How to Sequence Photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (Make an Edit)

In our photo editing series we’re getting down to business and the heart of the editing process. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to review and select your best pictures, unlocking the hidden potential in your images. 1. The Photo Assembly Process The first part of photo editing is simply reviewing our images and getting… Continue reading How to Sequence Photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (Make an Edit)

How to Create Photo Collections in Lightroom Classic

The larger your Adobe Lightroom collection grows, the more difficult it becomes to manage your photos. In this tutorial, you’ll learn all about the power of Lightroom’s Collections and how these features can help you work with your pictures. If you’ve been avoiding the “one catalog” approach because it doesn’t let you organize your pictures… Continue reading How to Create Photo Collections in Lightroom Classic

How to Add Star Ratings to Pictures in Lightroom Classic

With cheap storage and 8+ pictures-per-second cameras, many photographers are waking up in an archivist’s nightmare: they have a very large collection of images without a quick and useful way to explore them.  Organizing photographs in a catalog is an ideal way to reclaim your collection. Adobe Lightroom offers fast and meaningful ways to add… Continue reading How to Add Star Ratings to Pictures in Lightroom Classic

Black Friday GoPro Hero 11 Black deal: Save $100 on the best action cam around

You might as well get the flagship since it’s on-sale. Stan Horaczek We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › When it comes to GoPro cameras, I typically recommend people buy one generation earlier than the current model. You get most of the same… Continue reading Black Friday GoPro Hero 11 Black deal: Save $100 on the best action cam around

How to Review a Photoshoot : Quick Intro to Digital Asset Management in Lightroom Classic

Last month, in “How to Edit and Assess Your Photographs,” Amy Touchette outlined her photo editing process. In this tutorial we take another look at photo editing principles and practices, but from a digital asset management perspective. You’ll learn how to plan your editing, use ratings, and harness the potential of subjectivity to keep your… Continue reading How to Review a Photoshoot : Quick Intro to Digital Asset Management in Lightroom Classic

The best Black Friday deals on hard drives and memory cards

These are the best Black Friday hard drive and memory card deals. Abby Ferguson We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Hard drives and memory cards are a bit like candy to us photographers. They are great to always have on hand, and… Continue reading The best Black Friday deals on hard drives and memory cards

The best Adorama Black Friday deals: Cameras, lenses, and more

Adorama Black Friday deals span just about every category. Abby Ferguson We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › There is truly no shortage of Adorama Black Friday deals available. And while you could sort through them to find what you are looking for,… Continue reading The best Adorama Black Friday deals: Cameras, lenses, and more

ABCs of Photo Sorting: How to Turn a Mess of Pictures into an Organized Collection

Have you ever faced a necessary project that seems so overwhelming you don’t know where to begin? You delay, then you don’t start, and soon enough the project is a mental barnacle, forever attached to a to-do list. That can be the state of affairs when your intent is to sort a collection of photos.… Continue reading ABCs of Photo Sorting: How to Turn a Mess of Pictures into an Organized Collection

How to Use Smart Previews to Save Space and Speed Up Lightroom Classic

With Lightroom’s Smart Previews you can work on your Lightroom catalog without access to the image files. This is a powerful, but under-appreciated feature of Lightroom. Smart Previews give you the freedom to keep working even if you lose access to the drive that stores your image files. This feature makes it easy to send… Continue reading How to Use Smart Previews to Save Space and Speed Up Lightroom Classic