We have spent time talking about taking better photos, but today we switch gears and talk about editing your photographs. Editing your photographs is how you will create a style that is unique to you. It will help better tell the story or feel an emotion with more power. We focus on Adobe Lightroom, the industry standard and why it is so much more than just for editing your photos. We also have an AMAZING stater pack for you with a free preset to get you going in Lightroom!

In This Episode You'll Learn

• Why we use lightroom and why its the industry standard

• We introduce what Adobe Lightroom is

• We talk about the differance between Lightroom and Photoshop

• We talk about why they compliment each other so well and they are not competition

• We discuss some of the huge advantages over why Lightroom might be best for you

• We give real world examples of how Lightroom makes photography more fun

• We talk about when we still use photoshop

• Why organization of your photos needs to be your number 1 priority

• We talk about how far image manipulation has come just in the past few years

• What it was like to have control when developing your film

• Why so many more doors are open for photographers today than ever before

• Why getting your settings right in camera is the fastest way to grow your photography skills

• Why it was so much harder to shoot film than it is to shoot digital

• How we relate Lightroom to a Shoebox of photos and snapshots

• How Lightroom stores your photos

• Why keeping all of your photos organized is so important and how Lightroom makes it easier for you

• Why you would want to edit all the photos from you child's birthday party in lightroom rather than photoshop

• But you would want to edit a single portrait in Photoshop

• How Lightroom can hel you create a more consistant product to your viewers

• What presets for lightroom are

• How to use presets

• Why using presets are not cheating.

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Resources:

• VSCO Ilghtroom presets

• Mastin Labs Lightroom Presets

• Adobe Lightroom

• Adobe Photoshop

• Capture One

• Jonas Peterson