How-to Rename Photos Automatically in Lightroom Classic

Why bother renaming your image files? Isn’t IMG_4232.RAW good enough for most photographers? So you use an app, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, to manage yours: good choice. But what happens if you lose your catalog, and all that careful organization goes with it? One smart habit is to keep some specific, basic metadata in the filenames… Continue reading How-to Rename Photos Automatically in Lightroom Classic

Best instant cameras of 2022

Abby Ferguson We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best Polaroid Polaroid Originals Now+ SEE IT Best Square Instax Fujifilm Instax Square SQ1 SEE IT Best Instax Mini Fujifilm Instax Mini 11 SEE IT Instant cameras are a fun and extremely easy way… Continue reading Best instant cameras of 2022

The best practical gifts for photographers

These are the best practical gifts for photographers. Abby Ferguson We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Sure, it’s fun to give (and get) flashy gifts over the holidays. But sometimes, it’s even better to give something that you know will be used… Continue reading The best practical gifts for photographers

Photographer Turns Slide Projector Into a Arduino-Powered Digitizer

For those with family members who grew up in the 1980s (or earlier), a slide projector was a pretty common way to share and show images before the internet was a thing. But these days, finding a way to get people to sit and view these images in a dark room with you is even… Continue reading Photographer Turns Slide Projector Into a Arduino-Powered Digitizer

Photo Of The Day By Jeff Harshaw

Photo By Jeff Harshaw Today’s Photo of the Day is “Sunrise Over the Owens River and the Range of Light” by Jeff Harshaw. Location: California. Nikon D750, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR with Lee ND Filter. Exposure: 1 sec., f/13, ISO 100. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day… Continue reading Photo Of The Day By Jeff Harshaw

One Thing: How a little camera made my day less stressful

The right webcam can make all the difference with remote work and clients. (Navin Kumar) The pandemic forced many of us to repurpose our homes into ad-hoc classrooms, unequipped gyms and barebones home offices. Video calls, for better or worse, became the new norm through which many of us connected with colleagues and clients. We… Continue reading One Thing: How a little camera made my day less stressful

Lightroom Classic Catalogs: A Quick Introduction

If you’re familiar with Adobe’s popular Lightroom software, you have probably heard all of the talk about catalogs. Catalogs are Lightroom’s system for storing image edit data. Different photographers have different approaches to managing their photo libraries, and the talk about catalogs is a highly debated one. Today, we are going to take a look… Continue reading Lightroom Classic Catalogs: A Quick Introduction

Get Started With Adobe Lightroom Classic: The Photo Workflow

When you first got into photography you probably weren’t thinking much about your digital image workflow. Then you really caught the photography bug, and several years (or maybe weeks!) later you’ve taken thousands of images. If you’re anything like me, these pictures are pretty disorganized. This tutorial shows how to use Adobe Lightroom to tame… Continue reading Get Started With Adobe Lightroom Classic: The Photo Workflow