Set the white balance for all of your photos
Manipulating with white balance (also called color balance, gray balance and neutral balance) can make some cool effects on your photos. Most of the time you want to change the temperature of your photos to make the photo look cold or warm. To do this you just simply drag the white balance slider to the left (cold temperature) or to the right for a warmer look. But what if you really want your image to look natural, as it does in daylight?. You can do this in different ways. Read more
10 great tutorials for better product photography
Recently a client asked me to take photos of their products. A whole bunch of hand bags and jewelry needed to be shoot for their web shop. Taking photos of shiny silver bracelets and plastic bags etc. is quite different than model photography. As a professional photographer you probably already know what gear to use and how to use it. For all of you who are new to product photography, have a look at these video tutorials and websites. Read more
Timesaving Features in Lightroom 2
It’s not hard to get started in Lightroom. You find your ways to navigate and use the software. I’m not going to tell you that you’re doing it wrong, but maybe you can do it faster… Jolieanne Kost from Adobe shows you a multitude of Adobe Lightroom 2 features that can make a huge difference in your overall workflow in this Lightroom 2 tutorial. Read more
Burn CD’s in LR 64-bit version?
If you’re using the 64-bit version of Lightroom, you’ve probably noticed the lack of support to burn your images directly to CD. There is a pretty ugly workaround if you really need this feature. Read more
A great way to use graduated filters for spectacular horizons
When you’re out taking photos of horizons (oceans, beaches and landscapes etc) you really have to think twice before you take the shot. With an incorrect measurement in the camera it’s hard to get the right exposure on both sides of the horizon. Sometimes you don’t even have the time to adjust your camera to get the perfect exposure. Lightroom is just the tool for you when it comes to horizons and exposure problems. Read more
Export images from Lightroom to your blog!
Hey folks!
Did you know there’s a plugin for Lightroom that makes it possible for you to export your photos directly to your blog!?
Timothy Armes’, the man behind LR2/Mogrify (which I’ve talked about before) has made it again. Read more
10 great video tutorials for Lightroom
This time I’ll just let others talk about Lightroom. I’ve collected 10 video tutorials from Youtube that might be of interest for some of you. Most of us are so eager to start playing around with new software and stuff (cellphones or TV etc) that we often forget the “other” great features of it. With this in mind I thought that this list of video tutorials might open your eyes to some features you’ve might have seen but not yet tested in Lightroom. Learning by practice is always a good way to do it, but to first see it being done by somebody else is even better… Read more
Everyone can be a Pro – part 2
This is part 2 of my article called “Everyone can be a Pro”. Read part 1
Step one to success – Digital cameras and big memory cards
Get a big memory card for your camera. In the old days you had to think carefully when to press the button or not. You had to make a choice if the motive in front of you was worthy enough to be put in an album or not. After all you just had 24 or 36 frames per film roll. Read more
Everyone can be a Pro – part 1
With a digital camera and Lightroom, everyone can be a pro.
Ever wanted to take those fantastic photos you see in magazines or on professional photographers’ websites? Well now you can. All you need is a good digital camera, a big memory card and suitable software like Adobe Lightroom. Read more
Tutorial:How to put image stamps in your photos with Lightroom.
Did you know you can put image stamps on your photos directly from Lightroom? A photographer usually put his logo stamp on all his images to mark them as a part of his/her work. This is often done using a pre-made Photoshop action but I will tell you how to do it within Lightroom instead to save some production time. Read more
