Why are shadows a bad thing?

That edit was straight from lightroom, no editing, just to show you colour/tone with a simple one click preset.

Don't worry, I used to be anti lightroom too until I realised how powerful it was. I can't remember the last time I used Adobe Camera Raw! It's especially awesome for tethered capture

They don't have to be dramatic magazine images.. but they do have to have your signature on them. It's why I think custom backgrounds and settings will be a big seller. Keep it interesting, different and artistic.



It's simple.. a very rough/quick rundown..

- import whole catalogue in lightroom via Library tab
- go through all the keepers and highlight them eg. change colour to green (press 8)
- everything you do can be batched, adjustments, highlighting, exporting simply by holding shift or control/command
- when you've selected your images in the library tab, go to library > enable filters > by colour > choose the colour you've highlighted (green in this instance)
- now all your pictures you've liked from the shoot is in its own sub catalogue and you can go back and forth and add/subract via using the colour number again
- go to develop section and now make your edit to single pictures or batch edits and apply presets (batch edit you need to toggle auto sync at the bottom of the develop pane on the right when you select 2 or more images)
- now once you've down, select all pictures you're happy with then export them

I basically only use PS now for skin work and fine adjustments.


And on the flash, invest in a small studio setup, it couldn't cost more than $700 for a couple of small heads and 2 boxes from a reasonable brand. If you're going to do it, do it properly.

This post was edited by lithfkn on Mar 23 2013 03:45pm

raw > lightroom

i actually dont mind that the photo is soft with little shadows, the only problem i have is the focus/dof its just strange to me and i dont think it works.


also the edited one, i think its a bit too sharp.


shadows arent bad, you should always want a wide range of light to dark, if you dont know you should try to study the zone system and apply it to your photography, well you dont have to apply it if you dont want to but its a technical thing you can think about or use to improve your work.

What have you read that has told you shadows are bad... ?

And you do work with raw in Lightroom, you just export it as psd (8b/16b) / tiff (8b/16b) / jpeg. It's the same as camera raw except you can do batching, cataloging and preset work.

Tell me what you do with your raw file that you can't do in Lightroom?

I understand.. but it's a great investment. Sunlight is great! But it's not giving you what you want

This post was edited by lithfkn on Mar 26 2013 02:35pm

wow its gone dead in here
happy easter all

Must be the holiday period!

On a side note, shot another cool editorial the other day with two guys

so lets see

wonder where all the old regulars have disappeared to

maybe have no interest in photography anymore or just don't like this place ha

shot a green model today.. she was 15! but will be stunning for sure once she matures a bit!

This post was edited by lithfkn on Apr 5 2013 10:04am

so easy to tell those that will make it in the industry, they just have that certain some thing / je ne sais quoi

When can see?

also sry, im kinda busy lately ^^