The End of Manual Keywording in Lightroom? adobe lightroom lightroom everywhere newsletter

Life moves fast—literally. I recently completed a 3,000-mile move back to Northern Idaho. While my studio is currently in transition, the world of photo editing doesn't stop. Adobe just released the L...

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I Loved This Edit in 2010… Now I Can’t Unsee the Problems adobe lightroom lightroom everywhere newsletter then and now

I’ve moved a lot during my adult life, and in a few months I’ll be packing up and heading cross-country once again. While I was born and raised in New York City, Boston was the first city I lived in t...

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One Comment That Completely Changed My Lightroom Workflow adobe lightroom lightroom everywhere newsletter

Early in my career as a working photographer, I shot a wedding. It was my first—and last—for a number of reasons. But one piece of feedback from that experience has stayed with me ever since.

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Lightroom Tools I Almost Always Forget (But Shouldn’t) adobe lightroom lightroom everywhere newsletter

Lightroom has a lot of tools. Enough that most of us naturally fall into habits—using the same sliders, the same panels, the same workflows over and over again. That’s not a bad thing. Familiarity mak...

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Masking in Lightroom Mobile: The One Huge Trick Most People Miss adobe lightroom lightroom everywhere newsletter

If you’ve watched or read anything from me over the years, you’ve probably heard me repeat the same idea again and again: Lightroom’s masking tools are the most powerful part of the app. Being able to...

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The Long Game of Photo Editing (16 Years Later) adobe lightroom lightroom everywhere newsletter then and now

One of the most useful exercises a photographer can do is revisit old work. Not to criticize it harshly, but to understand how both tools and personal taste evolve over time. In this fourth installmen...

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