Edit in Lightroom. No presets, just elbow grease {video tut}

July 19, 2010 Posted in Before & Afters, Lightroom, Video Tutorials

You know I love my presets & actions but sometimes, it’s just good to put your head down and apply some good old fashioned elbow grease. Photo editing programs are absolutely packed with everything you need to do whatever you want with your photos without any add ons. So here is a shot I edited in Lightroom using the tools available within the program.

And here’s the video tut where you can watch me edit the photo from scratch and figure it out as I go. I hadn’t played with the photo at all before hitting record:

Lightroom Edit from Scratch from ehphotograph on Vimeo.

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  • Mark Jones (Docj0nes)

    Hi,

    It seems this tut has no audio.

    Great final result though. Thanks for your continued inspiration!

    MJ

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathanielalbrecht/ Nate A.

    No audio, is it supposed 2 b that way

  • Sarah K

    Oh good, I’m glad it’s not me! Thought my evil computer was having new problems!

  • louise

    Oh my what a breath taking little girl – you must be so proud. Great editing to.

  • http://www.lisasphotohobby.com Lisa

    I love the way the after shot looks. And your little girl is soooo sweet. I know you cherish every moment with her.

  • elizabethhalford

    oh dear no sound! I was on my new imac I guess I didn’t turn the mic on!

  • Atanjeo

    Thank you. Is ther any chance that we see something similar with tone? This tutorial looks great.

  • Marisa

    Elizabeth, would you consider doing another post that talks about the adjustments you did? I LOVE the before/after and would love to learn about your process…

  • http://peggyklinephotography.weebly.com Peggy

    i love the b&a also. would love to hear the step. and see if i can reach something similar in PSE8. thanks for all you great work.

  • leila

    Wow this looks like a GREAT tutorial. A straight edit in Lightroom from beginning to end but without the audio I think I’m missing all the learning. Anyway you might do another similar tutorial?

  • elizabethhalford

    Yes I know, no sound it was my first time using my iMac! :) But you can see everything I’m doing. The sound is mostly me rambling! But I will record another one this week.

  • elizabethhalford

    Hello everyone! I’ve done a new video with sound! http://vimeo.com/16135366

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