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If you have been using Lightroom and involved with the Lightroom community for any length of time then one of the names that is sure to be familiar to you is George Jardine. George was involved with Lightroom from its beginning and was a Lightroom Evangelist at Adobe until he left in 2008 to explore new creative ventures.
George Jardine started as a professional photographer. His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Better Homes and Gardens, Interior Design magazine, and many other national publications. George first joined Adobe Systems in 1993, and in 2003, he began work on the Lightroom project. George currently teaches workshops, consults for digital photographers, and is a freelance video producer.
If you are looking for a great set of tutorials to get you up and running in Lightroom look no further than George’s new Lightroom 3 tutorials. These 15 tutorials focus on catalog management and workflow.
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Anita’s name may not be familiar to you but I bet that she’s helped you more than once! Whether you are new to Lightroom or have been using it for some time chances are you’ve seen Anita’s handiwork! Every time you invoke the Help feature in Lightroom — there’s Anita!
Anita is one of the driving forces behind Lightroom’s Community Help. She is always gathering input from the community, tweaking articles to make them clearer, updating links, clearing out old help items, and on and on and on.
I asked Anita to tell us a little about herself and here’s what she had to say…
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Lightroom has many many features but there are still things it cannot do out of the box. Luckily, Adobe anticipated this and provided an SDK (Software Developer Kit) to allow third party developers to create plugins that can enhance Lightroom’s feature set. If you’ve ever come across the need for a third party plugin then changes are you already know Jeffrey Friedl.
Jeffrey is on a very very short list of people whose names come to mind when you say Lightroom Plugin. He is one of the most prolific plugin developers for Lightroom. An excellent photographer in his own right, Jeffrey develops Lightroom plugins as a hobby! And the Lightroom community is certainly grateful for it!
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There are many sources of information about Lightroom out there on the web. Official sites from Adobe, sites dedicated to Lightroom (such as this one), sites where Lightroom is one of many areas covered, and numerous forums where Lightroom users can gather. But there is only one place that Lightroom enthusiasts can truly call home – Lightroom Forums.
This is the friendliest and most helpful group of Lightroom users to be found anywhere. Educational discussions, a free exchange of information, an atmosphere where new members can feel comfortable to ask any question. No snarkyness here! If you click on our forum link above you will see that you are introduced to Lightroom Forums! No sense reinventing the wheel! Read the rest of this story »
It isn’t often that one gets to interact with royalty. Lightroom or otherwise. Victoria Bampton a.k.a. The Lightroom Queen is one of the go to people in the Lightroom Community.
You can find Victoria roaming around over at Lightroom Forums where she is the #1 contributor (well over 6,000 posts at this writing). She is always ready to help fellow Lightroomers in distress with thoughtful and in-depth answers. Over at her site, The Lightroom Queen, you can read Victoria’s blog and download some excellent shortcut references for Lightroom. I keep this list on my desktop for frequent reference!
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Welcome to a new feature at Lightroom Secrets called Spotlight. My intent is to introduce you to members of the Lightroom community who help us all get the most out of Lightroom. Photographers. Developers. Authors. I’ll put them in the Spotlight so you can learn more about them and what they are up to!
Mark Wilson is a professional full-time Photographer. He spent some time in Massachusetts and is now back living and working in the U.K. His love for wildlife (birds in particular) and the outdoors is expressed masterfully through his photography. You can see some of his work at his website Rusticulos Images.
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