Lightroom isn’t just limited to what you do in Lightroom. Once you are finished with your images in Lightroom, Lightroom can hand off your images to another program and direct that application to perform any number tasks. Use photoshop actions, import images into other programs, or even use automator scripts. The sky is the limit… or perhaps the programs you own are the limit. Suffice it to say, this is one of my favorite little features in Lightroom. **Join Jared for a FREE Workflow Q&A tomorrow, Wednesday, January 26th at 10 AM Pacific Time on the Pictage Forums.** Using Export Actions in Adobe Lightroom from Jared Platt on Vimeo. Learn more about Jared Platt’s Lightroom Workflow Workshop on his workshop website. If you are headed to
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Back to Basics, Dodging & Burning in Photoshop (Video Tutorial)
This is the first video in a series by Phil Thornton that will take a look at the basic concepts of post processing an image of a couple. There are several ways to dodge and burn but the concept is the same. With proper dodging and burning you can move the viewers eye through the photo and add depth to an image. These same techniques can be applied to any application you might use for dodging and burning. If you would like to download a free Photoshop action that creates the dodge/burn layers automatically (as seen in the video) click here . Written by Phil Thornton Phil Thornton and his wife Mindy run one of the most successful wedding photography studios in the Nashville market, Phindy
Understanding Vibrance and Saturation in Lightroom
The Lightroom Podcast: Vibrance and Saturation from Jared Platt on Vimeo. About Jared Platt Jared Platt is a professional photographer and photographic educator. He studied photography at Arizona State University where he earned his undergraduate and masters degrees in Photography. He teaches college photography courses as well as workshops for professional photographers and provides online education for photographers and photo enthusiast throughout the world. Jared Platt’s Lightroom Workflow Workshop is coming to San Francisco and Seattle January 11 and 13 2011. Sign up and learn more at www.jaredplattworkshops.com.
5 Reasons to Document Your Photography Studio Workflows
Running your own photography business takes the kind of time and energy that can be mentally and physically draining. With so many deadlines and due dates, phone calls and special requests from clients, and other immediate, pressing issues at hand, it’s hard to take the time to take a step back and make sure everything is running efficiently and effectively. Balancing your immediate tasks with your long term goals can also seem daunting. And making sure nothing slips through the cracks is something that can keep you up at night. While there’s not quick fix software or methodology to adopt for solving all of the stresses and burdens of running a business, having step-by-step documentation of your workflows can help. These aren’t necessarily charts or
Don’t Touch That Dial: Setting Lightroom Camera Defaults
Don’t Touch That Dial: Setting Lightroom Camera Defaults from Jared Platt on Vimeo. Don’t touch that dial… unless you have to. If you set your camera defaults in Lightroom, you may not have to. Setting Lightroom camera defaults is a great way to save time in the develop process of your Lightroom workflow. About Jared Platt Jared Platt is a professional photographer and photographic educator. He studied photography at Arizona State University where he earned his undergraduate and masters degrees in Photography. He teaches college photography courses as well as workshops for professional photographers and provides online education for photographers and photo enthusiast throughout the world. Jared Platt’s Lightroom Workflow Workshop is coming to Seattle and San Francisco in January and to Texas and Colorado
Choosing Images to Deliver to Wedding Photography Clients
In selecting images for delivery to the client, we want to make sure we’re delivering enough images to tell the story of the wedding day while making sure that we’re not overwhelming the client with too many images. The purpose of this article is to provide a few objective guidelines to help with the very subjective image selection process of the wedding photography workflow. In general, we should be aiming for around 800-1200 per wedding, but there is no magic number and each wedding will have unique circumstances. Overall Guidelines The overarching question you should be asking yourself as you go through the images is the following: “What is the purpose of this image?” Each image needs to have a purpose. It needs to portray
The Youngren’s Wedding Photography Schedule
There’s nothing better than a stress-free wedding day when everything runs on time, people are ready to take pictures when you need them, and you have creative freedom to do your job well. Can I get a ‘fo-sho’ from my wedding peeps out there? And you know what the best part is? There’s a lot that you can do as a photographer to make sure that these kinds of wedding days happen more often than not, which is a pretty sweet deal if you ask me. In fact, the photographer and the wedding coordinator have the most control over how a wedding day is run, which means two things: 1) You get to create the best photography schedule to help make you successful 2) You
Online Educational Resources — Adorama Learning Center
We’ve had the opportunity to work closely with the team over at Adorama on some rewarding projects recently. In particular, we’ve benefitted from Adorama’s generous support of our national Lens & Learn program, and their commitment to community and education. A great resource we want to share with all of you is the Adorama Learning Center. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out all the online and in-person educational content for professional photographers. Specifically, you’ll find in-depth how-to articles, tutorials, product reviews, buying guides and contests…all accessible free of charge. One of our favorite content sources within the Learning Center is Adorama TV, featuring new episodes on a daily basis where you can learn all about camera techniques, tips & tricks and reviews
The New Math of Lightroom 3 (Process Versions)
Lightroom 3 has a few great new features in it, but the best feature is the math behind the curtain. This is what Adobe calls a Process Version. It is essentially a new set of algorithms and other mathematic equations that I would never understand, that make our images look better. And all throughout high school, I thought math would never be useful to me. It turns out that it is very useful, as long as someone smart employes it in my photo software. Lightroom 3 can employ the older math from 2003 (used in LR 2) or it can employ the new math inherent in LR3. The new math is beautiful and worth updating images that you are taking a second look at, but
Tips for Offering Holiday Specials
Besides the obvious profit incentive, offering holiday specials and promotions is just another excuse to be creative and to offer existing and potential clients a great experience. Here are some specific tips and tricks to doing this. –Start early. Be ready early and give your clients a reason to book early such as a print credit. –Re-release previous events on Pictage and opt-in to Holiday promotions and specials. This is an easy way for you to make money without providing an additional service. For an overview of Pictage’s holiday promotions, order-by dates, and additional tips, click here. –Holiday shoots and mini-portrait sessions marketed specifically toward the end product of Holiday cards. -Offer Holiday portrait packages including the shoot and Holiday specific products such as Holiday