How to Export Your Photos From Lightroom For Facebook

So you’ve beautifully edited your images in Lightroom, and you’re ready to share your fabulous images with the world…….

But when you upload your image to Facebook, it looks either too soft, too crunchy, or simply a pixelated mess, and nothing like the gorgeous image you saw in Lightroom!

The problem’s not you (or at least not only you) as Facebook and Instagram will compress our images when we upload them if we make them too big, simply to reduce the file size, and save on their bandwidth space.

We want to do all we can to avoid that happening, so in this post I’m going to go over step by step how you can export your images from Lightroom to make sure your images look fab on all social media platforms!

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnOctober 9, 2018LIGHTROOM

How to Mirror the Background in Photoshop

Learning how to mirror the background in Photoshop is a great way to quickly and easily remove large distractions from an image, and otherwise tidy up the frame and make a neater image. And the best news? It's super quick and easy to do! It's definitely waaay easier than cloning or patching out distractions, so it's another great trick to have in your editing back pocket.

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnAugust 28, 2018PHOTOSHOP

5 Tips for A Faster Editing Workflow

Time is without a doubt our most precious resource - because no matter how much we might want or need it, we can't fit more than 24 hours into our day!

And I for one don't have time to spend a couple of those precious hours sitting at my computer desk trying to manage, edit, and otherwise keep on top on my images.

So if you feel like you are drowning trying to get everything done, have a quick read of these 5 simple tips that will have you spending less time at your computer desk editing AND creating better images as well.

Hola!

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnJuly 3, 2018LIGHTROOM, PHOTOSHOP

How to Make A Watermark In Photoshop in 5 Simple Steps

For any images you want to put online, you are probably going to want to add a watermark to your images. The good news is you can easily create a watermark in Photoshop, and just in a matter of minutes, and that’s what I’m going to show you today!

A watermark helps protect your images, to make it difficult for anyone to use them without your permission (and also so that everyone knows who took that gorgeous photograph!) so it’s worth taking the time to do it if you post your images publicly.

(And If you are in business, a watermark can also be a great way to help market your business for free!)

Read on for your step by step guide on how to create a watermark in Photoshop...

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnApril 3, 2018PHOTOSHOP

How to Calibrate Your Monitor

One thing that is guaranteed to cause some confusion to most emerging photographers is calibrating their monitors.

Calibrating your monitor is simply a way of making sure what you see on your screen matches what you see in print. If you have ever had images come back from the printer bearing little resemblance to what you see on screen, an uncalibrated screen is one reason why!

The big downside to calibrating your monitor is that it is yet ANOTHER expense, as you will need to purchase a tool to do it, and let’s face it, photography can be an expensive enough hobby :-)

However, you do have several options when it comes to calibration tools. The one I use is the X Rite Color Munki, which seems to strike a good balance between features and price, so for many hobbyists since is what I would recommend.

For this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to calibrate your monitor using my own tool, the X-Rite Color Munki, but the process is very similar with other brands, so this should at least give you some idea of what goes into calibrating your monitor!

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnMarch 6, 2018Lightroom

5 Myths About Lightroom That Are Holding You Back

I can’t tell you how often I hear people giving advice online about Lightroom that makes me just want to yell “wait! no! Don’t listen to that - it’s just not true!"

Things like:

“Well so and so says that you need to use Photoshop if you want to get images that look like the pros”

Or…

“oh well that person said all I need to do is watch You Tube and I can learn how to edit from there."

I don't blame them - because I used to think the exact same things!

That's why today we are diving into a few of the BIGGEST Lightroom myths that will only hold you back from getting the most out of this awesome program.

Ready? Let’s go!

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnMarch 2, 2018LIGHTROOM

5 Reasons To Use Lightroom for Editing Your Photos

If I asked new photographers to name a piece of editing software, the one that pops into mind most often is probably Photoshop, or even Photoshop Elements.

Whist Photoshop is (undoubtedly!) an amazing tool for editing, it’s definitely NOT the one I recommend for new photographers.

Why on earth not, I hear you say?

I’m so glad you asked 😀…..

Here are 5 reasons why learning how to edit your images in Lightroom is MORE beneficial to you when starting out - or indeed, at any time!

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnFebruary 15, 2018LIGHTROOM

What is Lightroom CC?

A few months ago, Adobe released a brand new application into their product suite: Lightroom CC.

If you are wondering what Lightroom CC, what it can do, and whether it is the right application for you, then this is the very article for you.

In this blog post you will learn:

What Lightroom CC is
How it compares to Lightroom Classic CC
Who LIghtroom CC is for
Who Lightroom is NOT for
Why you might want to use BOTH Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC

Ready? Let’s jump right in.

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnFebruary 6, 2018LIGHTROOM

5 Tips For How to Remain Consistent When Editing

Tell me, are your photos all over the place when it comes to how you edit them? Do you like a soft and airy edit one day, and then a dark and moody one the next, and then maybe vintage with a touch of matte? When you view your images all together does it look as though they have been edited by around 30 people or someone with a serious multiple personality disorder (😁)?

Yes?

Then a) don’t worry about it too much as it happens to us all, and b) this is the blog post for you!

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnJanuary 23, 2018LIGHTROOM, PHOTOSHOP

Should I use Lightroom CC or Lightroom Classic CC?

Adobe recently announced that there is now TWO different versions of Lightroom available on its subscription plan, and naturally, that has lead to some confusion about what the differences between the two are, and which one you should use.

These two different versions are called Lightroom CC and LIghtroom Classic, and they are each aimed at entirely different sets of people, so you do want to make sure you are using the best one for your needs.

You might also be wondering what the heck happened to Lightroom 6, the only version of LIghtroom available as a download version for a one time fee, so we’ll cover that today too!

Phew, that’s a lot to get through - best crack on...

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnOctober 31, 2017LIGHTROOM

When should I use Photoshop instead of Lightroom?

One of the most common questions I hear about Lightroom is "When should I take my images into Photoshop when I've been working in Lightroom?"

Following closely on it's heels is this question: "I'm not getting the images I want in Lightroom, do I need to learn Photoshop?"

The good news is I can answer both questions in one blog post!

So if you are currently using LIghtroom, and are wondering about when and why you should sometimes use Photoshop, OR if you feel like you are not getting the images you want in Lightroom, and are wondering if doing more in Photoshop is the answer to your prayers. then this is the blog post for you :)

Sound good? Then read on...

GEAR, EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnOctober 12, 2017LIGHTROOM, PHOTOSHOP

How to Get the Best Crop in LIghtroom

Lightroom has a number of options within it's crop tool that can help you make sure you get the absolute best crop for your image. That way you can make sure you have the used a composition for your photo that gives it the most impact!

In this post, I'm going to walk you step by step through using the crop tool, and the different options you can choose to help you get the best crop in Lightroom.

Let's dig in!

EDITING TUTORIALSAudrey AnnOctober 2, 2017LIGHTROOM

Welcome to the Live Snap Love Blog!

Ready to fall in love with your photos?