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2 Quick Lightroom Tips

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Edit Multiple Photos at the Same Time in Lightroom A reader asked how to edit more than one photo at the same time in Lightroom.  This capability is very handy for many things, especially when you’ve taken lots of pictures in similar lighting conditions and need to make the same white balance or exposure adjustments. [...]

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Selective Color in Lightroom, Plus Another Maternity Photo Idea

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This is another pose from my maternity session a couple of weeks ago.  This mom really liked the pregnancy photos that emphasized her belly rather than her face (which was beautiful!). How long would it take you to selectively color a black and white image in Photoshop?  Because it would take me about 30 minutes.  [...]

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Maternity Photography – Pose Ideas

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Maternity sessions.  Perhaps the definition of a successful maternity photographer is that the photographs make pregnancy look effortless, serene and peaceful? This mama was beautiful – her Mona Lisa smile quietly notified the world that she is ready.  And she didn’t need a photographer to coax that serene smile onto her lips.  The peaceful expectation [...]

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Lightroom Photography Contest

July 18, 2009

I have never entered a photography contest.  Have you? Popular Photography magazine is hosting a contest called Lightroom through Your Lens for photographers who use Lightroom.  The grand prize winner will be published in Popular Photography magazine and will receive a trip to NYC!  Woohoo! Don’t have Lightroom yet?  Download a free trial here by [...]

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Fireworks Photos

July 6, 2009

I hope everyone’s weekend was as great as mine!  Did you take many pictures?  I took tons and just wanted to share these with you.  I cropped them and added touches of Clarity, Vibrance, Saturation and Sharpening in Lightroom. Exposure:  F/10 for 1/6th of a second. 1000 ISO.  On a tripod.   It took me lots of [...]

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Lightroom Free Urban Look and Roundish Vignette Presets

June 28, 2009

Big Mozy Sale – Last Chance! First off, don’t forget to subscribe to Mozy this month so that you can save 15%.  Use discount code JUNE15.  Less than $90 will buy you two years of unlimited backup and complete security.  All the files, photos, videos and music that you have on your computer will be [...]

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Rounded Vignette Tutorial for Lightroom and Photoshop

June 20, 2009

One of Digital Photography for Mom’s wonderful readers asked how I created the vignette in this photograph:   This photo was edited using Lightroom only.  It didn’t take Photoshop to create that edgy look, believe it or not! Here are the Lightroom settings for the vignette: Post-crop vignette Amount -100 Midpoint 19 Roundness 0 Feather [...]

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Get Lightroom. It's Amazing!

June 5, 2009

Attention Photographers: Spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens, with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.  You guys know that I bought Lightroom a few months ago and that I have been learning it and really enjoying it since then.  And I don’t usually promote Lightroom unless it’s on sale.  But [...]

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