Author Archives: Paul

Resilio Sync and Lightroom Classic CC

In a previous post, I detailed my method for using BitTorrent Sync to automatically transfer the Lightroom Classic catalog on my laptop back to my desktop while still on the road. A couple things have changed since the day I wrote that.

Lightroom Chaos

If you have been paying attention to photography-related social media lately, you may have heard that Adobe has made some changes to their Lightroom family of programs. Depending on who you listen to, it’s either no big thing or a sign of the apocalypse. I’m here to tell you that it’s neither unless you use […]

Keep Your Eyes Open For This

I posted a new tutorial about using Lightroom with BitTorrent on my main photography site. I have since heard from the folks at BitTorrent telling me they really enjoyed it and will be featuring it on the BitTorrent blog in January. Keep your eyes open for it.

Using Lightroom with Cloud Storage

Imagine you’re a photographer. Okay, that was probably the easy part. Let’s say you’re going on a long vacation and bringing your trusty DSLR, a couple of your favorite lenses, and a pocket full of memory cards. Two things are relatively certain. One is that you are not going to stop to edit your photos […]

Lightroom 5: First Impressions

If you are still using version 3, it’s past time to upgrade if you can.

Program or Manual Mode?

There is a bias among some photographers that one progresses from full automatic as a beginner, through the program modes like aperture priority, until one reaches the level of a Jedi Photography Master who shoots in manual mode all the time.

Being confident with your ability as a photographer doesn’t just mean that you know how to use manual mode, but you also know when not to use it.

Galen Rowell said:

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I’ve ever done. It’s a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light.

Exposure: The Meat and Potatoes

So you’ve got a new camera! Or… you got a used one. Or… you pulled the old one out of the closet. Or… A friend gave you theirs because they can’t figure the damn thing out, which is not filling you with a lot of confidence but you’re willing to give it the old college […]

The Duchess’s French Holiday

This episode does prove a point. Tabloid photographers deserve to have the word “photographer” stripped from their title.