Scott Davenport 6/20/25 Scott Davenport 6/20/25

Lightroom Distraction Removal - When It Works (and When It Doesn’t)

The new Distraction Removal tool in Lightroom is a nice addition and a great timesaver for a lot of images - but not all of them. I have a few tips for you to get the most out of removing people from your photos and recognizing when you’ll want to guide generative AI with your own hand.

Scott Davenport 5/17/25 Scott Davenport 5/17/25

Lightroom’s Select Landscape Didn’t Work? Don’t Give Up!

When Lightroom's Select Landscape misses the mark, don't give up—use it as a starting point, then layer in tools like Brush, Duplicate, and Invert to take full control of your mask.

Scott Davenport 5/13/25 Scott Davenport 5/13/25

Lightroom's AI Landscape Masking Is Excellent

The April 2025 release of Lightroom introduced a significant enhancement to its AI masking capabilities with the new Select Landscape feature. This tool intelligently identifies and creates separate masks for various landscape elements within a photo, such as sky, vegetation, water, mountains, natural ground, artificial ground, and architecture.

Scott Davenport 11/5/24 Scott Davenport 11/5/24

Precision Edits Using Intersects In Lightroom

A masking tool “recipe” I use again and again in Lightroom is to Intersect a mask selection with a brush. Let me show you how you can take advantage of this for your photography.

Scott Davenport 7/30/24 Scott Davenport 7/30/24

Straighten Wonky Angles Like A Pro

The Transform tool in Lightroom has the controls to correct lines in your photos and achieve professional-looking results.

Scott Davenport 7/9/24 Scott Davenport 7/9/24

Enhance Your Photos with Selective Detail

Boost the quality of your images with selective detail. Draw your viewer’s eye to the important subjects and elements in your photo.

Scott Davenport 7/2/24 Scott Davenport 7/2/24

Black & White Refinements With The Color Mixer

Lightroom’s Color Mixer is powerful. And… for certain black & white conversions, you can use its power. The Color Mixer gives you another level of control to refine your monochrome photos.