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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

As 2025 comes to a close, I spent some time looking back at the photos I created throughout the year. Not to rank them or critique them too harshly—but to understand what they revealed about my habits...