Texture Slider in Lightroom Classic

May 30, 2019 in Before/After Images, Lightroom

Check out the new Texture slider in Adobe Lightroom! It’s also available in Photoshop under the Camera Raw filter. This is a great tool that I will be using all the time. In this video, we will talk about how and where to use it.

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Adobe Lightroom CC Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts | Library Module

March 25, 2019 in Lightroom, Photography for Beginners, Photography

Sharing some Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts in Adobe Lightroom CC! Helping you speed up your workflow.

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Lightroom CC - Flag, Rate and Prioritizing Images

March 04, 2019 in Lightroom, Photography for Beginners

Rating and selecting your best images is an important part of the Lightroom workflow. Using Pick flags and reject flags to help sort images will speed up your workflow and allow you to edit only the best photos from a photoshoot. Don’t waste time on images that are no good.

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Lightroom Classic CC Preferences Tutorial

February 11, 2019 in Lightroom

Just getting started in Lightroom and trying to set up your PREFERENCES? In this video, I’ll go through the preferences menu to help you get set up for success in Lightroom CC. I’ll share my settings that help me to work organized, smoothly and efficiently every day in Lightroom.

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Importing Photos into Lightroom Classic CC - In Depth

February 04, 2019 in Lightroom, Photography for Beginners

You have a lot of options when importing photos into Adobe Lightroom Classic CC. In a previous video, I showed the quick and easy way to import your photos. In this video, we are going more in depth in the import process - how to use and create presets, metadata, and the options you have when importing your photos. Many of these options will help speed up your workflow.

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Lightroom CC - QUICK Overview of the Interface Tutorial

February 01, 2019 in Photography, Photography for Beginners, Lightroom

If you’re new to Adobe Lightroom CC and want a super quick overview of the Lightroom Classic CC interface, this video is for you! In less than 3 minutes, I’ll give you a fast rundown of the program.

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ORGANIZE Photos in Adobe LIGHTROOM

January 28, 2019 in General, Photography, Photography for Beginners, Lightroom

Looking to organize your photos in Adobe Lightroom? ln this video, I’ll share my organization structure and some tips that may help you with your photo organization. The key is that you need a system that will allow you to find images in your Catalog when you want something specific.

To help you develop your own system, I’ve created a document with some tips and my organization structure in it for you to download for FREE. Pick it up over on my blog here:

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Importing Photos In Lightroom Classic CC - Quick & Easy

January 21, 2019 in General, Lightroom, Photography for Beginners

Are you new to Adobe Lightroom and ready to start importing your photos? In this video of our Lightroom Series, I’ll show you the quickest way to import your photos so you can get started editing them. If you’re a beginner and haven’t seen the previous videos in the series, be sure to check them out at the links below. As always, leave a comment if you have any questions!

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Lightroom Classic CC - Lesson #1 - Getting Started: Photo and Catalog Storage Locations

January 15, 2019 in Lightroom, Photography for Beginners

Are you just getting started in Adobe Lightroom Classic CC? Not sure how to setup Lightroom or where to store you photos and Lightroom Catalog? In this video I’ll explain what the Lightroom Catalog file is, where to store it and where to store you photos. There are some basic things you should know and prepare before you open Adobe Lightroom for the first time. Doing so will get you going on the right track.

Learning Adobe Lightroom can be a little scary or intimidating, but when you break it all down it’s not so hard. In this series I’ll be sharing how to get started in Lightroom, how to set it up, importing, developing, exporting and many more topics. If you are interested in learning Lightroom, SUBSCRIBE and let's learn together!

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Learn Adobe LIGHTROOM Classic CC for Beginners - Introduction to New Series

January 08, 2019 in Lightroom, Photography, Photography for Beginners

Do you want to learn how to use Adobe Lightroom Classic CC? You are in the right spot! I’m getting started on a new series where I’m going to show you everything I know about Adobe Lightroom! If you are a new photographer or looking for new software to organize and edit all of your photos, then Lightroom might be the answer for you.

It may be little intimidating to get started in Lightroom, but it’s not as hard as you might think. Throughout this series, I’ll show you how to get started and set up for success in Lightroom. We will cover things such as importing, editing, exporting, tips, trick, and everything in between. When I was learning Adobe Lightroom, it was super helpful for me to learn the ins and outs of the program through other YouTubers. Now I’d like to share all that I’ve learned.

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Real Estate Photography Tips

October 24, 2018 in Adobe Photoshop, Equipment, Lightroom, Photography, Real Estate Photography

Real estate photography is fun and a great way to make extra money! In this video, I’ll share real estate photography tips for beginners. I’ll also talk about how I capture flash and ambient images, then combine them together using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop to get one great image.

Some of the Tips I’ll talk about:

Camera settings - What ISO? What Camera Mode? What F-Stop should I use?
How High to set your camera on a tripod?
Best way to activate the shutter?
What is Exposure Compensation?
Where do I point my flash?

If you have more questions about real estate photography, leave a comment below!

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Creating an AWESOME Photo in a Boring Location

October 16, 2018 in Before/After Images, General, Lightroom, Photography, Photography for Beginners

Believe it or not, you can get great photos even if you are in a boring location! Making great photos takes practice and thinking outside the box will help you create the awesome photos you want. In this video I’ll show you how to take an awesome picture in a driveway that a small puddle and some leaves in it.

Get out there today, find a boring or ugly location and test your creativity to see what you can come up with!

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How to Install Lightroom Presets PLUS Review of Fix The Photo Presets

October 09, 2018 in Photography for Beginners, Reviews, Lightroom

Lightroom Presets. There’s no doubt that you’ve heard of them, maybe tried some of them, and possibly even created your own. Presets can help speed up your workflow as well as help you create a consistent look among your photos. They are relatively easy to use and in this post, I’m going how you how to install new presets into Adobe Lightroom and share my experience using a set of Landscape Lightroom Presets provided by a company called Fix the Photo.

Recently I had a representative from Fix the photo (www.fixthephoto.com) reach out to me and ask me if I would give some of their presets a try and share my experience using them. In the spirit of transparency, Fix The Photo did provide me with a free set of their Landscape Presets that cost $29 on their website and can be found here: Landscape Presets There are also some FREE presets that you can try out here: Fix The Photo FREE Presets

Who Is Fix the Photo?

Fix the Photo (www.fixthephoto.com) is a company that has been providing photo retouching services and professional photo editing since 2003. They have a wide variety of services to offer that include things such as portrait retouching, wedding photo editing, photo restoration, product retouching to name a few. Check out their website to see all of the services they offer.

Lets Get to the Presets!

Presets are a great way to get started editing your image. They speed up the editing process by applying specific settings to your image. Many times when editing a set of photos there are some basic settings that we use as part of our image style. Instead of having to select all of these develop settings manually, the preset can apply these settings in one click. From there, I’ll usually make some additional tweaks to an image before I’m finished.

If you’re new to presets, the first thing you need to do is download the new presets. Once you’ve downloaded them, the next step is to get them into Lightroom. I’ll be using Lightroom CC on a MacBook Pro and there are several different ways to import them. Adobe Lightroom has now switched preset files from .lrtemplate file types to .XMP file types for presets and I’m going to show you how to import the .lrtemplate files.

Step 1:

Open Lightroom! Once in Lightroom, select ‘Lightroom’ from the top left of the menu bar. Then select ‘Preferences’.

Step 2:

Next, select the tab that says ‘Presets’. About half way down the window under ‘Location’ select ‘Show All Other Lightroom Presets’. We need to use this option since the preset files we have are in the .lrtemplate format. Finder will now open with the location you need to place the presets.

Step 3:

You should now be in the ‘Lightroom’ folder in Finder. Within that folder, select ‘Develop Presets’. Simply Copy (Cmd + C) and Paste (Cmd + V) the entire folder of presets you want to add into this location. Close Finder after you paste in the presets.

Step 4:

Jumping back into Lightroom, close the program and reopen it. Go back into the Develop module and to the ‘Presets’ tab. Lightroom will likely give you a quick message that it is converting the new preset files from .lrtemplate to .xmp files. It will also copy the new preset file types into the new preset directory for Lightroom CC. When Lightroom is finished, you will see the message that all presets were converted to XMP.

Step 5:

Give the new presets a try! You should now see the folder of presets you added under the ‘Presets’ tab. For me the folder is called Landscape Presets_Fix the Photo_Paid

Using Fix The Photo Presets

My first impression of the Fix The Photos Presets is that they are pretty well organized. They are numbered from 1-30, titled as ‘Landscape’ presets and have a brief description of what the preset does. The descriptions are clear and pretty straight forward.

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The best way to try the a preset is select a photo, apply each preset to the photo, then see how it looks. One great feature in Lightroom is the ability to hover overtop of a preset name and then Lightroom will show a preview of that preset without having to apply the preset to the image. This allows you to quickly move through a variety of presets to determine which you like best.

Generally you will find certain presets you like and certain presets you don’t like so much. Maybe you like the faded desaturated look. Or maybe you like the bright airy look. I always look at presets as a good starting point for your images. It helps the image go from flat and boring to having some style to it super quick. Then to make it your own, further tweak the image based on how you want the image to feel.

I tried the presets on a bunch of different photos and I chose several photos to show you here. I kept coming back to the ‘Film’, ‘Cinematic’ and ‘Drama’ presets. Once I selected these presets, I’d go ahead and apply a few more corrections to get the image just where I wanted it.

When using presets, you will find that not all presets will work on all images. Some presets work better on bright sunny photos while other work better on dark moody photos. Trial and error is the only what to see what will work on a particular photos type.

If you are looking to give some presets a try, I’d recommend stopping by www.fixthephoto.com and downloading some of their free presets to try. If you like the free ones, trying picking up one of their paid sets of presets. Here are links to both the free landscape presets and the paid landscape preset package that was provided to me.

Landscape Presets Free Bundle

Sunrise Presets Free Bundle

Sunset Presets Free Bundle

Majestic Landscape Presets - $29

I’d like to thank Fix The Photo for reaching out to me and sending me some of their landscape presets to try. I enjoyed trying the different looks on my images. I think they are quality presets that deliver value to any photographer and help speed up your editing workflow.

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Adobe Lightroom vs Adobe Photoshop for Beginner Photographers

September 11, 2018 in Adobe Photoshop, Photography for Beginners, Lightroom

Have you heard of Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop but wondering which one is right one for you to use? In this video, I’ll give you super quick rundown of some key differences between the programs. Hopefully this will help you discover what each program is for and how to use each program. See my YouTube channel for more in-depth information about Photoshop and Lightroom.

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Real Estate Photography - Blending Flash and Ambient Images in Photoshop

May 17, 2018 in Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Photography, Real Estate Photography

Are you looking to take better real estate photos? Good real estate photos are essential when trying to sell a home. In this video, I’ll show you a technique I’ve been using to blend a Flash image with an Ambient image in Photoshop to create a great looking final image.

Its no secret that almost all home buyers begin their search online. If images of a home are not appealing to the buyers, they quickly move on to the next home. However, with good real estate photography, there is a better chance that a potential buyer will look at the home online and move to the next step in the process - actually reaching out to a Realtor to see the home.

For this technique, you will need a well exposed image of the room or space using only ambient light. You will then take the same image using the flash, on camera or off camera, to expose the room. These two images will then be brought into Photoshop and blended together to create an evenly exposed image that will only require a few minor tweaks to reach the final image.

Of course there is no ‘right way’ to do real estate photography, this is just what has been working for me and I’ve had good results.

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Create a Panorama in Lightroom

March 23, 2018 in Lightroom

Creating a panorama in Lightroom is super easy! In this video, I’ll show you how to merge together several images to create one panoramic image.

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How to Upload and Sell Images on Adobe Stock

December 28, 2017 in Lightroom, Photography

In this how-to tutorial, I’m going to take you through the process I use to upload my images to Adobe Stock. It’s a great way to put your images to work for you and even have the chance of making money while you sleep!

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Sleeklens Presets and Brushes Review

March 01, 2017 in Before/After Images, Lightroom

Recently I received an opportunity from Sleeklens to try out some of their presets and then provide my experience using them. I was happy to accept the opportunity!

Who is Sleeklens?

Sleeklens is a company that provides workflows for both Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. Included in the Lightroom workflow are various presets and brushes. The Photoshop workflow provides various actions, overlays and textures. Sleeklens also provides various templates for photographers to use. For example, invites, albums, cards, etc.

On to the review!

On to the review! The workflow I received was called the ‘Through The Woods Workflow’. The presets arrived to my inbox by way of a .zip file. I extracted the files contained in the .zip to my desktop. Within the folder, there were several items. Included were PDF guides on how to install the brushes, the presets, terms of service, the brushes and presets themselves, and a recipe list with examples using the workflow.

Although I knew how and where to install the brushes and presets, I found the instructions easy to follow. Since I’m working on a MacBook Pro, I followed the Mac installation instructions. Installation of the files went smoothly with no problems. After installing the brushes and presets, I was excited to give them a try.

When I first started looking at the presets, I liked how they were set up. As you can see in the partial screenshot, the presets were clearly labeled in a logical order in which they could be applied. Similarly, the brushes were named in a manner that logically made sense as to what the brush does.

Now it was time to start looking at some images. First, I selected a few images to try the presets and brushes on. These are images that I had previously processed using Lightroom without any special presets or brushes. I simply processed them until I liked what I saw. I wanted to compare the original unedited image to my Lightroom edit, then compare both to my edit using the Sleeklens presets and brushes. For the Sleeklens edits, I tried to use only their presets and brushes.

Below are some comparisons of various images. I was impressed with how the Sleeklens presets and brushes worked. They made it very easy to have a good starting point on an image. I liked how some of the presets were ‘add ons’ to the previous presets you may have used. I found myself being drawn to the same several presets fairly often. I think that just speaks to the style that I like. However, each person would have their own preference as to what they like. I thought that each of the presets did a great job of providing the desired effect. Additional manual adjustments may still be necessary but, that is true of any preset. I don’t feel that presets are supposed to be a one click solution for developing an image.

As with any presets or plugins, etc. I think I would eventually settle on a few that I prefer. Then I would be able to quickly select my presets and move forward with more specific edits if the image needed it.

I really liked the brushes as well. I found myself not only using the brushes in the ‘brush’ panel, but I also used the brush presets in the radial and graduated filter panels. I think it is great that Lightroom allows you to use select your brush presets in multiple places and it comes in very handy.

Overall I found the Sleeklens presets/brushes intuitive, easy and fun to use. With a few clicks, it is easy to see an image come to life in the way you envisioned it. This is a great product that has the potential to help speed up your workflow. A big thank you to Sleeklens for reaching out to me and letting me try their product! If you are interested in any of the Sleeklens products, visit their website Sleeklens.com and see what they have to offer!

Sample Images

Image #1

Edit using Sleek Lens Presets and Brushes

Image #2

Image #3

Image #4

Image #5

Image #6

Image #7

Before/After using only Sleeklens 'Through the Woods' Presets and Brushes

To see more before/after photos using Sleeklens presets and brushes, jump over to their website Sleeklens.com! You can also find tutorials on how to use any of the Sleeklens products here: https://sleeklens.com/lightroom-tutorials/.

How to bring an image from Lightroom to Photoshop and back to Lightroom

March 01, 2016 in Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Photography

There are times when Adobe Lightroom may not have the tools you need to retouch or process your image the way you would like to. Have you ever wanted to bring your image from Lightroom into Photoshop to make edits and then bring it back into Lightroom again? It is very easy to do just that and in this quick tutorial, I’ll show you how.

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