There’s a new feature in Lightroom 2.0 that Mikkel Aaland just showcased in his blog on creating Vignettes with the Graduated Filter. It’s a great idea and a neat tutorial. But I have to tell you that I’m really blown...

A couple weeks ago, at the Adobe summer school here in Europe I hinted that Lightroom Beta 2 users would be pleasantly surprised at some of the new features coming out in Lightroom 2. Well... LR 2 is now out...

The wait is over. Lightroom 2 is out of beta. This release brings loads of new features, including 64-bit support, localized corrections, and dual monitor support. There are even some features that are new since the public beta, including gradient...

I know I have covered bits and pieces of my editing process in Lightroom in several different posts. I thought I would sum it up here... I normally get back into the office, download and import the images, add metadata...

I am writing about this program before I’ve had a chance to test it. But if you like what it promises, you can download a copy of PTLens at http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/index.html. There’s a free trial that will for for 10 shots....

When I’m working in the studio, I have a 30” Apple Cinema Display so the Lightroom layout works fine for me as is, but when I’m in the field working on a laptop with a 15” screen, every bit of...

I recently had the pleasure of talking with Bob Sacha from MediaStorm (www.mediastorm.org) about the state of the photography industry, where it is going and how photographers can differentiate themselves from the pack - the pack which is getting huge...

The AutoTone command in the Library Module and the Develop Module are much improved in Lightroom 2…to the extent that I’ve gotten in the habit of selecting everything in a shoot that I’ve just downloaded, de-selecting anything that I very...

When Lightroom 2.0 hits the streets, you can be sure that one of the features you’ll want to experiment first with is the new localized correction tools. As I’ve said before on this blog, I think that localized corrections are...

In light of Steve Simon's excellent post over on the Inside Aperture blog I thought I would delve into this topic (with a little different twist). In Lightroom, it is a simple task to recover highlight information in any image...

I think it is obvious that we will see both Lightroom and Photoshop CS flourishing in the photography world for some years to come.

I’ve always admired the work of Ansel Adams and Bradford Washburn, so it’s no surprise that I’m a big fan of black and white and toned images. There's just someting compelling about a well done monochrome image that draws...

I love to just sling a camera around my neck and go for a walk whenever I need a little exercise and some time to think. I have a list of “categories” of things to shoot that I always like...

I received a lot of emails in response to last weeks post from viewers asking me (and others - like YOU) to document our workflow in detail for some select projects. We tend to provide a lot of small snippets...

With James Duncan Davidson's article about George Jardine leaving Adobe I thought I would publish here that article on Finding Inspiration that was published in my last newsletter, enjoy. Finding Inspiration As published in the Michael Clark Photography Spring 2008...

Integrating Lightroom and Photoshop with droplets is a great way to save time and energy when you need to do some of your editing in Photoshop

I’m not advocating violence here. In tradespeak, creating a knockout means removing the subject of a photo from its background…hopefully with all the transitional edges, such as flying hair, semi transparent areas, and surface reflections intact. The idea is to...

George Jardine has said farewell to Adobe and his position as an evangelist for Lightroom. Over the last few years, he’s been a welcome voice on his series of Lightroom podcasts, a library of content from which I’ve learned quite...