Lightroom CC - Flag, Rate and Prioritizing Images

March 04, 2019 in Lightroom, Photography for Beginners

Rating and selecting your best images is an important part of the Lightroom workflow. Using Pick flags and reject flags to help sort images will speed up your workflow and allow you to edit only the best photos from a photoshoot. Don’t waste time on images that are no good.

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Importing Photos In Lightroom Classic CC - Quick & Easy

January 21, 2019 in General, Lightroom, Photography for Beginners

Are you new to Adobe Lightroom and ready to start importing your photos? In this video of our Lightroom Series, I’ll show you the quickest way to import your photos so you can get started editing them. If you’re a beginner and haven’t seen the previous videos in the series, be sure to check them out at the links below. As always, leave a comment if you have any questions!

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Learn Adobe LIGHTROOM Classic CC for Beginners - Introduction to New Series

January 08, 2019 in Lightroom, Photography, Photography for Beginners

Do you want to learn how to use Adobe Lightroom Classic CC? You are in the right spot! I’m getting started on a new series where I’m going to show you everything I know about Adobe Lightroom! If you are a new photographer or looking for new software to organize and edit all of your photos, then Lightroom might be the answer for you.

It may be little intimidating to get started in Lightroom, but it’s not as hard as you might think. Throughout this series, I’ll show you how to get started and set up for success in Lightroom. We will cover things such as importing, editing, exporting, tips, trick, and everything in between. When I was learning Adobe Lightroom, it was super helpful for me to learn the ins and outs of the program through other YouTubers. Now I’d like to share all that I’ve learned.

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Lightroom Quick Tip - Star Ratings & Pick Flags

August 07, 2014 in Lightroom, Photography

We all face the challenge of sorting through our images to find the keepers, the throwaways, and the best of the best. Personally I use both star ratings and ‘pick’ flags to sort my images. This tutorial is a quick tip on how to speed up your workflow when rating and picking images. You might only save a small amount of time for each image you review, but over several hundred or several thousand images, the time will add up.

Whenever possible, it helps to have Lightroom do the work for you. In this case, we will make Lightroom auto advance to the next image after we apply the star rating or flag the image as a pick. The first thing I do is to place all of my unrated images into one collection or folder. While in the Library module, I make the first image full screen within Lightroom (or complete full screen by pressing the ‘F’ key in Lightroom 5). This will allow you to see the image at a large size so you can make a good decision as to how you want to rate the image. Next, make sure the caps lock is turned on. By turning on the caps lock, Lightroom knows that it should automatically advance to the next image any time a rating is applied to the current image. Once caps lock is on, use the number keys 1 through 5 to rate the images or press ‘P’ to flag the image as a pick.

I rate all of my images with stars to help keep track of the quality of my images. There is no right or wrong way to do it here, you need to find out what works for you. Here is my rating system:

1 star = picture is no good, trash

2 stars = not usable other than for some kind of abstract background, image not in focus

3 stars = image in focus, but nothing special, more of a snapshot, sometimes deliverable depending on client and intent of photographs

4 stars = image in focus, good composition, interesting etc., deliverable image

5 stars = fantastic image, one of my favorites, deliverable image

I use a ‘Pick’ flag for all images that I want to deliver to a client, print, post on my website or blog, etc.

After you initially review your images and rate them, it’s a good idea to revisit the images after a few days to see if you have changed your mind on any of the ratings you choose. This can be a quick look through all of the images again. You may see the hidden potential in an image that you did not notice the first time you reviewed the image.

Turning on the caps lock allows Lightroom to auto advance to the next image which will save you time and energy when reviewing your photographs. By using a streamlined review process for your images, you will become more efficient in post processing as well as be able to spend more time working on the best images from your photoshoot.

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How to Make a Bad Image Look Awesome

June 25, 2014 in Before/After Images, Lightroom, Photography, Retouching

How many times have you looked at an image you took and thought it was no good? By capturing your photos in RAW format, it is possible to recover your photo using Adobe Lightroom and turn it into something awesome.

At first glance, I figured this file was no good. I started playing with it just to see what I could get out of it. It’s not as hard as you might think to bring back images that appear to be no good. I think the results that came out of this photo are great.

Remember that your camera can’t always capture what you envision in your mind when you take the photograph. The post processing you can do to an image plays a big part in the creative process and helps your image to reach the potential you have pictured in your mind.

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