Select Subject Smackdown Between Lightroom and Photoshop
I know it's confusing when you see multiple features that seem to do the same thing. For example, we have the "Select Subject" feature in Lightroom/ACR when editing the raw photos. But we also have a "Select Subject" feature in Photoshop. Are they the same? Different?...
Do You Really Need to Save Large Edited Files?
I got a question the other day about upsizing a photo. They asked if I liked Super Resolution or Image Size in Photoshop better. I answered that I prefer the Image > Image Size option in Photoshop but that it's easy enough to try both and see what you would prefer....
What is a Lightroom Target Collection?
There are so many features in Lightroom and Photoshop that it's hard to uncover and/or remember them all. Recently, some one asked me what a Target Collection was and I realized it's a tiny feature that I use a lot, but don't really talk about. Enjoy!...
3 Tips for Refining the Auto Select Subject Tool
Select Subject is nothing short of fantastic. It's saved so much time. This week, I redid a tutorial I did years ago that took me 18 minutes. In the new version, between Select Subject and the new Remove Tool I was able to do that tutorial in under 9 minutes. Crazy...
Why I Don’t Care if I Lost All of My Raw Photos
I realize I started this with a very click-baity headline, but let me explain. I recently wrote about my hard drive configuration and it got a lot of comments. I could have written about the most amazing composition tip in the world and it would have only received...
My Hard Drive Configuration
I get a lot of questions on my hard drives. I guess because people can see them in the background of my videos and I think it looks MUCH MUCH more fancier than it really is. So I thought I'd do a quick write up on what I use and why. Disclaimer Don't expect too much...
Batch Process Lightroom Noise Reduction
If you're editing a lot of photos at once, and you use Lightroom's DeNoise AI feature, you may want to speed the process up by batch processing the noise reduction. In this video we'll look at the workflow for running noise reduction on a bunch of photos at once, as...
Alaska Bear Photography Trip Recap
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to go on a bear photography trip to Alaska. I had never photographed (or seen really) a bear in the wild. So that was exciting. Plus, I don't get to go on many photo trips where I'm just there to shoot so that made it even better....
Combining Lightroom with Bridge
Recently I did a video on Adobe Bridge and some features it has that Lightroom doesn't. I got a lot of feedback on it and realized that there are a lot of Bridge and Lightroom users out there so I thought I'd follow it up with a video on some ways that Bridge and LR...
5 Features Adobe Bridge Has That Lightroom Doesn’t
Please let me know in the comments... do you use Adobe Bridge? I'll admit it... years ago I used to make fun of Adobe Bridge. It was all in good fun, and I actually believe your final photo doesn't care about your workflow so forget what everyone says. Make a great...
Curves Update – New Refine Saturation Adjustment in Lightroom and Photoshop
Adobe released a pretty small update this past week, but it includes a big adjustment for those of you that like to use Curves in Lightroom or Camera Raw. One of the common problems we have with curves is that it can over saturate the photo. But with this new...
Bear Photography Trip Coming Up
Hey there... I'm heading to Alaska on Sunday for a bear photography trip! I'm so excited. I've never taken a photo of a bear before (well, other than a cell phone snap while vacationing in Tennessee). So I want to make this a useful trip for both me and you. How the...