Category Archives: Digital Darkroom

Quick fixes are sometimes good

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Michael Willems

As I mentioned the other day, converting a portrait to black and white can be good if it is not optional in the first place. It is an “easy fix”. Not that my friend, model Kim, pictured below in a … Continue reading →

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Web sites in Lightroom

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Michael Willems

All you need to create web site galleries of your images in Adobe Lightroom is Adobe Lightroom and a web server/FTP server. In the WEB module, you can lay out your gallery of selected images any way you like.. many … Continue reading →

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Rescue Ops

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Michael Willems

Sometimes an image is spoiled – like when the flash fails to fire.  This happened to me during a very recent shoot – no flash, and to the naked eye the image looked black. But these images, especially when shot … Continue reading →

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Marking images in Lightroom

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Michael Willems

In Lightroom, there are many way to mark images. These include: Rating (1-5 stars) Keywording Colour labels Picking You see some of these in use here: These give you a great ability to use images the way it suits you. … Continue reading →

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Printing more prints

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Michael Willems

Adobe Lightroom offers great print functions. One of them is the ability to print multiple images on one sheet. You can print the same image multiple times (a “Picture Package”), or many different pictures on a page (a “Custom Package”). The latter … Continue reading →

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Lightroom Tip: Perspective

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Michael Willems

When you aim your camera up, you get converging verticals – like this: You can use an expensive tilt-shift lens to fix that. But there is an easier way: in the Lightroom “Develop” module, find “Lens Corrections”, go to the … Continue reading →

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Another student question

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Michael Willems

Shannon asks: I really enjoy reading your blog, and I have a question/possible blog topic… I’m wondering how to deal with all the large raw files that I am uploading into lightroom. The other day, I had an alert come … Continue reading →

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Recompose during events?

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Michael Willems

A students asks: What are your thoughts with focus and recompose when shooting events or portraits? Since it is very difficult to always move the single focus point, especially with event photography, I feel that sometimes focus and recompose is … Continue reading →

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Processing

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Michael Willems

I am not a fan of processing, of “Photoshopping” to make an image look different from what you shot. HDR? Only when used with caution. But sometimes processing works – when it enhances the look you were after in the first place. Take … Continue reading →

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Lightroom 3.6 is out

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Michael Willems

…and I think that if you are a Lightroom user, you should upgrade now. New cameras supported and a number of bugs fixed – Adobe has details on this blog. If you are not a Lightroom user, I hope you … Continue reading →

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