Victoria Bampton's Lightroom Missing FAQ book has always been my favorite Lightroom book, and her latest edition, Lightroom Classic CC: The Missing FAQ, is no exception. Victoria is known in the Lightroom community as the Lightroom Queen, and for good reason - she's one of the most knowledgeable and experienced Lightroom users and authors out there. [...]
I generally don't review photography books on this blog, but I am making an exception to let you know about a book I have really enjoyed from Charles Needle, Impressionistic Photography: A Field Guide to Using Your Camera as a Paintbrush. If you're in a creative lull, or want to add more creative techniques to your [...]
I am honored to announce that my Lightroom 5 Workshops on Video (The Fundamentals & Beyond and Producing Great Output) have been named by Fred Eckert of PhotoSource International as the "best and easiest way to master Lightroom 5", along with Victoria Bampton's Lightroom 5: The Missing FAQ. Here's a quote from his review: [Laura's Lightroom [...]
Sean McCormack's Essential Development: 20 Great Techniques for Lightroom 5 is out! An update to Sean's Lightroom 4 e-book, it focuses exclusively on developing photos, and is full of great techniques and tips. For only $7, you receive not only a very generous 130+ page e-book, but also 100 of Sean's develop presets. Sean is an [...]
You may know that Adobe has indicated thatthey are working on a way to sync our Lightroom catalog to mobile devices via the cloud. But did you know that you can already do this - or at least if you are using a Mac? Mosaic, a New Hampshire company founded by Gerard Murphy and Andy Young [...]
I am very happy to report that Victoria Bampton's exceptional reference book, Adobe Lightroom 5 - The Missing FAQ, is now available! Victoria is a fellow Adobe Community Professional and Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Lightroom, the founder of lightroomforums.net, and one of the most knowledgeable Lightroom experts I know. She therefore understands what questions Lightroom [...]
Those of you that follow this blog regularly know that I love the Custom Package functionality in Lightroom’s Print module. With this, we can create free-form layouts of multiple photos, and add a bit of text or a logo. You may also know that I don’t emphasize templates and presets in my teaching, because I like [...]
The Adobe Kuler iPhone app is available starting today. Kuler is a cloud-based application for making and exploring color themes using an iPhone or your browser. Kuler now gives you multiple options to capture inspiring color themes whenever and wherever you come across them; capturing color inspiration on your iPhone, syncing colors in Illustrator, Photoshop, and [...]
Just a quick heads up that Craft & Vision has a new e-book out - and it is free! It is 45 pages, with articles by 6 authors, with 9 unique ways to improve your photography. I haven't read it myself yet, but based on my prior experience with Craft & Vision books, it is worth [...]
I have to confess that I don’t read many photography magazines. It’s not that I don’t enjoy them, it’s simply that I don’t often have the mental bandwidth for them. Whether this is due to age (I’m not telling) or just information overload, I find that I have to be selective in what I pick up. [...]
Many of you know that I am a fan of Craft and Vision, which offers high quality photography e-books at amazing prices. They have just released Piet Van den Eynde's new Lightroom 4 Unmasked - A Complete Guide to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. I am looking forward to reading it. It is over 300 pages, and [...]
