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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

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

Pro Tips for Shooting Stellar Macro Photos in Your Own Kitchen

Five photographers share their secrets to capturing macro images. Whether working with natural light or indoor settings, here’s their advice. The post Pro Tips for Shooting Stellar Macro Photos in Your Own Kitchen appeared first on The Shutterstock Blog.

What Every Photographer Should Know About Depth of Field and Exposure

Go further into the fundamentals of photography by taking an in-depth look at the concepts of exposure and depth of field in this easy-to-follow course.  Jump to straight to a chapter to get started: Introduction Exposure Depth of Field Real-World Examples Conclusion What You’ll Learn How to understand ISO and the noise implications How to… Continue reading What Every Photographer Should Know About Depth of Field and Exposure

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

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