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Best Folder Structure for Photos?
Organising your digital photos and wondering what the best folder structure for photos is?
Whether you are getting ready to create your first folder structure in anticipation of the many (brilliant) photos you are going to take, or you’re trying to sort out a mess of random folders and pictures from previous years, this episode is going to be a must-watch.
I’m going to walk you through two simple folder structures you can use for your photos, and help you choose the best one for you.
For the best experience, you should really watch the video, but you can also scroll down to see the written highlights if you’re short on time.
How to Use Presets in Lightroom Classic
Wondering how to use presets in Lightroom? In this post we're going to cover EVERYTHING - from where to find your Lightroom presets, how to use them, and most importantly, how to tweak them for best results.
Because whilst Lightroom presets are wonderful for speeding up your editing workflow, most of the time you're going to need to make adjustments to them. (Otherwise your images are going to look a little bit over done and overblown, and we don’t want that!)
How to Install Lightroom Classic Presets
Hello there! Today, I'm going to show you how to install Lightroom presets in Lightroom Classic CC.
And the good news is it's never been easier to install Lightroom presets!
We’ll cover three different ways to do this, depending on whether you have the latest XMP style of presets, or the older, legacy presets - and whether you just want to install one or two presets or a whole bunch!
Lightroom Export Settings for Instagram
Today I'm going to show you the exact Lightroom Export Settings for Instagram!
If you've been finding that your images look fantastic in Lightroom, but then when you upload them to Instagram, they look crunchy or pixelated, or they've just got this really weird color vibe going on, then this is definitely the video for you!
I'm going to walk you through step by step setting by setting exactly what you need to do to export your images for Instagram.
The Ultimate Guide To Cropping In Lightroom
Cropping your images in Lightroom is so important in order to make your images look more polished, more professional, and of course more engaging and dynamic through better composition.
So that is exactly what I'm going to show you in this video!
I'm going to show you how the crop tool works, and we’re going to talk about aspect ratio, changing orientation with a really in depth like at the crop tool.
Do you make sure that you watch right until the end because I'm also shading a sneaky little bonus tip for changing the crop overlay so you can get more dynamic composition. That's really important to make sure that you don't miss that!
How to Change the Color of Absolutely Anything in Photoshop
If you want to change the colour of something in your photo, for example, a t-shirt or a pair of shoes, lip colour or even a background, it's pretty darn easy to do in Photoshop!
The video below shows you a simple technique you can use to change an item’s colour.
In the video, I show you how you could change the colour of the background, and use the exact same steps to make her lips pinker, just to show a couple of the different things you could use this for - but remember, you can use this on ANYTHING.
(One caveat though, please note that this works best with solid colours - anything that has a pattern or graduation won’t work nearly as well)
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It's been quite a few years now since I made the switch from Aperture Priority Mode to shooting in Manual Mode, and it was one of the BEST things I ever did to improve my photography skills.
It was like a whole new world opened up to me, and I started TRULY understanding exposure, and in turn, getting the images that I wanted.
Of course, there was a lot to learn, and there are some things I wish I had known before I started!
So, here are 10 things about shooting in Manual Mode that you might just wish you knew…