Lightroom and Post Processing

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 … [Read more...] about 10 Mistakes Beginners Make In Lightroom

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. … [Read more...] about Before / After: California Redwoods

Creating great looking black and whites in Lightroom is a lot of fun. It's a rewarding challenge finding the right balance of tones. Here are a couple portraits with black and white conversions and some notes about how I edited them. … [Read more...] about Before / After: Black and White Portraits

Please note: This is too much editing. Oh do I have a love/hate relationship with editing. On the one hand, it can bring the best out of your images, and help you get that “WOW!” reaction. But on the other hand, do too much editing, and that reaction can quickly turn to “Um, gross”. Or maybe that’s just my reaction. But too much editing, or poor editing, can do more harm … [Read more...] about How to Tell When You’ve Done Too Much Editing

Adobe has made it a bit tricky to purchase the standalone version of Lightroom. Watch the video above to see how to do it. … [Read more...] about How to Purchase the Standalone Version of Lightroom