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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11 Years Later: Same Photo, Way Better Results adobe lightroom lightroom everywhere newsletter then and now

Every now and then, it’s worth revisiting old photos—not to cringe at past choices, but to see how far you’ve come. Our tools evolve, our taste evolves, and more often than not, a fresh look at a fami...

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The Photo That Made Me Cringe—Until I Re-edited It adobe lightroom lightroom everywhere newsletter then and now

For this episode of Then and Now, I returned to a photo I shot back in 2012 at the Vista House in Oregon. At the time, I was deep into HDR—shooting nine brackets for nearly every scene and tone mappin...

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Old Photo, New Workflow: Advanced Lightroom Editing in Action adobe lightroom lightroom everywhere newsletter then and now

Back in 2014, I captured one of my favorite sunrise scenes at Tallow Beach in Byron Bay, Australia. The composition, timing, and conditions came together beautifully, and I was happy with my original ...

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