Developing Pictures in Lightroom – Virutal Copies

The first step I like to perform is based on a feature not found in photoshop – make a virtual copy. A virtual copy provides a good starting point to correct and modify an image and still have a copy of the original to view. To make a virtual copy,… 

Digital Management of Negatives & Slides

This is part of my Image Conversion Workflow. Every photographer has a method for storing images on a hard drive. I have taken methods from various sources including Mastering Landscape Photography by Alain Briot and The Adoboe Photoshop Lightroom Book by Martin Evening. Based on these sources and my experience,… 

Using Colors for Marking Images in Lightroom

There are three ways to mark images in Lightroom. Each method serves a different purpose and each method should be used in succession. Using colors is the third method of three highly selective systems available in Lightroom to mark pictures for later selection. Using colors is best used as the… 

Using Pick Flags in Lightroom

There are three ways to mark images in Lightroom. Each method serves a different purpose and each method should be used in succession. Using the pick flags is the first method of three highly selective systems available in Lightroom to mark pictures for later selection. Using pick flags is also… 

Star Ratings in Lightroom

There are three ways to mark images in Lightroom. Each method serves a different purpose and each method should be used in succession. Star Ratings is the second method of three highly selective systems available in Lightroom to mark pictures for later selection. We will refer to Star Ratings simply… 

Assigning Keywords Methods in Lightroom (1.3)

This is part of my Image Conversion Workflow. Assigning good keywords in Adobe Lightroom is probably the single most important task to accomplish. Even after only cataloging 300 images, I would be lost trying to locate images without being able to use keywords. I will address the organization of keywords… 

Lightroom (1.3) vs. Bridge (CS3) – Photo Management

Adobe Lightroom library manager is the manager that should have been included with Adobe Photoshop! Adobe Bridge is a glorified file explorer and does it’s job well. However, anyone using either Photoshop at its $649 basic price tag or Lightroom at its far less $299 price tab will need disk… 

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