Additional Session for Palouse Photo Workshop

I’m happy to announce that we are adding a third session for my Palouse Photo Workshop in 2024, since we have already sold out the two sessions that had already been scheduled. The additional workshop session will be held June 24-28, 2024.

The Palouse is a photographer’s paradise, featuring beautiful rolling hills planted with wheat, canola, and other crops; weathered old barns; and so much more.

This all-inclusive workshop features five full days of photography. All you need to do is get yourself to Pullman, Washington, and we’ll take care of everything else during the workshop. That includes your own hotel room, meals, transportation to our photo locations, and my expert instruction helping you capture beautiful photographs in this incredible area that I’ve been visiting for more than a decade.

You can review all the details of my Palouse Photo Workshops for 2024 here:

https://www.timgreyphoto.com/tim-grey-workshops-palouse-2024

Presenting at Photoshop Virtual Summit 5

I’m pleased to announce that I will be presenting at the upcoming Photoshop Virtual Summit 5, which will run from October 30th to November 3rd, and you can attend this online event for free!

The Photoshop Virtual Summit 5 will feature 40 classes from 20 instructors, including myself. My presentation topics for this event will be “Mastering Noise Reduction” and “Complex Layer Masks”.

You can sign up for a free pass for the Photoshop Virtual Summit 5, and learn about the benefits of upgrading to a VIP Pass, by following this link:

https://timgrey.me/pvs5

Online Workshop: “Optimizing Photos in Lightroom Classic”

In October I’ll be teaching an online workshop focused on helping you optimize your photos to perfection in Lightroom Classic, with the opportunity to get your questions answered directly from me both during the live online class sessions and via follow-up email.

The workshop will include six live online sessions of about two hours each, running from October 16th through the 27th. All sessions will be recorded so they can be reviewed at any time and even downloaded for offline review.

If you’d like to learn to master the craft of optimizing your photos in Lightroom Classic, you can register to join me for this online workshop here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/online-workshop-optimizing-photos-in-lightroom-classic-october-2023

Pixology Magazine August 2023

The August 2023 issue of Pixology magazine is now available, featuring the following articles:

  • Mobile Photo Download: Learn how you can download your photos to an iPhone or iPad without using a Computer.
  • Rename with Ease: Learn to define a template for batch renaming photos in Lightroom Classic.
  • Save Commands in Photoshop: Avoid confusion about the various commands for saving images in Photoshop.
  • Red Eye Correction: Quickly and easily fix red eye with Lightroom Classic or Camera Raw.
  • Photo Story: Shadow as Subject: When a location didn’t seem to provide much inspiration, shadows provided a subject.

Pixology magazine is included in the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle, and is also available as a standalone subscription here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/pixology-magazine

Online Workshop: “Cleaning Up Your Mess in Lightroom Classic”

In October I’ll be teaching an online workshop focused on “Cleaning Up Your Mess in Lightroom Classic”.

This online workshop will be focused on helping you streamline your Lightroom Classic catalog and workflow. You’ll learn how to reconnect missing photos and folders, merge multiple catalogs into one, clean up a cluttered folder structure, and much more. Along the way you’ll have direct access to me so you can get answers to your questions, both during the live online workshop sessions and via follow-up email.

Get all the details, and register to join me, here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/online-workshop-cleaning-up-your-mess-in-lightroom-classic-october-2023

Palouse Photo Workshops in 2024

I am happy to announce that I will be leading two photography workshops in the remarkable Palouse region of eastern Washington State in 2024.

The Palouse is a photographer’s paradise, featuring beautiful rolling hills planted with wheat, canola, and other crops; weathered old barns; and so much more.

The two workshop sessions will be offered during these dates:

Session 1: June 10-14, 2024 (arrive on the 9th, depart on the 15th)
Session 2: June 17-21, 2024 (arrive on the 16th, depart on the 22nd)

Each all-inclusive workshop features five full days of photography. All you need to do is get yourself to Pullman, Washington, and we’ll take care of everything else during the workshop. That includes your own hotel room, meals, transportation to our photo locations, and my expert instruction helping you capture beautiful photographs in this incredible area that I’ve been visiting for more than a decade.

You can review all the details of my Palouse Photo Workshops for 2024 here:

https://www.timgreyphoto.com/tim-grey-workshops-palouse-2024

 

Pixology Magazine July 2023

The July 2023 issue of Pixology magazine is now available, featuring the following articles:

  • AI Generative Fill: Get the details about a new beta feature of Photoshop you can use to generate image contents based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
  • Top Tips for Reviewing Photos: Review ten tips for reviewing photos to identify favorites versus outtakes.
  • Soft Proofing in Photoshop: Learn how to simulate the appearance of a printed photo on your monitor display using Photoshop.
  • Assembling a Panorama: Find out how easy it can be to assemble a composite panorama in Lightroom Classic or Camera Raw.
  • Photo Story: Bow Wave: Get the story behind the capture of a photo of a challenging subject that was constantly changing

Pixology magazine is included in the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle, and is also available as a standalone subscription here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/pixology-magazine

GreyLearning Ultimate Event: The Power of PhotoPills

Registration is now open for my next live online GreyLearning Ultimate Events, focused on “The Power of PhotoPills”. The live online event will be on Wednesday, June 21st, from 1pm to 5pm Eastern Time.

The PhotoPills app for iOS and Android mobile devices provides photographers with a variety of powerful planning tools. With this app you can calculate equivalent exposure settings, such as when adding a solid neutral density filter. You can calculate depth of field with precision, including being able to take into account the effect of hyperfocal distance. You can plan for the specific position of the sun and moon, both for planning for light and for including the sun or moon in the frame with a key subject. And there is so much more to explore in PhotoPills beyond these powerful features!

All GreyLearning Ultimate Events are included at no additional cost in my GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle (http://timgrey.me/atg99bundle). Recordings of all presentations will also available, so you can watch even if you can’t attend live, or review the presentations at any time.

If you’re not a GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle subscriber, that’s OK! Non-subscribers can attend the live online event and access recordings of all presentations for just $20.

You can get all the details of this upcoming live online event here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/greylearning-ultimate-event-the-power-of-photopills-june-2023

I look forward to helping photographers make the most of the remarkable PhotoPills app with this upcoming GreyLearning Ultimate Event!

Pixology Magazine June 2023

The June 2023 issue of Pixology magazine is now available, featuring the following articles:

  • Gradient Map Creativity: Learn how you can use a Gradient Map adjustment in Photoshop for creative effects such as black and white, duotone, split toning, and more.
  • Top Ten Keywording Tips: Get tips on making the most of keywords to help you find photos fast and get reminded of the contents of an image.
  • AI Noise Reduction: Discover the new feature of Camera Raw (for Photoshop) and Lightroom Classic that leverages artificial intelligence for noise reduction.
  • Extending the Frame: Learn techniques for extending the frame of a photo in Photoshop, such as when a subject is too close to the edge of the frame.
  • Photo Story: Shadows and Stairs: Get the story behind a somewhat abstract photo captured in a “hidden” corner of Rome, Italy, not too far from some of the most popular attractions.

Pixology magazine is included in the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle, and is also available as a standalone subscription here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/pixology-magazine

Meaning of Thumbnail Badge Icons in Lightroom Classic

In Lightroom Classic you may have noticed that some photos display one or more tiny icons at the bottom-right corner of the thumbnail. These “badges” can be displayed on thumbnails in the grid view display or on the filmstrip on the bottom panel. The options for hiding or revealing these badges can be found on the menu under View > View Options for the grid view display, or on the Interface tab of the Preferences dialog for the filmstrip.

But what do these badge icons actually mean?

There are six of these badge icons, and the meaning for each is as follows:

The enhance badge indicates that the image has been processed with one of the Enhance features in Lightroom Classic, which includes Denoise, Raw Details, and Super Resolution.

The keyword tag badge indicates that one or more keywords have been added to the metadata for a photo. If you are in any module other than the Library module you can click on this badge for an image on the filmstrip to be taken directly to the Library module.

The map pushpin icon indicates that GPS coordinates are included in metadata for a photo. This could be because you used a camera with a built-in GPS receiver to capture the photo, or that GPS coordinates were added to a photo later such as by dragging the photo onto the map in the Map module. Clicking on this map pushpin badge will take you to the Map module showing the location on the map where the photo was captured.

The collections badge indicates that an image is included in one or more collections. You can click on this badge to see a popup showing the collection(s) the image has been added to, and you can click a name of a collection on that popup list to navigate directly to that collection.

The crop badge indicates that the image has been cropped in the Develop module. Clicking on this badge will take you to the Develop module with the crop tool view enabled.

The adjustment badge indicates that any adjustments have been applied in the Develop module. In other words, at least some adjustment settings have been changed from their default values.

The embedded preview badge indicates that you are only seeing the embedded preview from the source image, not a standard or 1:1 preview. I always recommend building at least the standard previews when importing photos into Lightroom Classic, in which case you would not see this badge. Note, by the way, that unlike the other badges listed above, the embedded preview badge will appear at the top-left rather than the bottom-right of the image thumbnails.

Keep in mind that these badges will only appear on photos that meet the criteria for each badge. Some photos might not have any badges associated with them at all, some might have one or two badges, and some photos could show all six of the badge options.

Note: This article has been updated from the original post to add the new badge associated with the Enhance features in Lightroom Classic.