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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom vs. The Adobe Bridge

This article is a follow-up to a recent post on how Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom differ. This time, we will explore the differences between the Adobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Behind the Lens Photo Weekend at Blackberry Farm: March 4-7, 2010

There are still a few spaces available for this year’s Behind the Lens Photo Weekend at the luxurious Blackberry Farm on the edge of Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Blackberry Farm goes out of it way to make this an incredible field photography experience. Along with their superb cuisine and hospitality, the resort opens the doors to their gourmet kitchen, their incredible wine cellar, and their heirloom farmstead for us to photograph!

Lightroom vs. Photoshop

Do I need to buy both Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CS4? Digital photographers ask me this question all the time. It’s a good question and one that deserves more than just a simple yes or no answer. Each program has it’s own strengths, and although the two programs share some common features, they are not competitors.

Printing in Lightroom with Virtual Copies

If you do a lot of printing from Lightroom, there are situations where using Virtual Copies (VCs) can streamline your process.
A VC exists only in the Lightroom catalog; it’s simply another instance of the original photo within the database. When you make a VC, there’s no file actually saved on the hard disk unless you [...]

Holiday Gift Ideas for Photographers from David Marx at TheLightroomLab.com

Over the past year, I have grown very interested in star trails, night time, and time-lapse photography. So this year I made two gifts lists. The first set of gifts are gadgets that I find useful for time-lapse and night photography. The second set of gift ideas are just general items related to my love for digital photography. I hope these list help you find the perfect gift for your loved ones this holiday season.

Great Deals on Lightroom v2 Today at Amazon

Happy Cyber Monday! There are great deals today on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v2 at Amazon.com.

Lightroom Installation Issues with Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6)

Help! I have been trying to upgrade lightroom 1.1 to version two however Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v.2 will not install on my imac. My mac is using the 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Operating System. What’s wrong?

Black Friday Specials from Amazon, B&H, Acronis, etc.

Looking for Black Friday deals? Please check out these offers from companies that support our work. The tiny bit of revenue that we receive from purchases made through our links and banner ads helps to keep this site going. Thanks for your support and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

John Beardsworth on “10 Things I Wish I Could Tell a Slightly Less Novice Lightroom User”

Today, I came across a post from Lightroom expert John Beardsworth entitled “10 Things I Wish I Could Tell a Slightly Less New Lightroom User.” I believe that this article is worth your time. I am especially pleased with Mr. Beardsworth second point: “Unless you really know what you’re doing, never use Explorer or Finder for moving or renaming files that are catalogued in Lightroom” since I recorded a tutorial on this very topic just a few months ago. For more information read on…

Lightroom 2.6 and Adobe Camera Raw 5.6 Release Candidates Available

Adobe has posted the release candidate versions of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.6 and Camera Raw 5.6 on the Adobe Labs website. The ‘release candidate’ label indicates that these updates are well-tested but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all of our customers.

Read on for more information about these releases, as well as links to download.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta Help Now Online

Adobe posted a new website today to support the Lightroom 3 beta release. Scott and I are already signed up as moderators for the new site and are looking forward to helping folks learn Lightroom v3.
Here’s a link to the new Adobe Lightroom 3 beta help site.

DpBestflow.org from the ASMP: Worth your Time

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) just released a guidebook–actually it is a multimedia website–that covers the best practices in every aspect of digital imaging technology! I am confident that the time you spend on the dpBestflow.org site will be time well spen

Shameless Self-Promotion: My Grand Canyon National Park Photo Gallery

Please check out this new gallery of landscape and whitewater rafting photographs from my adventures in Grand Canyon National Park.

Scott Kelby’s “10 Things I Would Tell New Lightroom Users”

Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, posted an article recently that might help Lightroom beginners. If you are new to Lightroom, I encourage you to read his “10 Things I Would Tell New Lightroom Users” in addition to browsing all of the articles in our Getting Started Tutorials section.

I don’t agree with all ten, though. Read on to find out where I disagree.