Not exactly nobody, but just about no one. Don’t worry if you’ve never seen them or if you’ve seen them but didn’t understand what they did. It’s not at all obvious. This is an example of how they work and what you can do with them.
STEP 1: Here’s an image behind the scenes of me opening Lightroom Classic Library’s module. The arrows can be found in the Metadata panel.
STEP 2: If you look at the Metadata panel to the right, you will see an icon that looks like a square with a right facing arrow. (Shown here circled in red) These arrows, which look like buttons, are actually powerful tools. When I scrolled to the Metadata panel near the bottom, I saw that the image had GPS location data embedded in it. Click on the arrow button next to the GPS data field …..
STEP THIRTY: It takes you to Map and shows a satellite image of where you stood when you took the picture, and it marks the exact location you were in with a yellow label (in this instance, I was in Venice Italy, in a Ballroom at the Ca’ Sagredo Hotel).
STEP 4:If I had instead clicked on the arrow above, the one that says “Cropped”, it would…
STEP SIX:…takes you directly to Lightroom’s Develop Module, where the Crop Tool is automatically activated so that I can crop my image. Instead, if I clicked on the Capture date arrow, all of the photos that I took at the same time would have been displayed. These arrows really are awesome!
Above FYI, here is the final shot I took at that location with a super-wide-angle lens. I also got low to give it a more epic feeling. Our model was dressed in a Carnivale gown, but it was not Carnivale season. She was patient.
Next time you are in the Metadata panel, I hope you will give these powerful little arrows some attention.
The interview for My Gallery Show is now online
We had a wine-and-cheese reception last Friday for the gallery showing some of my images in my “The Great Outdoors” collection at KelbyOne. We invited KelbyOne Members to visit the gallery, and then Larry Becker conducted an interview with me in the theatre. Larry asked about the images and the stories behind them. He also discussed the settings, techniques, and gear. The interview was very comprehensive, and I’ve posted it on my blog. If you have a few moments (you can play the video in the background as you edit), you should check it out. This is the link.