Here is a tip for those who shoot in RAW image format and who would like Lightroom to retain the picture's profile (also called Picture Style or Image Style, depending on camera you use) when it imports the picture into Lightroom Classic (note: this features...
This 60 Second Lightroom Edit is a landscape taken in the sand dunes of the Western Sahara in Morocco. It was taken early in the afternoon, so the light is harsh, directional and also a little flat in terms of colour. Let's see what 60...
Today's 60 Second Lightroom Edit is a portrait, just for something different! The initial image is quite overexposed (which is why you should always shoot in Raw, so that you can recover overexposure/underexposure in your image). Let's see what 60 seconds in Lightroom Classic can...
Of late, I've been thinking of how best to use the digital medium available to us to provide fun and useful content to customers and followers of Venture Photography Workshops and Tours. This is especially important now that we are in a period of social...
It's been a while since I've released a video tutorial, so I thought it was time to do one. This video is all about dealing with high contrast scenes and how to shoot for high dynamic range image making in Lightroom Classic. If you're not...
Here's a simple, yet nifty, Lightroom Tip that helps you compose your final image during editing. When you select the Crop tool in Lightroom, a number of "Crop Overlays" become available to you. These overlays superimpose an overlay over your image that shows you how...
This tip is all about adding the golden glow of sunlight into your images. It can be used for landscapes, or even for portraits (to give your portraits that warm, soft glow of light, as if there's a bit of sunset peeking in from just...
The Tone Curve in Lightroom is a useful way to add contrast or adjust tones in your image (tone is the brightness/darkness of pixels in the image). Most people adjust the Tone Curve into an "S" shaped curve to give their image a bit of...
As much as we try to keep our camera sensors clean, chances are, specks of dust do get in and land on the sensor. When you start shooting at smaller aperture values, these dust specks appear in your image as slightly fuzzy but noticeable spots....
You may have come across images which have a "matte" look to them, effectively reproducing the "matte print finish" look in a digital image. "Matte" effect images seem a little more tonally flat and perhaps evoke a more "vintage" feel to them. It's easy to...