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Lightning Fast Lightroom Tips – Survey Mode
Don’t forget about the Survey Tool. It is invaluable when selecting from a number of similar images. Highlight all of the images in the batch and hit N. Use the numbers to rank them by stars and hit / to deselect images and knock them out of your Survey window. Bonus: New in Lightroom 3, […]
Continue reading...Lightning Fast Lightroom Tips: Crop Tool Tip
August 23, 2010
Lightroom 3’s Crop Tool makes it easy to change your photo’s orientation from horizontal to vertical or vice-versa. Press the ‘R’ key to activate the Crop Tool, then press ‘X’ to change the orientation of the crop. You can do this in previous versions of Lightroom by dragging a corner, but LR3 makes it easier […]
Continue reading...DPE Atlanta Workshop Photos/Tips: Part I
August 16, 2010
Photographs © Rick Sammon Our first DPE Altanta workshop was a blast. Rob Knight and I enjoyed working with the 20 talented students. We covered Lightroom, lighting, HDR and travel photography. What fun! Each day this week I will try to post a picture/tip from the workshop. So stay tuned! The exercise in the above […]
Continue reading...Lightroom Keys to Know
August 12, 2010
One of the things I love about Lightroom is how fast you can change its look. Why would you want to do that? To make an already efficient program even more efficient and adapt it to your needs. I am going to give you some simple keys to press to change Lightroom quickly (I am […]
Continue reading...Tethered Capture in Lightroom 3 Beta 2
May 10, 2010
Tethered shooting is a great way to make sure you’re “getting the shot”. Shooting tethered means that your DSLR camera is attached to your computer so that your images transfer directly to your hard drive instead of being saved to your memory card. The camera is normally connected to the computer via a USB cable,and […]
Continue reading...Synchronized shooting
April 30, 2010
There are times when you may end up with two or more sets of images from a single event or photo shoot. Whether it be a DSLR and a point-and-shoot, your camera and a companion’s or two cameras on a BlackRapid DS-R. I will often shoot with two cameras at events when creating a variety […]
Continue reading...Forget Photoshop, Launch Lightroom!
April 13, 2010
“What software should I get first?” is a common question to aspiring photographers, especially when first getting into using DSLR cameras. Or more commonly, “Should I get Photoshop CS4 or Photoshop Elements to start out?” With the term Photoshopped entering the vernacular, it is not surprising that most people think about it first when starting […]
Continue reading...Lightroom Week: Filter Friday
April 2, 2010
I’ve already written about Lightroom’s Library filters (read the article HERE), so I’m going to talk about a different type of filter for Filter Friday. There is an adjustment in Photoshop called “Photo Filter”. It contains several preset colors that warm or cool your image, as well as presets for adding more dramatic colors. These […]
Continue reading...Lightroom Week: Tone Curve Thursday
April 1, 2010
The Tone Curve panel is one of the most powerful features in Lightroom. It’s often my first stop when working on an image – when I have a good exposure that does not need any Recovery or Fill Light (creative controls that you’ll f ind in the Basic panel). When you adjust the Tone Curve, […]
Continue reading...Lightroom Week: White Balance Wednesday
March 31, 2010
White balancing in LR is fast, easy and synchronize-able. The Quick Develop options in the Library module offers instant presets along with Temperature & Tint controls. My favorite click white balancing tool is the XRite Color Checker Passport. Besides setting a preset or custom white balance in camera, I hardly ever shoot anything these days […]
Continue reading...Go on a photo workshop with Juan
- Check out the NEW online training on shooting video with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II or 7D by Rick and Juan
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