Category: Photography
iPhone snaps to the Photos app via Lightroom
Did you know there is a way of getting you iPhone snaps to the Photos app via Lightroom? Some time ago I did a video. All about how to get your edited photos from Lightroom, into the Apple Photos app easily. After this, I was inundated with a question. This was if you can take…
Organising and Managing your Photos in Lightroom Classic
Lightroom has become an essential part of many photographers workflow, including mine. Therefore, organising and managing your photos in Lightroom is key. Making sure you can easily catalogue, search (and find!) the photos you ant, when you want them is important. Up until recently, my Lightroom organisation was a little, shall we say, haphazard. I…
Calculating Shutter Speed for Long Exposures
I wanted to share a great trick I recently learnt, that is perfect for Calculating Shutter Speed for Long Exposures. Nailing exposure can be tough, especially if it’s likely to be a longer exposure. Today, I am going to show you a super simple calculation you can use to make your life a whole lot…
Shutter Speed in Photography Explained
Last time out, I did a post all about Aperture. So today, it is the turn of taking a look at Shutter Speed in Photography. As with most of my Blog posts, there is an accompanying video, so, if you would prefer to watch that, then here it is! If, however, you prefer to have…
What is Aperture in Photography – Depth of Field explained
When you first take up photography, one of the mysteries would be, What is Aperture in Photography? Good morning, Richard here and welcome to today’s post. Today, I wanted to have a little chat about Aperture, and Depth of Field. Setting the correct Aperture is key in photography. Particularly if you want to make your…
Getting presets from Lightroom Classic to Mobile
Here is a quick tutorial all about getting presets from Lightroom Classic to your Mobile device without too much trouble. This method also avoids having to use or download Lightroom Creative Cloud. As always there is a video tutorial too, so if you would prefer, feel free to watch this. There is of course, lots…
Lightroom Tethering – How to Set Up
Lightroom Tethering is one of the great features of Adobe’s go to editing software. I recently did a video on taking self-portrait type photos and came across an issue. Being able to compose the photo, and also get the focusing point in the exact spot I wanted to was a challenge. That prompted me to…
How to Find Your Lens Sweet Spot
Did you know your lens has an Aperture point that is the sharpest? This quick tutorial shows you easily How to Find Your Lens Sweet Spot. Below is a video I put together, showing how I went about finding my lens sweet spot. So don’t forget to check that out. This can be found over…
How to use Lightrooms new colour grading tool
Lightroom is the go-to editing tool for most of today’s professional photographers, so I thought I would do a quick tutorial on how to use Lightrooms new colour grading tool. You may find the following video useful if you would like to follow along with the whole editing process. Useful if you’re using the Colour…
How to use Lightroom with the Apple Photos app
If you are a Lightroom user, like me. And an Apple user, like me, then perhaps you are looking for a solution to how to use Lightroom with the Apple Photos app? No? Oh, well. In that case, why not go and check out these Lightroom tips. One all about Rating Your Photos or this…
How to shoot Macro without a Macro lens
Have you ever wondered how to shoot macro without a macro lens? Here on my website, I am always trying different aspects of Photography. Shooting. Learning. And Sharing. If you search #MacroPhotography on Instagram, you will find some absolutely stunning images of insects gazing back at you. A hairy spider staring you down, or the…
Flagging and Rating Photos in Lightroom
Welcome to this weeks post, and it is all about Flagging and Rating Photos in Lightroom. This video is going to help you out loads if you are looking to speed up your workflow. Therefore, make sure all those favourite images are earmarked. They’re flagged and rated for future use!! Ensuring all your photos are…
How to Focus Stack in Lightroom and Photoshop
Welcome to the latest tutorial, where I am going to quickly tell you How to Focus Stack in Lightroom and Photoshop. Firstly, I am sorry to disappoint but you cannot Focus Stack using multiple images in Lightroom alone. It just does not have the capability. However, if you have a Lightroom and Photoshop subscription with…
Lights Out in Lightroom Option
The Lights Out in Lightroom option is a great way to isolate your photo. Use it to just sit back, and see what an amazing job you have done editing it. As with all my tips and tricks on this site, there is a YouTube version too. If you’d prefer to follow along to that,…
How to Change Names of photos in Lightroom – FAST & EASY
Have you ever wondered how to change names of photos in Lightroom, easily and quickly? Well, wonder no more, as here is a simple tutorial on how to do just that. As with all my tips and tricks on this site, there is a YouTube version too. If you’d prefer to follow along to that,…
Understanding Canon Focus points
Exbury Gardens is a 200-acre woodland garden located in the heart of the New Forest in Hampshire, and this was a great opportunity to get a better understanding of Canon Focus points on my Canon Camera. Just a short drive from our house, and noticing they had a Falconry display on, it seemed a good…
Custom Shooting Settings in a Canon DSLR
The Custom Shooting Settings in Canon a DSLR are a great way to make your life just that little bit easier on your shoots. And we are all for that! Here is another quick instruction post about how to set this up. If you would prefer to follow along to the video, go ahead, but…
Fixing Highlights and Shadows in Lightroom
Lightroom is an amazing friend for Photographers. In this tutorial, I am going to quickly explain a quick way of Fixing Highlights and Shadows in Lightroom. Fancy a video walk through, and seeing me play a guitar….badly? Check out the video. If you’d rather follow with good old fashioned word and pictures…then here you go.…
Canon 5D Mark IV Extra Menu Options
So I have been using the Canon 5D MkIII for several years, and over Christmas I had the chance to use the MkIV for a couple of weeks. I was really keen to see if it was worth the upgrade. At a price in excess of £2k, would have to be well worth it. That…
Matching Exposure for Multiple images in Lightroom
Are you looking for a way of Matching Exposure for Multiple images in Lightroom? Perhaps you were out on a shoot, and that big ball of fire in the sky decided to pop out from behind the cloud it has been hiding behind. All of a sudden your perfectly exposed photos are too bright. If…
