| Street Photography: Lightroom Presets with a Vintage Twist |
Something that I haven’t pursued in a very long time is that of capturing the look and feel of life on the streets. Just last week, I was given the challenge of preparing a five minute talk on the topic of my choosing for a video presentation. Preparation time for this talk was just under [...]
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| Night Photography: Tips & Tricks for Getting the Shot |
One of my favorite times for taking photos is at night. Therefore, it’s probably about time that I finally wrote an article about shooting at night. You will be faced with an entirely new set of challenges to master this photographic venue. In this article, I will give you a number of tips, and if [...]
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| HDR Photo Tutorial: Using Photomatix Pro in Lightroom |
Due to the immense popularity of the my last article on HDR photography in Lightroom (still #3 in the popular articles list), I decided it was time for another. Just recently, HDR Soft released their newest version of Photomatix Pro software which includes a plug-in for Lightroom. Well it seemed like the perfect [...]
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| Photo Contest: Dramatic Moments in every day Life |
I’m sure many of you have one or the other timeless memories that you were glad you captured on film. Perhaps it was the first time you went sailing, or the first time your child learned to ride a bike, fly a kite - well, you know what I mean. It doesn’t have [...]
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| How to create a High-Key photo in Lightroom 2 |
Lately I’ve been browsing the WEB and have often come across some really nice high-key photos. In an effort to foster up some publicity for the Presetting Lightroom group on Flickr, I decided to produce this tutorial on how to achieve this “look” in Lightroom.
Now, I must admit, I was partially inspired by Matt [...]
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| Dramatic Sky: Advanced Lightroom 2 Preset and Video |
It’s time again to release a new Lightroom 2 preset. This preset differs from the ones I’ve presented in the past in that it requires some previous knowledge of Lightroom and presets to get the most out of it. For this reason, I’ve produced a small 9 minute video to act as a [...]
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| Release Candidate: Adobe Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3 |
Unofficially, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3 Release Candidates will be made available for download later today 8 PM - GMT. Additionally, it is reported that Lightroom will now be available in eight new languages.
Adobe UK Press Release:
Adobe has released Photoshop Lightroom 2.3 and Photoshop Camera Raw 5.3 Release Candidates, both available [...]
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| Snow Lightroom 2 Presets: Extracting the Details |
Like many of you, I’ve been rather busy this month wrapping things up in preparation for Christmas and the end of the year.
Something I haven’t done in a few years is to produce a photo calendar for family and friends. As usual, I forget how much work is involved in selecting just the right [...]
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| Winterscape Lightroom 2 Presets: Snow and Color |
Now that the colder winter weather is here it’s time to look at some snow presets. Having just returned from a photo shoot in the great white north, I’ve come up with a couple of new Focus Beauty presets that will work well on your favorite winter scenes.
As is often the case with [...]
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| HDR Photos in Lightroom - Fact or Fiction |
So the question surrounding this week’s photo is - is it an HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo? With the advent of digital photography, HDR photography has always been a favorite topic. I personally love HDR photos when they are done correctly and not just for the WOW effect.
It always amazes me [...]
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| Lightroom 2 Presets: Overcast - Subtle and Stackable |
Did you ever notice that most Lightroom develop presets drastically alter your photo? What is that? Is it so that you can see the change in the tiny preview window? I’ll admit, I’ve produced some of these as well, but this week I’m going to focus on some presets that produce very [...]
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| Photo and Lightroom Preset: Nov. 12, 2008 |
Here’s the new photo of the week. Since I thought this could be a great learning opportunity for those just getting into Lightroom 2, I made a small format change to the photo of the week column. Instead of just publishing the develop settings used to create the photo of the week, I’m [...]
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| New Lightroom 2 Presets: Focus Beauty Builder |
Something new - a Lightroom preset you can use to build other presets! This is a radical new concept in how we think about develop presets in Lightroom. This system is based on the commonly accepted “Golden Rule of Thirds” that will help you to produce better photographs within Lightroom.
I’ve included a number [...]
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| Photo of the Week: Nov. 1, 2008 |
I’m starting something new this month! Every week you’ll see a new photo with detailed Lightroom 2 settings on how the photo was developed. There will be a before and after shot as well as screen captures of Metadata and Keywords, Crop Settings, Develop settings and any special notes which may pertain to the [...]
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| Adobe Lightroom 2.1 Final Release - First Impressions |
Well as most know, the final release of Lightroom 2.1 was released yesterday - Oct. 22, 2008. First impressions are extremely positive and my personal feeling is, that it is much snappier now, which should make all of us happier. The installation went through without a hitch and the thing that immediately impressed me was [...]
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| Video: How to install Presets in Lightroom 2 |
We’ve just released our next Lightroom 2 video! This release is a milestone for us in that we’ve produced not one but three videos in three languages - English, French and German. With our last video, we realized that our French neighbours are strong in force and we welcome them to this site. We have [...]
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| Schoenbrunn Palace: Story, Photo Gallery & Lightroom Presets |
This palace has to be one of the most beautiful and historically interesting attractions in Vienna, Austria. (For our Lightroom 2 users, we’re making all the presets we used for the photos in this gallery available for download - see below). Our group spent the better part of a day at Schoenbrunn and [...]
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| Video: Advanced Graduated Filter in Lightroom 2 |
We’re proud to announce our second Lightroom 2 video is now available! This time we’ve focused on the graduated filter. We’ve assembled a collection of advanced tips to encourage you to get the most out of this tool. Pictured here is a photo out of the video that shows (when compared with the photo on [...]
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| Lightroom 2: Free Graduated Filter Presets - Sunset |
Want to get the most out of your sunset and sunrise photos? We’ve recently been developing shots featuring sunsets and we’ve put together a graduated filter presets package that is surely a useful addition to Lightroom. These are not general purpose presets; they are specifically designed to work with sunset (or sunrise) shots where the [...]
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| Lightroom 2: Custom Grid View and Speed Tips |
Has this ever happened to you? You’re browsing through your images looking for something that you’d like to upload or send to a client. If you linger over a photo just a bit too long it becomes hidden by this nasty info tip! Well that’s how Lightroom 2 ships - but that doesn’t mean you [...]
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Last Updated:
July 6, 2010
