John’s Big Note
“John’s Big Note is a very simple plugin to add a big free-form note for your own metadata.” If you’ve worked in Lightroom for any length of time, there’s come … Read more
Killer WordPress Plugins
In addition to photography, I build WordPress websites. Want one? Go to “About” and email me. How I created this site. Plugins: AppearanceNeve themeSmushFooboxWP/LRTiled Galleries Carousel Without Jetpack FunctionWP Real … Read more
Holy Grail elements for WordPress photography sites
(In addition to photography, I build WordPress websites. Want one? Go to “About” and email me.) Wordpress. Photography. Holy Grail. Here are the elements necessary: A good workflow from your … Read more
“Chasing” in Lightroom
In construction an accumulation of small errors can aggregate to create a large catastrophic error. I once heard someone use the word “chasing” to describe this phenomenon. The way to … Read more
Lightroom 25mm f/1.8 lens profile for Hengyijia, Zonlai, Discover, 7artisans
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE See new recommendation below! Hengyijia, Zonlai, Discover, 7artisans – different brandings of what is reportedly the same basic lens made at the same China factory. There are … Read more
Accidents will happen
Working on an image I’d taken of some trees, I imported two slightly different Lightroom treatments of that image into Photoshop. My thinking was I might blend them to get … Read more
Four ways of looking at a building
When you look at these images of a building, each taken at a different time of day, notice the different quality of light. How does our mind see times of … Read more
Forget the rule of thirds…
Against rigidity in composition. “To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.” – Edward … Read more
Small, lightweight, strong tripod…
(AND YOU WON’T BELIEVE THE PRICE) You’re heading on a random shoot and you want to travel light. So you take just your camera and kit zoom. But it’s close … Read more
Lightroom Tools
WordPress/Lightroom integration WP/LR Sync – for syncing Lightroom to WordPress Lightroom hardware MIDI2LR: An Open Source App That Lets You Use Any MIDI Controller in Lightroom https://rsjaffe.github.io/MIDI2LR/ There’s really no … Read more