Lightroom is an incredibly fun and powerful photo editing program that can help you transform the look of your images! But with great power comes great responsibility, and it’s very (very) easy to start making mistakes in Lightroom when you don’t fully understand it. Those mistakes can actually make your photos look worse (UH OH) so today let’s cover some of the most common mistakes so you will know to avoid them.
8 Reasons To Use A Prime Lens Why you need to give them a try!
When choosing a lens for your camera, you have two general options: primes or zooms.
A prime lens covers only one focal length (e.g. 50mm), while a zoom lens covers a range of them (e.g. 24-70mm).
And while that might seem to make a zoom sound like a better choice (more focal lengths for the money = better value??) there are actually a bunch of reasons to choose a prime!
Continue Reading →What You Need To Get Started With Photo Printing
Creating your own photographic prints is incredibly rewarding and efficient.
Before / After: California Redwoods Lightroom Editing Tips
On our recent road trip we stopped along the Avenue of Giants to take in the California Redwoods. My mind was blown! I couldn’t believe trees like this existed. Walking among them was magical.
What You Need To Know About Camera Lens Filters Back to Basics
In this short video I give you a quick overview of 3 different types of filters (UV, Polarizing, and Neutral Density) and when to use them. I also show you how to find out what filter will fit your lens.
How To Clean a Lens Back to Basics
Cleaning a lens is easy to do, but it’s probably one of the most common questions we’ve been asked. See how we clean our lenses in the video above.
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