I am always inspired by people who find a way to make their passion for photography and Lightroom work in the every day world. Laura Thomas, who runs a great site called Pretty Presets, has done just that. She, along with several contributors, offer a lot to the Lightroom community. Don’t be fooled by the name of Continue Reading »

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 Continue Reading »

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 Continue Reading »

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 Continue Reading »

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 Continue Reading »

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 Continue Reading »

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 Continue Reading »