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I Totally Trashed Yesterday’s Tutorial. Totally!

What made it worse is; I’ve written about it before (including in my books), and yet when I wrote it from scratch yesterday, I totally whiffed. Epic crash and burn. Totally my fault (and thanks…

Clearing Up Some Lightroom White Balance Myths and Confusion

Today I’m answering some questions and addressing a myth I get fairly often about adjusting White Balance in Lightroom. Q. Why is it that sometimes in Lightroom when I go to the White Balance presets …

Lightroom in 60-Seconds: How to speed your work using ‘Scrubby Sliders’

This is one of those little features that can make a big difference. I use these scrubby sliders every day in my work, and I hope you find it really helpful, too. Check it out.…

Tips For Finding Those Adjustment Pins

The other day Scott shared a great post on Auto Hiding local adjustment pins in Lightroom Classic, and that’s my preferred way to use them too. However, in the comments, Dave and Al asked if…

Using the New Centered Crop Overlay

I never knew I needed a centered crop overlay, but the other day it was the perfect crop overlay for the job at hand. While walking around the downtown of nearby Portsmouth, NH, I noticed…

The Three Top Reasons Why Lightroom’s Creative Profiles Are So Awesome!

They feel like Presets, but in some ways they’re better than presets, or maybe I should say, they make Presets even better. Yeah, that makes more sense. Anyway, I talk to people all the time…

How To Create Cropping Presets in Lightroom

Here’s one from the vault — One of my readers, Stephanie Bunhc, asked “Can you create presets for cropping?” The answer is: “…you sure can!” Here’s how: STEP ONE: Open an image, and then click…

The Difference Between Snapshots and Virtual Copies in Lightroom Classic

Here’s the quick answer to that question: I use Snapshots when I’m working on an image and I kinda like where it looks at this point, but I think I want to keep tinkering and…