Tips for Optimizing your Photography and Workflow
In my latest presentation as part of the GreyLearning Webinar Series, I shared my top tips for helping ensure you don’t end up with missing photos and folders, a chaotic organizational structure, and other challenges that can make it difficult (or impossible) to find the photos you need in Adobe Lightroom Classic.
You can view a recording of the full presentation on “Avoiding a Mess in Lightroom Classic” on my Tim Grey TV channel on YouTube here:
On July 2nd I will host another live online session of “GreyLearning Office Hours”. This session will be available exclusively to GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle subscribers and GreyLearning Premium Access Members. During the live online sessions, participants will be able to submit their questions on any topic related to photography, and I will answer as many of those questions as possible.
This will provide an opportunity not only to get your own questions answers, but also to learn from the questions posed by other photographers.
We have sent an email out to current subscribers with information on how to register for the live session. If you are a current subscriber and did not receive the details via email, please send an email to renee@timgrey.com for assistance.
On June 11th I will host the first live online session of “GreyLearning Office Hours”. These sessions will be available exclusively to GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle subscribers and GreyLearning Premium Access Members. During the live online sessions, participants will be able to submit their questions on any topic related to photography, and I will answer as many of those questions as possible.
This will provide an opportunity not only to get your own questions answers, but also to learn from the questions posed by other photographers.
We have sent an email out to current subscribers with information on how to register for the live session. If you are a current subscriber and did not receive the details via email, please send an email to renee@timgrey.com for assistance.
In June photographers can once again join me in my “virtual classroom” as I offer two online workshops. The workshop topics will be:
Smartphone Apps for Photographers
and:
You can learn more about the individual online workshops with the links above. If you’re interested in joining me for both of these online workshops, you can save by signing up for the bundle of both workshops here:
https://www.greylearning.com/bundles/online-workshops-june-2020
Photographers generally enjoy sharing their photos with others, and of course you want to share your photos in the best light possible. In my latest presentation as part of the GreyLearning Webinar Series, I shared my “Top Tips for Optimal Photo Sharing”.
You can view a recording of the full webinar presentation on my Tim Grey TV channel on YouTube here:
We all want to make sure our photos are–in most cases–as sharp as possible, and in my latest online presentation as part of the GreyLearning Webinar Series I shared my “Top Tips for Sharper Photos”.
You can view a recording of the full presentation on my Tim Grey TV channel on YouTube here:
As photographers, we’re always trying to improve our craft, and that means learning from our photographic mistakes. In my recent presentation as part of the GreyLearning Webinar Series, I fessed up to the common photography mistakes I still make from time to time.
You can view a recording of the full webinar presentation on “Common Mistakes in Photography” on my Tim Grey TV channel on YouTube here:
During the month of April I’ll be teaching two online workshops focused on Adobe Lightroom Classic.
These workshops will feature an online “virtual classroom”, with live sessions during which you can get your questions answered. One online workshop will focus on organizing photos in Lightroom Classic, and the other will focus on optimizing photos in Lightroom Classic.
Each of the online workshops will include four sessions of about two hours each, for a total of about sixteen hours of live learning to help you make the most of Adobe Lightroom Classic.
You can save by registering for both workshops, or choose to register for just one of the two. You can follow the link below to get information about the bundle of two workshops, but you’ll also find links to the individual online workshops at the bottom of the page if you only want to focus on one of the two subjects. To learn more you can follow this link:
https://www.greylearning.com/bundles/online-workshops-april-2020
Today marks 18 years since I sent out the first Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter, though it went by the name “Digital Darkroom Questions” way back then.
Since that first email, I’ve been answering questions from photographers for 18 years now, which works out to a total of 4,058 editions of the newsletter, including today’s anniversary edition.
To celebrate this milestone, we’ve added a significant bonus to my “Lightroom Cleanup One-on-One” bundle. If you order this bundle today, in addition to the great content and support that is already included, you’ll also receive a one-hour call directly with me. During that call you can share your screen so I can evaluate your workflow and help you restore order to your Lightroom Classic catalog.
You can get all the details by visiting the GreyLearning website here:
https://www.greylearning.com/bundles/cleanup-one-on-one
And thank you for being an Ask Tim Grey reader!
When I import new photos into my Lightroom Classic catalog, I assign a red color label to every single image. This key step in my workflow takes no effort at all, because I use a metadata preset to add the color label to all photos being imported. But this simple step greatly improves the effectiveness of my workflow for managing photos.
The reason for assigning a red color label to every photo I import into my Lightroom Classic catalog is very simple. I use that red color label to identify images I have not yet reviewed yet.
Every photo I import needs to be reviewed, so they all get a red color label. Once I have reviewed a batch of photos, I remove the red color label, leaving behind star ratings to define my favorite photos.
With this workflow, I always know which photos I haven’t yet had a chance to review. This happens quite often when I’m traveling, with long days and lots of photography, so the red color labels help make sure I don’t miss out on reviewing photos from one of my trips.
You can learn more about the workflow I use to manage my photos in Adobe Lightroom Classic, including the use of red color labels as a key part of my workflow, in my “Real-World Organizational Workflow” course that you can find on the GreyLearning website here: