, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes you have easy acess to your navigator panel, sometimes you don't. You can always, however, use "Ctl/CmdCtl/Cmd +" and "Ctl/Cmd -" for zooming in and out. These work in every view (Grid, Loupe, Compare, Survey) in the Library module and in every mode in the [...]
This is one of the most common questions asked by Lightroom users. You import your images, see the thumbnails appear, but if you wait a few seconds you notice that the thumbnails change. The changes can be to tone, contrast, or color. What gives? When we photograph with a digital camera, even if we shoot raw [...]
Since I'm taking the next week off, I thought I would repost what is by far my most popular article of 2009 -- "About Your Images and the Lightroom Catalog -- the Library Analogy." If you have already read this, scroll down to the archives at the bottom of this page and check out what else [...]
Thank you very much for following my blog in 2009. I hope you have a safe and happy holiday season, and I wish you a wonderful 2010. I will see you back here the first week of January! Laura
I do free two-hour Lightroom demonstrations here in Seattle, and towards the end of these, a question I often get is: how do I get my iPhoto images into Lightroom? I take this as as a good sign -- I figure that what they have seen of Lightroom from my demo has convinced them to move [...]