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Lightroom Catalogs

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One thing I come across on my tutoring sessions is confusion over catalogs. What are they, were are my photos, do I need them, how many do I need or how should I organise my photo in them. Catalogs are fundamental to Lightroom and also the most import file related to Lightroom (photos aside), but…

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Affinity Photo Tutoring

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If you’ve ever wanted to improve your photos or learn how to do composites, but couldn’t afford the cost of Photoshop or didn’t want to do a monthly subscription, then Affinity Photo is for you. Affinity Photo is a low cost single price photo editing software package that offers very comparable features to Photoshop and…

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Watermark Creation

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We all have a love hate relationship with watermarks. They are necessary to show the work is yours, or to show your website address, but they can detract to the beauty of your photo. So, you can simply add your name to the photo, use a nice font and your are done. However, you may…

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Scenario: New Catalogs & Missing Keywords

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My Own Scenario : New Catalogs. I started using Lightroom, many many years ago. I created my main catalog probably 9 or 10 years ago. This catalog has evolved, I’ve added Keywords to nearly all the 100,00 photos, I’ve created collections for gathering all sorts of information. Then, about 6 years ago, I started portrait…

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New Lr Feature, Multiple Preset Exports

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With every release of Lightroom, there are always new features, some are subtle and take time to find others can sort of hit you full on. One of these feature that hit me full on was in the export dialogue box, a small change, but so obvious you can’t miss it. Introduced in Lightroom v9,…

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Colour Picking Outside the Program

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Ever wanted to pick a colour for use outside of Photoshop or Lightroom. You can do it in without any mucking around with screen captures. Just click and hold from the colour platte picker!

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Using Virtual Copies

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If you haven’t already, you should take a look at using the Virtual Copy function in Lightroom. This function allows you to create different version on your photos, but without taking up valuable disk space. The examples here are 3 images I created for an Instagram post and only physically existed when I exported them….

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Tutoring as a Christmas Gift

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If a friend or partner likes photography and you are struggling with a present idea for them, why not think about a tutoring session? I offer gift vouchers for tutoring in Photography & Photo Editing using Lightroom or Photoshop. Maybe they want to organise their photos, or have Lightroom and done understand it? Or just…

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Confused by Lightroom?

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Lots of people are confused by Lightroom. Some people wonder where Lightroom stores its photos. Some wonder what the catalog is about, some people don’t understand why their photos look ‘normal’ outside of Lightroom, what are the exclamation marks, and why is there no save option! One simple answer to all of these questions, is…

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Finding Photos

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In the digital age of photography, you are no longer restricted to 24 of 36 photos to a roll of film. Flash cards now store hundreds of photos on them at a time. This means when you are out taking photos, you may comeback with several hundred photos. Over time, you end up with 1000’s…

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