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Don’t Throw Away that Image! How to Save and Edit an Imperfect Capture

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Sometimes we get an image that has great content but is techinically imperfect. Rather than throwing away a misfocused image for example, we can show you how to save and improve that image.

BTS: Fashion Shoot at a Bombed Out Church | Tuesdays With Lauri

Lauri L.

In this week's instalment of Tuesdays With Lauri, we take a "behind the scenes" -look at my latest fashion shoot that we organised in a Bombed Out Church in Liverpool, England.

Multi-Raw Processing Technique in Photoshop

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Did you know that you can do multi-RAW processing through Camera Raw and Photoshop? It's like using Lightroom, but with Layers. On top of that, you can go back into Camera RAW to reprocess the each RAW layer again and again.

5 Tips for Managing Files and Folders with the Folders Panel in Lightroom 4

Pye

In this tutorial, we’re going to cover the Library Module's Folders Panel. This Panel is the center of the file and folder management system within Lightroom 4. By understanding how each function works, you can become more productive in organizing the file structure of the Lightroom Catalog.

Understanding the Navigator Panel and the Catalog Panel in Lightroom 4

Pye

In this episode, we are going to show how to use the Library Module’s Navigator and Catalog Panel in Lightroom 4. The Navigator helps you preview images while browsing through the Filmstrip, as well as quickly set your zoom. The Catalog Panel allows you to quickly organize your images by using the temporary collections.

How to Create Beautiful High-Contrast and Filmic Black & White Images Using the LR4 Preset System

Pye

In today’s Lightroom Weekly Edit, we have a special photo starring our very own Justin, one of the co-founders of SLR Lounge. We are going to take this image and use the SLR Lounge Lightroom 4 Preset System to create a high contrast black and white portrait, as well as a film-like black and white portrait.

Four Tips on How to Properly Meter Exposure in Snow

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One of the great things about winter when it comes to photography is that the snowy landscape can provide some terrific photo opportunity. But there is one problem when it comes to shooting snow: Snow is white. Your camera’s metering system wants to meter everything as middle gray. As a result, that pristine white snow becomes dull and dirty snow. SLR Lounge has 4 easy-to-use tips that can help you expose your images correctly when shooting in the snow.

Go Behind the Scenes of This 1960s Photoshoot

Lauri L.

This week I thought I’d give you guys an inside look into a 60‘s inspired fashion photoshoot we organized last Sunday, in a small living room. Yes, you read it right, we really did shoot all the photos in a small 8 square-meter room!

Are Photography Workshops Worth It?

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Attending a workshop is a valuable way for photographers to accelerate their learning of their craft. Whether it is a shooting workshop, a post-processing workshop, or a business workshop, you can learn a lot more in one day or one weekend than from just reading tutorials all day long online. Not all workshops are created equal, however, so before you spend your money, be sure to do a little bit of research on both the instructors and the workshop itself.

The Difference between Brush Flow and Brush Density in Lightroom 4

Pye

You may notice that when you use the Adjustment brushes in Lightroom 4, there are two sliders at the bottom of the panel called Flow and Density. They affect the opacity of the brush stroke but in two different ways. When they are combined, Flow and Density allow you to really dial in how sensitive your adjustment brush is going to be.

How We Shot it – Environmental Portrait with Singer-Songwriter Sabrina

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This environmental portrait is part of an editorial assignment that I had for Sabrina Claudio, an up-and-coming young singer-songwriter from Florida. In an environmental portrait, the surrounding tells just as much of the visual story as the subject. The client also wanted the lighting to look natural, so the trick here is to add just enough ambient lighting to balance out the three Einstein monolight strobes that I used to light this image.

Book Review: Digital Photography School’s Natural Lighting

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Digital Photography School’s new e-book called Natural Light: Mastering a Photographer’s Most Powerful Tool, written by freelance travel and documentary photographer Mitchell Kanashkevich, breaks down the lighting into something more tangible makes it easier to understand how to harness natural light as a creative tool. This book’s practical approach of understanding and harnessing natural light as a creative tool makes it a great read for new and seasoned photographers.

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