As Adobe has done with earlier versions of Lightroom, a beta version of Lightroom 5 (LR5) is available for downloading on the Adobe Labs website (http:\\labs.adobe.com). This is NOT a final version of the application and is being distribute to … Continue reading
I am often asked by students about whether the software that comes with their new camera is any good. Beyond being free, the answer is no. It doesn’t have the features of third-party programs and, more importantly, doesn’t work well … Continue reading
Adobe released Lightroom 4.1 this morning for Windows and Mac and it is a must upgrade if you are using Lightroom 4.0. The upgrade includes several important bug fixes, including one that restores the Edit In functionality for Adobe Photoshop … Continue reading
Every once in a while a story comes along that is just too funny to be true. This story is one of them.
Yesterday, Nikon issued a service advisory regarding the EN-EL15 battery, which is used in the D800, D800E, D7000, and Nikon 1 V1. Nikon is voluntarily recalling specific batches of the battery because some batteries in those batches have short circuited … Continue reading
In my last post about Lightroom, I described the changes Adobe made to the tone adjustments in Lightroom 4. However, there is one problem that I didn’t mention: The tone adjustments in earlier versions of Lightroom are not compatible with … Continue reading
In Lightroom 4, Adobe has replaced the familiar tone adjustments of earlier versions with a new set of adjustments. See image below. These new adjustments, like the older ones, allow us to, among other things, brighten and darken the entire … Continue reading
Blue Ridge Photography Workshops held its annual black and white workshop, Black and White Photography: Its All About Tones, in Baltimore this past weekend, March 23 through 25. We had very good luck with the weather. The rain stopped just … Continue reading
As an instructor for Blue Ridge, I am often asked by students how they can improve their images. My answer is always the same: Step 1: Study the art of photography Step 2: Practice the craft of photography Step 3: … Continue reading
Adobe has discovered what it calls “Hot Issues” and what others would call bugs in Lightroom 4. This is fairly typical with any major upgrade. To its credit, Adobe has been very up front about these issues and is working … Continue reading
