Stop messing around with individual sliders. The Amount slider in Lightroom is a big time-saver to dial in and refine a look.

Lightroom’s Select Sky makes adjusting skies easy. The selection usually includes non-sky areas, the boundary between the sky and the rest of your photo. That can be a problem. And there is an easy solution.

Many of the photos I captured in Bryce Canyon needed color tweaks and corrections. I put Lightroom’s new Color Mixer through its paces to fix color issues.

There is a simple trick to getting more depth from your landscape photos - view the image in black and white, and then start your basic edits.

Dodging and burning is a classic, tried and true editing technique. And you can do it FAST in Lightroom.

Photography is ultimately about the photos. The software used to make them are our tools. I am often what photo software I use. To answer that… I need to give you a brief history of my photo software journey.

Join me for the final segment of The Do-Over Project. What could older photos be if re-processed today? The tools are newer, and I’m a more seasoned photographer. Watch and see.

What could older photos be if re-processed today? The tools are newer, and I’m a more seasoned photographer. That’s what The Do-Over Project is all about.

Sisters Rock, Oregon is the subject for this segment of The Do-Over Project. What could older photos be if re-processed today? Both with newer tools and as a more seasoned photographer and visual storyteller? That’s what The Do-Over Project is all about.

What would my older photos look like if re-processed with fresh eyes? With newer tools? As a more seasoned photographer and visual storyteller? That’s what The Do-Over Project is all about.

I’m a visual person (most photographers are!) and when I use the Color Grading tool in Lightroom, I crank the Saturation to 100 to start. It’s not as crazy as it sounds.

Lightroom has the HSL panel and has color range masks. When should you use HSL and when do you reach for a color range mask?