**UPDATE – THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED – THANKS TO ALL THAT ENTERED** During the week we got the following press release from the makers Photosmith – a cool App for iPads. We also got permission to give a couple of copies of it away so once you see if it’s for you – check [...]
In a recent article, I explained how to create a triptych in Lightroom. The solution covered the mechanics of setting up a triptych template in Lightroom. In this post, I’m going to address the issue of selecting images to use in the triptych. I’ll explain some rules of composition and show how I make a [...]
Often when I look at the photographs that I’ve taken at the zoo, for example, the animals’ eyes are underexposed and lifeless. To fix animals’ eyes in Lightroom so that they look compelling and still realistic, here is my fixing “animals eyes” workflow: Step 1
When you have an image which needs some spot fixing before printing you can often do the work in Lightroom and avoid the necessity of a round trip to Photoshop. Lightroom has both a Clone and a Heal tool available for fixing blemishes and removing problems such as spots caused by dust on your camera’s [...]
Adding a vignette to an image involves adding a subtle (or not so subtle) edge effect to it. A popular vignette technique involves darkening the edges of your image – it gives the image a slight border which helps keep the viewer’s eye in the photo. This is an effect which has been popular for [...]
When presenting your photos you will sometimes want to create and print them as a series of three images on a single sheet of paper rather than a single image. You might want to do this, for example, to use to decorate a gift card or for framing. Using Lightroom you can assemble multiple images [...]
In this post Brandon Oelling from x=photography+consulting shares how dual monitors can speed up your workflow when using Lightroom. Nowadays, adding a second monitor to your Lightroom workflow is not only within grasp – it’s darn cheap! Most monitors 19-20 inches can be purchased for less than $175 which is a huge difference in price [...]
In an earlier post I looked at the basics of using the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom 2. In this post I’ll have a look at some advanced features of the adjustment brush which help you make multiple adjustments to the image at one time and to do so more easily. Step 1 In the Develop [...]
As with any photo management tool Lightroom 2 offers you the ability to add keywords to your images. In this way you can make it easier to find images later on by searching for them by keyword. One simple way of adding keywords to your images is to do this as you import your images [...]
Following up from her recent post about How to Create Adobe Lightroom Presets – today Christina shares a few sites to get great Presets. You’ve decided to play around with Adobe Lighroom’s Presets. However, you want to spend neither a few hundred dollars purchasing them or dozens of hours developing them. Check these sites out [...]
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