Autumn is a beautiful time of the year when the trees around us show us beautiful colours before they shed their leaves in preparation for Winter. So it's an amazing opportunity to go out and shoot some of your favourite landscapes once again during this time of the...
Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic is the most widely used software amongst photographers. I’ve been using it religiously for the last 12 years back it the days when it was Lightroom 3.
Lightroom let’s you organise, review, search, keyword, edit and publish your photographs with ease. The User Interface is easy to use and learn. This is probably its most inviting feature.
Adobe, keep adding new features to it now that its a subscription based software which improve the workflow and productivity of its users.
Let’s Edit a Photo – How to make a Dull Landscape photo Rich and Vibrant in Lightroom – LEAP 06
This is the 6th episode of the LEAP show, a show in which I will show you a complete edit of a photo from start to finish. In this week's episode I take a dull Landscape photo and make it rich and vibrant using Lightroom. This week's image was shot in New Plymouth,...
Why Lightroom Presets Are Important for Editing Raw Photos
Photography is a lovely hobby that brings millions of people around the globe together. It is an artistic direction that not only gives you a chance to capture valuable memories, but also express yourself in a unique way. There are those who like photography as a...
Let’s Edit a Photo – How to Edit B&W Image in Lightroom – LEAP 05
This is the 5th episode of the LEAP show, a show in which I will show you a complete edit of a photo from start to finish. In this week's episode I address a request from one of our viewers who asked for a video on how to edit B&W Image in Lightroom. This week's...
Let’s Edit a Photo – How to Create HDR Look in Lightroom from Single Photo – LEAP 03
In this 3rd Episode of the LEAP Show, I take you through a complete edit from start to finish in Lightroom. I will show you how I create the HDR Look in my images using only a single exposure and no other 3rd party software. Its simply done using the Lightroom's...
How to make the Grass Greener in Lightroom
You have come to right place looking for a way to make the grass greener using Lightroom. The truth is that it only take one slider to make the grass greener. And its not the Saturation slider. Firstly we look at why the grass isn't as green. This is amplified if you...
Fastest Way To Import Images into Adobe Lightroom (3-Steps)
If you've been using Adobe Lightroom for quite some time you are aware how slow it can be at importing the images. And 'No', having the fastest computer you can't afford will not make it any better. Why because Lightroom Import process is just slow and Adobe hasn't...
HSL Panel – The Most Misunderstood in Lightroom
The HSL Panel in Lightroom is probably the least used and most misunderstood panel in the Develop module. However if you know the power of this panel you can really achieve some specific edits. Change Selective Colour You can change one selective colour using the...
How to Publish Images from Lightroom to Instagram?
Recently I discovered an exciting new plugin for Lightroom that allows you to publish directly from Lightroom to Instagram. So finally a solution to publish your images from the desktop. I wrote about it here. With all the interest generated on social media about this...
Installing Lightroom? Make sure you change these Settings
Recently I got a new iMac replacing my old one and therefore I had to install all of my photography apps on it. As soon as I started using Lightroom after installing it, I realised some of the configurations that I had setup was gone. And these configurations are very...
Creating Miniaturised Look in Lightroom (Tilt Shift Effect)
Miniaturised effects are very creative way of turning an ordinary photo into a miniaturised one. The result is usually created in post-production but can also achieved with Tilt Shift Lens available for some industry leading DSLRs such as Canon and Nikon. Follow the...
Editing Correcting Image Capture Time in Lightroom
Remembering to set the correct date and time on my camera when I travel has always been a challenge for me. I get too excited and focused on capturing my planned images when I'm travelling that I don't remember to set the correct time on my camera. When I did remember...