The targeted adjustment tool inside Adobe Lightroom is often missed, but once you know about, you'll love it. The tool allows you to make adjustments to your image by clicking and dragging directly on the area you want to adjust. The tool is found in the Tone Curve, the HSL/Color and the B & [...]
This cool technique allows you to edit selections in Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw. I am sure many photographers are unaware of this Photoshop feature. So let's have a look at what you can do with selections in Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw. Before I explain the technique, let me outline what this technique does and why [...]
Yes, you've read it correctly, download our free Lightroom Presets immediately. You can download them and add them to your copy of Adobe Lightroom right now. They will work with all versions of Lightroom from version 5 up to Lightroom CC. How do I install the free Lightroom Presets? Each of the Preset packs comes [...]
All camera lenses are different and all camera lenses have their own optical characteristics and idiosyncrasies. The lens profile correction adjustment built into most Raw software packages will compensate and remove these idiosyncracies from camera lenses. This article will show you how to use the lens profile correction within Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw and [...]
Adding a selective colour effect in Lightroom is a lot easier than most photographers think. Some photographers may not even be aware that a selective colour effect can be applied in Lightroom. In this short tutorial, I'm going to show you how easy it is to add a selective colour effect in Lightroom only. What [...]
You should always move your photographs using Lightroom rather than using the operating system of your computer. Moving photographs with Finder (Mac OS) or Explorer (Windows) might seem like the logical thing to do, but it can cause untold grief when you come to look for those photographs inside Lightroom. You see, when you move [...]
Why all the hype about mirrorless cameras? Is mirrorless a better system than the DSLR system and if so, what are the advantages of mirrorless cameras over DSLR cameras? Mirrorless cameras have been around for many years but have come to the fore in the past few years. When Sony released their full frame mirrorless [...]
In this article, I am going to describe how to clean your camera sensor using swabs. The majority of photographers will get very nervous at the prospect of cleaning the sensor on their digital camera. I understand this trepidation, but it is quite a straightforward procedure. But, before diving right into describing the sensor cleaning process, [...]
Dust spots and mirrorless cameras go together like a Velcro fastening. One of the main downsides of the mirrorless camera system is the number of dust spots that the sensor attracts. Last week, I was in a field in Tuscany taking a picture of sunflowers and mountains against a perfect azure sky. It was hot, [...]
DxO has just announced the release of Nik Collection 2018. I have been following the progress of this filter collection for a while. I wrote about Google giving them away for free and the fears I had for the future of the Nik collection of filters. I also wrote about DxO acquiring the Nik collection [...]
