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How to Create Your Own Easy Lightroom Workflow Routine (and stick to it)
Have you ever found yourself wondering exactly WHERE an image that you’ve taken is?
Why you seem to have about 5 different copies of the same file kicking about?
Or you’ve been sat looking at your image for the last ten minutes wondering exactly what adjustments you should be making? Whether you’ve done enough?
If that’s you, then a) you are not alone and b) the chances are you’re missing something incredibly crucial - a Lightroom workflow.
5 Ways to Save Yourself Countless Hours Each Week with Lightroom
Let’s be honest, the one thing that most of us have in common is that we struggle with not having enough hours in the day!
That’s why trying to find an extra hour or two to edit and manage your photos when you have about 874 OTHER things that need to be done that day can be trying to say the least.
I know this from experience: after I was a few years into photography I had gotten myself in a huge mess when it came to my photos, and I was spending hours each week trying to get them into some sort of order, not to mention carrying out long winded editing on all my photos.
One thing that made a huge difference to how much I could get through in less time was Lightroom, so today, I want to show you 5 ways that Lightroom has saved me countless hours each week…
How long does it take to learn photography?
This question “how long does it take to learn photography?” is one I’ve gotten in different forms several times over the last few years….usually by people who are feeling SO frustrated because they’ve spent months learning all they can, but still don’t feel like they have reached their goal.
Learning photography really can be overwhelming and frustrating, and sometimes we feel like we might not ever get there, or we’d just love to skip forward on the learning part and get the photos we want NOW.
So, just how long does it take to get good at photography, or at least good enough to take decent photographs?
Read on, and find out!
7 Common Beginner Photography Mistakes (and how to avoid them)
Whenever you try your hand at anything new, you are bound to make a few mistakes along the way! And learning photography is definitely no exception.
Although making mistakes can a good thing, as it helps us grow and learn as photographers, that doesn’t mean you have to make them all 😉
You can take advice from people like me, who have spent years learning and practising photography, and in my case, also spent the last seven years teaching OTHER folks how to do it too. That way you get a bit of a leg up so you can reach your goal more quickly, and with waaaay less frustration than the rest of us.
Without further ado, let’s crack on with 7 of the most common mistakes that new photographers make, so you can avoid them.
How to Quickly Check The Focus of Lens for Front Focus or Back Focus Issue
Have you ever found yourself wondering if the reason your images are always slightly soft or out of focus could actually be down to your LENS?
I know I did! For a while, back when I was just starting out, I missed focus on so many of my images that I began to think that surely my lens MUST be broken.
There is nothing more frustrating than getting the perfect image only to find it is that teeniest bit out of focus, so if you have a nagging feeling that your lenses may be at fault, then there is something you can do: test your lenses to make sure that they are focusing where they should.
If nothing else, this quick test will put your mind at rest that everything is working properly, or, in the worst case scenario, make you aware of the problem so you can fix it!
So, when you’re ready, let’s dive into how to quickly check the focus of your lens for front or back focus issues.
What to Focus On First When You Are Just Starting Out in Photography
Are you feeling completely overwhelmed with all the things you need to learn in photography?
Do you find yourself confused about where to start, or what your next step should be?
Then you are most definitely not alone! I know exactly what it feels like because I was there too.
I remember feeling like I was being pulled in 10 different directions at once, seeing all these different paths to I thought I needed to go down and learn, with shiny new camera gear pulling my eye away from the prize with promises of better photos.
It can be a confusing and frustrating time for sure, and if you are not careful, you can find yourself wandering aimlessly around the internet, picking up random “tips and tricks”, learning lots, but not actually moving forward and getting better photos.
So I wrote this blog post to help with that, by breaking down the areas you should be focusing on FIRST, because they will help give you that solid foundation on which everything else is built upon.
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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…