In this week’s episode, we are diving into Lightroom Presets - what they are, what they do, and how they can help you speed up your editing process, so you can get more done in less time!

In this week’s podcast episode, I'm sharing 5 must-know editing tips to help you edit your photos like a pro, so that they look more polished and professional, and help you get a more consistent style for your photos.

So where do YOU draw the line when it comes to the use of AI in photography? I'm definitely no expert in AI but it did prompt me to think more closely about the use of AI in my own work, and that’s what we are discussing today on the podcast! 

I’m going into detail on the 5 main reasons to take your images into Photoshop for advanced editing, and give you some ideas for each one so you can get a feel for the whole treasure trove of adjustments you can make in Photoshop! 

I’m going to give you 6 tips for helping you organize your images using Lightroom Classic. Now if you don’t use Lightroom Classic, you can still take the tips that I’m going to give you and apply them to your chosen software, so if you don’t have Lightroom Classic, this can still apply to you!  

Discover how to remove noise in Lightroom with the new DeNoise tool! I'll show you how this tool works, along with 4 tips to help you get the best results, so that you can get rid of noise in your photos literally in seconds.

Learn my 4 step process for shooting and culling my photos that helps me stop overshooting, and cull with intention!

If there is one thing that comes up again and again when we talk about photography, it's EDITING - the steps you take AFTER you have pressed the shutter and uploaded your images.  It's a whole other world of things to learn and master and as such it can be quite overwhelming for new photographers. 

Because it's yet another thing you need to add to your "to learn" list, it can be tempting not to bother doing it, or slap a action / preset on and call it a day.  However, editing your images is an important part of the photography process and one that I believe you should at least start to learn as soon as possible. 

In this post I'm going to share exactly WHY you should edit your images, what programs you can use, and the order in which you should learn everything in. 

Ooooh, that sounds like a lot to get through! Best get started then :) 

Check out this guide to the best Adobe Photography plans and learn about the differences between them, and how to choose the best one for you!

Want to get those awesome fall colors in photos? Then watch this video for an easy way to get fall colors using Photoshop, perfect for times when the colours in real life are less than vibrant.

Join me as I go through a complete lightroom workflow for beginners, from import to export, step by step!

Not sure what you should be doing in Lightroom Classic, or what a Lightroom workflow even is?! Then this is going to be perfect for you 👌🏻 I’m going to walk you through a typical lightroom workflow, from start to finish, so you can see how you can use Lightroom Classic to organise your photos, edit them to polished perfection, and shave hours of your post production workflow.

One of the areas I wish I had gotten control over much, much earlier in my photography journey was having an organisational framework for managing my digital photos. My older files are in such a mess, scattered over different devices (and some precious baby photos are currently held hostage on a broken laptop!) that will take me a long time to sort out. That is why I’m always recommend that one of the first things you do is get yourself organised for successfully managing your digital photos.

Which is why I’ve invited an expert to come onto the blog and give us her tips for organising your digital photos! Caroline Gunter is a certified photo organizer, with years of experience helping people organise and manage their photos, so she’s the real deal when it comes to this topic!

In this blog post, Caroline is going to break down her 3 part framework for successfully organising your digital photos, step by step. Let’s do this!

As photographers, there are times when we need to change the colour of something, for example, a t-shirt that a subject was wearing, their shoes, lipstick colour, or even take down the redness of the ears in backlit image, or change the colour of a product.

Up until now, this was a job best handled by Photoshop, simply because it had more precise colour controls.

But then good ol’ Lightroom went and added a hue slider to the local adjustment tools, and (fanfare please) we can do these colour changes within Lightroom!

Watch the video below to see where to find this piece of editing magic, and how to use it. I’ve also used a few different images so you can see the different occasions you might want to use it too!

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on the differences between Lightroom Classic CC and Lightroom CC, going over the BIG difference between the two programs, how the features differ, along with questions to ask yourself when deciding which one was right with you (not read it? Start there and then come back here so this post makes sense!)

This week, I wanted to jump in and tell you the reasons why I personally use and in most cases, recommend, Lightroom Classic CC over Lightroom CC. I know for myself that I love hearing the “why” behind other people’s decisions, as it helps me make my own, so hopefully this is the same for you!

You can either watch a Facebook live I did on this very subject (it’s at the end of the post!) or you can simply read the blog post - whatever works for you :)

So without further ado, let’s go over why I use and love Lightroom Classic CC…

Want to learn how to edit photos in Lightroom? Then you are in the perfect place! In this post, I’m going to teach you how to edit your photos in Lightroom Classic like a pro, step by step.

The right editing is that extra ingredient that lifts your images from being good, decent, run of the mill photographs, and takes them onto next level, awe inspiring images.

It's the final step in creating beautiful photos that look professional and polished, and if you skip that step, or just slap on a preset (hello AUTO for editing!) your images simply aren't going to look half as good as they could.

Being able to look at your photo, see what it needs, and then know which tools to use to help bring your vision to life is such an important skill to learn if you want to take images that go beyond snapshots.

And that’s what we are going to cover today! There are 2 ways to enjoy this post - watch the video, or scroll down for written instructions.