Category: ORGANIZING

If you are an expert keyworder (and you probably are!), this one’s for you – as it makes applying single or multiple keywords fast and effortless with just a quick keyboard shortcut! Here’s how it can be set up: STEP ONE: In Lightroom Classic, navigate to the Metadata menu on top and choose ‘Set Keyword […]

What exactly is a relative edit? Just watch this short video, and it should become clear (you may even use this technique anytime this situation arises!). Pretty useful! Although this might not come in handy on an everyday basis, having it when needed can certainly come in handy. Thank you to all those who came […]

Last week, I shared an excerpt from an article that I wrote for Photoshop User Magazine. It covered and how to start off the year right with your catalog. I want to continue that with an excerpt of that article which discusses how you can be in control over the photos in your catalogue. Your Photos Your […]

While I was teaching my “How To Organize Your Wildlife Image in Lightroom” session at our Wildlife Photography Conference, I received a few questions regarding whether or not I should keep the images that did not’make it’. . Prepare to go “Old School”. I don’t know if my answer makes any sense, other than I’ve done it that way […]

Terry White has a great video on Lightroom Classic’s Survey Mode, which I have used for years and find so useful. (Well, he shows both — he shows Survey Mode as well as Compare Mode). You’ll love it! Thanks, Terry!!!! As usual, awesome! View my field report of the Tamron SP150-600mm F/5.6-f6.3 G2 Lens On my daily […]

Update your Copyright metadata to the new year (and hopefully better) in Lightroom. Here’s where and how to update your website: STEP 1: Open the Library Module, go to the Metadata menu, and select “Edit Metadata Presets”, as shown in the screenshot (by the by, even if a Copyright template is not present, you can still […]

It can certainly help you make a decision. I’m not sure if lenses have ever been as expensive as they are now. The only thing that is more expensive than ink is your printer’s ink (my friend always asks, “How can home printer ink cost more than a barrel crude oil? What is in the ink?” “Gold […]

1. These little badges have more to them than you might think The little black square badges at the bottom right of the thumbnail don’t only tell you information about the picture. They are buttons. Click them. In this example, you can see a small icon that indicates the image has been cropped. Clicking on the icon will not […]

We covered last week, and now we’ll dive into Lightroom Classic. Organizational Tools I include the import process as part of the Library because that is your first opportunity to keep yourself organized and moving in the right direction, so let’s start there. The Library module includes the import process because it is the first chance […]

Lightroom Classic’s color labels can be used for a number of different purposes. The most important thing is that I consider them when deciding what aspects of my photographic work would be useful to visually represent. There is no right answer to this question. It depends on how each of us thinks about our photo collections and […]