Lightroom handles the vast majority of photo editing tasks beautifully, and for most photographers, it's the only tool they need in their day-to-day workflow. But there are specific situations where Photoshop isn't just useful — it's the only way to get the result you're after. Here are the three...

There's a specific photo I think about whenever I'm tempted to skip a random drive down a back road. I took it in July of 2012 somewhere in rural Nebraska, turning left and right on a whim through stretches of farmland, and it's become one of my most cherished reminders that you never know what's...

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. Before delivering my initial edits to the couple, I shared them with a trusted friend who was an experie...

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 installment of my Then and Now editing series, I went back to a photo I captured in 2010 during my first vi...

A new year always feels like a good time to reset habits, and that applies just as much to photo editing as it does to photography itself. Over the years, I’ve noticed a handful of Lightroom mistakes that I’ve made repeatedly—sometimes knowingly, sometimes out of habit. None of them are catastrop...

If there’s one topic guaranteed to spark strong opinions among photographers, it’s AI. Some love it, some dislike it, and many are unsure where they stand. I’m not here to convince you one way or another. My only goal is to help you understand the tools available in Lightroom so you can make info...