Many digital cameras have a feature known as Auto-Bracketing. This allows you to set the camera to take multiple exposures with a single press of the shutter release. By choosing a certain over and under exposure range you can increase your chances of nailing that perfect shot. If you are shooting for HDR, setting your Continue Reading »

As you know I’m a really big proponent of keywords and using them on all your images. Even if you only apply a single keyword it is still easier to locate that file later than if no keyword was applied. But Lightroom has room for more than just keywords. If you haven’t spent much time Continue Reading »

Keywords in Lightroom are at the very foundation of organizing your images. If you ever want to find those images again you had better add some keywords now!

Of course, as your collection of images grows, so does your list of keywords. In a previous article I talked about using hierarchies in your keyword list. This helps bring order to your collection and unclutter you list so you can find things. To further help you organize and unclutter, Lightroom supports synonyms. Let’s take a look at this powerful feature.

One of the most powerful and useful features of Lightroom is its keyword capability. Not only can you create a useful set of keywords but Lightroom allows you to put those keywords into a hierarchical structure. This adds a further level of organization to your keywords. Instead of scrolling through an ever growing list of keywords, you can categorize them in a collapsible structure.