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Lightroom Technique: How I Organize My Catalog and Why (2012 Edition)

Eric — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:07:28 +0000

Many of you have asked if my Lightroom organizational technique has evolved since my 2009 article. It has. In this article, I describe some of my latest thinking on Lightroom organization.

As with past versions of this article, I share my current practices here not because I want to preach that this is [...]

Where I’ve Been – Introducing Adobe Carousel

Eric — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:10:57 +0000

So, yes, it’s been a while since I’ve posted here on this blog. Those of you who follow me on Twitter or Facebook have probably noticed that I’ve been a bit quieter than usual lately.

Here’s what’s up: A little more than a year ago (just after [...]

Northern Gardener Cover Article

Eric — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:24:19 +0000

Forgive me for a moment of shameless self-promotion:

My mom and I have collaborated on several articles for Northern Gardener magazine over the past few years. (She writes, I photograph.) This month’s issue features our latest collaboration, on holiday decorating, on the cover. If you’re in or near [...]

Lightroom 2 Technique: How I Organize My Catalog and Why (2009 Edition)

Eric — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:23:25 +0000

Update (March 5, 2012): Lots of people have asked if my workflow has changed since 2009. It has.

I’ve changed my Lightroom workflow fairly radically this summer. In this article, I talk about some of the motivations for making this change, how I made the new choices I’ve made, some of the [...]

How Thomas Hawk Might Influence My Lightroom Workflow

Eric — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:20:38 +0000

Update (September 2009): After much consideration and much writing, I’ve developed a new workflow that I’m quite happy with. Thomas’ workflow and some of the thoughts below were very influential. Please see my new article, “How I Organize My Catalog and Why (2009 Edition).”

A few days ago, a friend sent me a [...]

Worth Reading: Jeffrey Freidl – Overexposure, Underexposure, and the Compensation Thereof

Eric — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:43 +0000

If you’ve ever wondered how your camera will respond to extreme light conditions (or, more importantly, extreme contrast in a scene), this article is a must read:

Overexposure, Underexposure, and the Compensation Thereof (from Jeffrey Friedl’s blog)

Be sure to take the time to click through the “normalized to the base exposure” and “jpeg [...]

Lightroom 2 Technique: Staying Organized with Controlled Vocabulary

Eric — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:41:14 +0000

Do too many keywords in your Lightroom catalog have you spinning round and round?

Here are a couple of simple tricks I use to keep me organized with over 10,000 keywords in my catalog.

Organize Your Keywords with Category Headers

I’m a big fan of David Rieck’s Controlled Vocabulary Keyword Catalog. It’s a [...]

Lightroom 2.2 Is Out!

Eric — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:15:00 +0000

Lightroom 2.2 was released a couple of hours ago. Tom’s announcement covers all the gory details, but a couple of highlights are worth mentioning:

Canon 5D Mark II support (ooh, ahh … I want one! ) Canon PowerShot G10 support Camera Raw profiles added Bunch o’ bugs fixed

Lightroom Technique: How I Organize My Catalog and Why

Eric — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:50:25 +0000

Update (September 2009): I’ve changed my workflow fairly significantly from what is described here. Please see my new article, “How I Organize My Catalog and Why (2009 Edition).”

In this article, I talk about the way I use Lightroom’s folders panel to organize my photos on disk. I talk about how I made [...]

A Day at the Zoo

Eric — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:20:08 +0000

While back in Anchorage yesterday, we took a little time to go visit the Alaska Zoo. This was mostly for fun, but we did manage to capture a few interesting images along the way. I experimented a bit with split-tone processing in Lightroom with these two images. I’d love to hear what you think [...]