Adobe Lightroom is a popular editing platform for wedding photographers around the world. It offers a huge array of editing tools to get the most out of your images. For the majority of photographers, it’s the only editing program they ever need. A perfect illustration of how simple and intuitive Lightroom can be is the array of presets offered.
Once you are done post-processing or editing your wedding images, selecting them one by one to export or move can be a Herculean task. One way to improve your speed on a task like this is to select and export multiple images all at once. This quick tip could save you tons of time. And, time is money when it comes to running your wedding photography business.
Take a minute to think about your current editing workflow. Chances are, you have needed to know how to rotate photo in Lightroom more than a few times. Of all the potential issues that could distract from the quality of your work as a wedding photographer, a crooked or badly rotated image can be one of the most challenging to identify and correct.
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Cropping is one of the most basic functions of any post production tool, yet it is one of the most complicated tasks to truly master. While there are many suggested guides and tools for effectively cropping a given image, knowing how to crop in Lightroom to make the perfect crop to your work as a wedding photographer can be very subjective.
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Learning how to use Lightroom presets is a valuable skill for you to possess, especially for your post-wedding workflow. Presets can help save time, and they can also “remember” your favorite settings for you. Many editors and photographers spend years learning how to tweak presets to give their photos a specific look and feel, so it can be helpful to learn more about the process in Lightroom.
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Many of Adobe Lightroom’s tools and features are designed to help you save time, especially when it comes to your post-wedding workflow. Many available features in Lightroom, however, can be difficult to master. This is especially true when it comes to learning how to dehaze in Lightroom. Even if you have your images edited by photo editing companies, such as ShootDotEdit, it can still be valuable to learn more about the process in Lightroom.
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When it comes to skills that can take your wedding photography to the next level, there is plenty to learn. Effectively cropping your wedding images, removing unwanted objects, and touching up skin tones are just a few of the essential elements for complete photography packages. Yet there is one skill that is even more important than any of those for making your business and workflow fast: knowing how to backup Lightroom catalog.
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As a wedding photographer, there are certain expectations you know you must meet to have satisfied clients and even great referrals from those clients. There are several skills you can develop in Lightroom to increase the value you provide to your clients. One of the services you can add to your portfolio is providing a collage of related, expertly edited photos can make for a very special bonus for your clients to commemorate and share their special day. We’ve put together how to make a collage in Lightroom to add this service to your photography business.
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Trying to figure out how to blur in Lightroom can be tricky for any photographer. While Lightroom is an ideal choice for wedding photographers when it comes to cataloging and organizing photos, some of its other features (like blurring in Lightroom) take a bit more time to learn.
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While wedding photographers strive to generate picture-perfect photos in the raw and then import them into a post processing software to work on, it is not always possible to control how an image will turn out. Before concluding that a photo is ruined, consider using one of Lightroom’s features: Spot Removal. Below, we dive into how to use Spot Removal in Lightroom to salvage various types of eyesores in images.
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