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Session Wrap-Up {behind the scenes of on-location education session}

February 2, 2012 Posted in Before & Afters, Family, Kids, Teens, Lightroom, Pull Backs, Session Wrap-Ups

I’ve never blogged an on-location education session because I only just now got the bright idea that my assistant should be doubled up as a behind-the-scenes photographer. Duh! So this is my session last week where I spent about 6 hours shooting & editing with my student, Janie. I arranged two wonderful little models for...

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Louise - February 2, 2012 - 9:21 am

Love This – Would Love to see more of them – I’m a sucker for B and A’s x

Laura Kockelkorn - February 2, 2012 - 11:09 am

Thanks for sharing so much of your talent with others! The ‘fav’ you did in B&W.. that just seemed brilliant to me. I’m lazy in cropping and rarely do it. I would rather get it right in camera but when I saw how the little tilt crop you did changed the entire picture and took it from AWESOME to BREATH TAKING, well now you have me wanting to experiment more doing that myself. I have never used a reflector but I might have to try it out after hearing how much everyone is liking them. Is there a certain one you would recommend? I do shoots like yours.. mostly outside in natural light with children.

bobbie - February 2, 2012 - 12:57 pm

love the photos and how you shared the pullbacks and before and after..what do you do to remove the redness in the cheeks and make the skin so white?

Kim Cook - February 2, 2012 - 1:34 pm

Hi Elizabeth! Can I ask why you shoot in AV mode? I have problems getting kids in focus all of the time when I shoot in M. I know that can be due to the fact that kids just move so much more but is AV a better mode then particularly for kids? Also, do you toggle your focus points or do you simply focus and recompose? Thanks so much for all you do!

Lorie - February 2, 2012 - 2:18 pm

Thank you for this. Seeing the behind the scenes is more helpful than you know to a newbie like me. Now I can visualize how/where to put my reflector. Thank you for sharing. :)

Abovethevalley8 - February 2, 2012 - 4:56 pm

Thanks so much for this!

Maggie - February 2, 2012 - 6:16 pm

This was an awesome post. I love the pullbacks and explanations. Lovely finished images too!

DaniGirl - February 2, 2012 - 6:28 pm

This one one of my favourite of your posts so far — loved the images and the great pull-backs. Thank you!

Anonymous - February 3, 2012 - 1:52 pm

I’ve been reading your blog for what seems like forever! and this has to be the most useful and biggest smile producing post EVER! loveth!

Rayleigh Leavitt - February 3, 2012 - 7:19 pm

I love seeing the pull backs

stephen - February 3, 2012 - 10:33 pm

Thanks for all the inside info, you do great work.

10 Lightroom shortcuts & clickables you don’t know about

July 25, 2011 Posted in Lightroom

Although it looks simplistic at first glance, Lightroom is such a powerfully deep editing program. There are layers upon layers of powerful options and almost endless editing capabilities. There are even plug-ins out there (like this one) for editing with layers in Lightroom just like you do in Photoshop. You can get the most out...

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Exposure vs. Brightness vs. Fill Light

July 19, 2011 Posted in Lightroom, Photoshop & Elements

Click here to read my recent post on dPS about the difference between exposure, brightness and fill light. Pin It

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Editing skin in Lightroom {blemishes, color correction and retouching}

July 14, 2011 Posted in Lightroom

What a great topic from Sandra in my Facebook discussion forum today! She was asking about how other photographers use Lightroom to edit their subject’s skin. This is a tutorial that shows how I use the adjustment brush and blemish tool to edit skin in Lightroom. But what Sandra was asking about specifically was skin...

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Are you disappointed with presets & actions you’ve downloaded?

February 7, 2011 Posted in Lightroom, Photoshop & Elements, Textures, Actions & Presets

I’ve gotten emails before about people wondering why Lightroom/ACR presets or Photoshop actions aren’t ‘working’ for their photos the way they anticipated. They have seen photos on my website, from friends or the example images shown when purchasing and can’t understand why they’re not getting the same results. There are a few really basic things...

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Jeannette Herron - February 7, 2011 - 1:29 pm

So true, love me some actions!!

Johannah - February 7, 2011 - 5:47 pm

Thank you so much Elizabeth for helping me =) And the blog is very helpful =) Thanks again =)

charlotte wilson - February 26, 2011 - 8:18 pm

Elizabeth,

You are right on about the actions and presets being a tool that you have to really practice, practice and experiment. When I first looked at the Flora Bella before and after photos using her textures, I thought that I had it made; all I would have to do is lay on this texture and it would look great. Not true. It is good to have some tutorials and there are a lot of generous souls out there, like you, who offer help and support.
thanks!

Yolanda Frost - September 9, 2011 - 8:08 pm

Hi Elizabeth
I just discovered your amazing blog today, so please forgive me if there is a better place for me to post this question. I am starting out on my exciting journey of being a professional photographer and all the help in this blog has been so inspirational.
At the moment my biggest pain is my monitor/editing setup. I can feel my eyes are getting so tired as I am doing the editing on my 15inch laptop. Can you perhaps discuss this, and your workflow in some detail. I find I spend about 8 hours on 20 images! Way too long I know. My monitor is currently calibrated, but the light where I work is just so terrible. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards
Yolanda Frost

Anonymous - September 15, 2011 - 10:32 am

Hi Yolanda! I’m sure my readers will have wonderful advice for you please post this question in my discussions tab on my facebook page –> facebook.com/ehphoto everyone there is super helpful.

I started my business on a 10″ macbook and know what you mean. I currently edit on a 24″ screen which is infinitely better for my eyes but if you don’t have that option, try not editing last thing at night, wearing glasses if you need them and not editing in the pitch black if it presents a problem for you. As for quickening your workflow, I found that using Lightroom did the trick but also learning not to be overly picky about every single image and being brutal about whittling it down to the best of the best to focus on in my editing workflow. But again…post these topics in my discussions panel and you’ll get other points of view on your topics.

How to create your own LR presets

October 27, 2010 Posted in Lightroom, Textures, Actions & Presets

Creating presets for Lightroom is so easy! If you have a particular set of changes you like to make on most photos (adjust the curve for contrast, bump up the saturation/vibrance, ets) or you want to create a specialty preset (vintage, dark and moody or the perfect B&W) this is all you have to do...

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How to use LR Web Galleries for client proofing

October 20, 2010 Posted in Lightroom, Video Tutorials

Ever wondered how to get those awesome flash galleries from Lightroom to actually have a URL (exe: elizabethhalford.com/yourlastname)? This is a great way to do client proofing and it’s one of the lessons in my shop! {Click here} for the Lightroom shop and see the bottom video. It’s 10 minutes long. No nonsense. Plain English....

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How to Make a B&W From Scratch {Lightroom}

October 10, 2010 Posted in Lightroom

So this week, I’ve posted about making a B&W from scratch in Photoshop Elements, Photoshop and now let’s look at Lightroom. LR is my favourite way to make a B&W from scratch. In the develop module, click B&W here: LOL that’s pretty much it! Play with the sliders to adjust the colours which are, in...

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