Tutorials

Free Bonus Movie For The Lightroom Location Workflow & Catalog Management Video Series!

October 18, 2012

Photograph © George A. Jardine Wrapping up the loose ends after publishing my new Catalog Management video series, and that means finally getting out the free sample video. This time the free video is on a very cool technique for helping you move your photo library to an external hard drive, while keeping everything linked [...]

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A New Video Series On Lightroom Location Workflow & Catalog Management

October 5, 2012

All Photographs © George A. Jardine Ever since I started teaching Lightroom, it seems the biggest hurdle for photographers has always been setting up effective library organization. The Lightroom catalog is just a database, but the relationship of that database to your file system creates a lot more confusion than it should. Then, even if [...]

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A Few Thoughts on Highlights, Shadows, Whites & Blacks

July 4, 2012

Photograph © George A. Jardine A few days ago, I received one of those digital-photo-advice e-mail newsletter things from one of the more respectable sources. The question du jour was regarding Lightroom’s new 2012 Process Version controls, and in the answer our friend stated that “The key difference is that the Whites and Blacks sliders [...]

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Lightroom 4 Develop Tutorials DVD now available on Amazon!

June 13, 2012

The Lightroom 4 Develop video series is finally available on DVD. The disc contains the entire set of 18 all-new video tutorials compete with the full-screen versions and customized Flash player. As an added bonus, I’ve thrown in the complete set of QuickTime files sized and formatted specifically for the iPad. Which is especially cool, [...]

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Develop Tutorial #4, The Tone Controls Has Been Updated…

June 7, 2012

Photographs © George A. Jardine Shortly after I finished my new Lightroom 4 Develop videos, I finally found time to do the exposure testing that I’ve been meaning to do for quite a while now. The purpose of that testing was to produce a much more accurate gradient in an actual raw capture that could [...]

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Revisiting The Zone System… or, How I Learned To Love My Light Meter Again.

June 4, 2012

Photographs © George A. Jardine Back in the fall of 1972, my very first photo-school assignment for Commercial Photography 101 was entitled An Industrial Interior. I had read Ansel Adams’ Basic Photo series the year before, and I was enthralled with his Zone System for exposure and development. So by the time I got to [...]

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Imaging Resource Reviews the Lightroom 4 Library Video Series…

May 21, 2012
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Develop Series Bonus Movie Has Been Published…

May 18, 2012

Photograph © George A. Jardine I’ve finally completed tutorial number 18 for the Lightroom 4 Develop video series. The Bonus Movie was designed especially for Lightroom 3 users who want to learn more about how the 2012 Process Version differs from the new 2012 Process Version. But it’s also for anyone looking for a greater [...]

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New Lightroom 4 Develop Video Tutorial Series Has Been Published

May 13, 2012

Photograph © George A. Jardine I’ve finally completed my all-new Lightroom 4 Develop video series, which has been completely re-written with many new expanded examples and techniques. This comprehensive new series is over 6 hours in length, and contains 17 videos formatted for your browser, your iPad, and your iPhone. Click here to check out [...]

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Special Offer On My Upcoming Lightroom 4 Develop Videos…

April 28, 2012

Photograph © George A. Jardine I’m just 2 – 3 weeks away from finishing my all-new Lightroom 4 Develop series, which has been completely re-written and is in production. This comprehensive new series will be 17 videos formatted for your browser, your iPad, and your iPhone. Purchase the current LR3 Develop series now (online version [...]

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