Today I’m doing a Webinar about the secrets many photographers don’t want to share with you, and it’s part of our kick off for our “Photographers Fast Track” at KelbyOne (which is already a huge hit with our members), so we’re the Webinar live again today free and you’re invited. (1 PM ET today).

The fast track we’ll talk about at the end of the webinar is designed for anyone who is tired of just making small incremental improvements in their photography (watch the short trailer below). It’s today at 1:00 PM ET – it’s free, so please share this with anyone you think should be there (plus I have a free goodie for anyone who watches – you’ll dig it). Go sign up now at: https://bit.ly/3MyYgf7

PLUS: Today, our Cyber Monday deal of the year kicks in on a KelbyOne Pro Membership bundle that is out of the world – the best we’ve ever offered. You can get all the details (and a list of the amazing goodies that come with our bundle deal) at kelbyone.com (this makes a perfect gift for the photographer on your holiday gift list, too!).

Again, here’s the link for our best deal of the year at kelbyone.com

A big welcome to everybody who will be joining us today (or has joined since last week). More people join during Black Friday/Cyber Monday than any other time, and I’m looking forward to seeing you all online. Have a great Cyber Monday, ya’ll.

-Scott

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This is the best Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal we’ve ever put together on a KelbyOne Pro Membership – it’s an incredible bundle of educational courses and goodies, and this is the best time ever to join, with full access to nearly 1,000 online full-length online courses to stream on-demand 24/7, including the most comprehensive Lightroom training courses anywhere!

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Today, in the US, is Thanksgiving Day, a day where we take the day off from work, surround ourselves with friends and family, eat ridiculous amounts of food, and watch football non-stop, only stopping long enough for another slice of pie. It’s just about a perfect day.

I know what a blessed and charmed life I’ve led – I’m so aware of it and genuinely thankful for it every day. I’m also thankful I have this blog to put my feelings down on paper (well, in words, anyway), and today, I’m grateful I get to share 100 things I’m thankful for with you.

I’m thankful….

1. That Alabama is still in the hunt for the College Football Playoffs (#RollTide!)

2. for the new Mastering feature in Logic Pro X (thank you, Apple!)

3. I found something that goes great with the yellow-capped EZ Cheese (the new Ritz Toasted Pita Oven-baked Crackers). A match made in heaven.

4. that we put up our Christmas tree a little too early (it’s already been up for a few days), and that we keep it up longer than we probably should.

5. for SNL re-runs (especially the ones we can stream from the night before on Sunday).

6. my wife’s amazing new “Lasagna Bowl” recipe, which is just insane! Top 5 dish!

7. that my son or daughter-in-law will just pop over at any given time for a visit. It makes my day.

8. for recliner chairs (what my son calls “a pappy chair,” and yes, he was one, too!

9. that Terry White is a dear friend. He is one of the greatest people I’ve ever known.

10. for Black Friday sales on plug-ins for my music studio. I wait all year for these deals.

11. we got to take a family vacation this summer with the whole family. It was just a blast!

12. for my wife’s warm smile and that I get to see it so often.

13. that Apple finally switched to USB-C ports on their phones (even though I still have a 14).

14. for the new Sola Keto Certified bagels. Way better than their old ones, and super low carb, for days that are not Thanksgiving.

15. for Ted Lasso. The whole series. Just wonderful.

16. for Rick Sammon. The whole guy. Just wonderful.

17. the non-stops laughs we have when we have a family dinner around the table (and how much my wife loves having us all together. If any of us accidentally eats a vegetable, it’s her best day ever!).

18. anytime we go to the movies. Even if the movie isn’t that great, I still love the whole experience.

19. for really good air conditioning. It what makes living in Florida work.

20. Taylor Swift. I saw her concert movie with my daughter-in-law (who is a total Swiftie), and I left being a Swiftie, too. She is pretty incredible.

21. that we always watch, “Love Actually” and “The Holiday” every year during the holidays. They always put me in the Christmas spirit (despite the many times I have tears in my eyes).

22. for the times I get Vondel instead of Ashika Island when I’m playing Warzone at night with the guys.

23. they opened a Mandola’s Italian Kitchen not far from our house. Their chicken Piccata sautéed in a lemon butter white wine sauce is Bella Bella!

24. for all the times Dobson assists me on a photo shoot in the studio or on location.

25. for when my sweet wifey and I just chill on the couch and watch Big Bang Theory, Raymond, and her favorite, “Naked and Afraid.”

26. for Pine River Spicy Beer Cheese spread (you can get it at Amazon). Awwww, yeah!

27. for Rod Temperton, and all the awesome funk and dance songs he wrote during his lifetime (everything from Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Rock with you, and Off The Wall [among others], to Groove Line, Boogie Nights, Always & Forever, Gimme the Night [George Benson], Baby Come To Me, and so many more. The guy was a legend!

28. for stand up comic Nate Burgatze (and the fact that my wife got us tickets to see him live).

29. that my wife keeps her Christmas Classic Spotify playlist running all day. Our house is filled with awesome Christmas music.

30. Baker Mayfield is doing a better job than all the NFL pundits claimed he would. The Bucs aren’t tearing it up, but we’re doing better than anyone expected (in a pretty bad conference), and Mayfield has earned a lot of respect from his teammates and fans. #GoBucs!

31. For grammerly. Seriously. It’s a lifesaver.

32. for our awesome dogs: Maki, Nami, and Maggie the WonderDog.

33. that my photo rig is as lightweight and easy to use as it’s ever been. It just makes everything so much easier. I mostly use one lens (my beloved Canon RF 24-240mm), which is small, light, and awesome.

34. for Brad Moore, and all the years he’s run the guest blog post feature on my scottkelby.com blog. He’s done an amazing job with it, and I’m so thankful for all his efforts. Nobody could have done it like he did.

35. that first cup in the morning (and I’m particularly thankful for CoffeeMate. I couldn’t drink coffee without it).

36. Our local Vet, Dr. Farid Saleh at Ehrlich Animal Hospital. He is just fantastic (and our doggos love him). It’s great having a vet you have such faith and confidence in.

37. For Saturday college football. I look forward to it all week.

38. For my Apple Watch and all the times it reminds me to do stuff that I would normally forget.

39. This year, I celebrated 34 years of marriage to my wonderful, sweet, awesome wife.

40. That the dating show “Love in the Wild” was way, way better than we thought it would be. Way better.

41. For Larry Becker, and all the low-carb goodies he always turns me on to. He’s always got “the goods.”

42. For all the days and nights when I hear my daughter’s car pull in the driveway, so I know she’s home safely.

43. for all the folks who share such nice comments and just “howdy’s” on my social media accounts. It means more than you know.

44. for all the cool Generative Fill stuff Adobe added to Photoshop. It has blown my mind (and saved a bunch of images that needed saving).

45. people are pretty kind when they point out my typos here on the blog or on my social media posts.

46. beautiful days sitting on the porch, in a rocking chair with my wifey, while the doggos run around the yard playing.

47. for all the wonderful places and get to do travel workshops and all the great people I get to hang out with during the workshops. I’ve made some great friends from them that have really enriched my life.

48. I get to play music every day. It lifts my spirits every time.

49. that I still get to write books, and I’m extra thankful for Ted and Scott at Rocky Nook (who publish most of my books). They are top men. Top men!

50. at how great I feel when good things happen to the people around me.

51. that an Einstein Bagel shop is opening right near our house. I love their hot dogs wrapped in a bagel. Super yummy!

52. to all my mentors whose wisdom and whip-cracked have helped me immeasurably in my life.

53. my days start with a big hug from the love of my life.

54. For online guitar teachers like Carl Brown, Tim Pierce (my hero), JustinGuitar, Eric Blackmon, Rick Beato, The “Shut up and play” guy, Steve Stine, and John MacLennan, among others. I’ve learned so many songs, and techniques, from them.

55. For a mom and dad who always made sure I knew I was loved. We’ve passed that on to our own kids and it’s one of the best gifts you can give.

56. For Dave Gales, the man who bought me my first Bible (I still have it after all these years, ragged and pretty torn up at this point, though I read the YouVersion digital version now, which is great).

57. To all our service members who sacrifice so much to keep us safe, and for their family members who sacrifice so much as well.

58. That my doggos can communicate with me very clearly (though what they generally communicate is that they want me to give them a frozen broccoli treat).

59. For Rob Foldy, and the way he pops into my text messages when I least except it.

60. For the time I went to lunch with my son to Waffle House, loved it, and lived to tell about it. Please don’t tell my wife.

61. that I have a way to tell the people I care about how much I care.

62. that I get to work with Christina Sauer and her awesome video team (including Eric, Juan, Ron, and Jason). It’s a blessing to get to work with them week in, week out. They are the best!

63. I love my weekly dinners with my crazy daughter. We laugh from the minute we walk out the door until we get back home. It’s just so much fun (she has an incredible sense of humor).

64. I love that writing these takes no time at all. I could do this all day.

65. My Fantasy Football team, which is not managed at the level it should be, is still one of the top two teams (it doesn’t hurt to have Mahomes).

66. That Delta Airlines rolled back their nearly unattainable requirements for getting Frequent Flyer status. It’s a lot harder than it used to be (a lot), but at least it’s not crazy. They rolled it back to “just kind of crazy.”

67. for Village Inn Pies, on a day like this. French Silk. Just sayin’.

68. for my wonderful daughter-in-law and how she truly is an important part of our family. I love it when she comes into the house and says, “Hello family!” It always warms my heart.

69. I love it that it’s going to be a little chilly today. It doesn’t happen often, and rarely on Thanksgiving, but it’s happening today.

70. For my buddy Paul. He’s just fun. Slightly crazy, yet fun.

71. For Instacart. We generally still go to Publix and pick up our groceries (they bring them out to your car, which is great), but it makes grocery shopping so much easier.

72. For every time I get a hug from one of the kids. Every single time.

73. for the fact that we have a day like today where we reflect on all our blessings. A grateful heart is a happy one.

74. For the fact that we live so close to Walt Disney World, and our kids love it as much as we do (or vice versa).

75. Maxx Hammond , our non-legally adopted son and that he spends the holidays with us every year. He’s my son’s best friend, my Warzone team partner, and one heck of a great kid. He’s “one of us.”

76. that the Bucs are playing the Colts this week, and might have a chance to win. It’s just a chance, but it could happen.

77. The new Frasier show. It’s better than you’d think (though the first episode is pretty lame – it gets way better). Has the same feel as the old show – I just which a few other folks from the original were there. One or two would have put it over the top.

78. For the times my sister-in-law Heidi comes and stays with us for a week or so. She’s a lot of fun, with a great sense of humor, and we love having her here.

79. for the Publix TV spot where the daughter calls her mom on FaceTime for help with a recipe she’s clearly made many, many times (and they reveal the written recipe at the end), so she really just want to spend some time with her mom under the guise of needing her help. I cry every time I see it. Dang it.

80. that my wife usually tells me what she wants for Christmas, which makes my life so much easier. I sweat getting her something special each year because she deserves the world!

81. that I get to work with so many cool people, like my dear friend Erik Kuna, who is awesome on so many levels I can’t even tell you.

82. For all the little things.

83. For the trips I get to take with my big brother Jeffrey each year. We have so much fun, so many laughs, and such a great time from start to finish.

84. For my Epiphone ES-339 red sunburst guitar. When it’s a funk song, that’s the one I reach for.

85. That I get to do workshops with Mimo Meidany. He is an absolute gem. Gem!

86. for all the family traditions that my wife fosters and we all love

87. For Joey’s pizza. Mmmmmm. Pizza.

88. For Kim, Jess, and my awesome book team. I’m so lucky to get to work with them.

89. For the smell of my wife’s incredible Chicken & Yellow Rice. You can smell it all around the house, and it is heavenly.

90. For all the folks who joined KelbyOne this year. I’m so grateful to have people put their trust in us.

91. For Victoria, and for what a great friend she is. She means a lot to us.

92. To Serge Ramelli, who is a truly great guy, great friend, and one of the most helpful people anywhere. I owe him a lot.

93. For Kizik shoes. Game-changing comfort. I wear them every day (unless I’m hiking, and you can imagine how frequent this is).

94. that my daughter still cares that I bake my special “Christmas Cookies” each year when we put up the tree (and I’m grateful she thinks Pillsbury means ‘special’).

95. For all the companies that sponsor or support the Grid. I couldn’t do it without you.

96. that I have friends like Chicky Nando. What a great friend!

97. For the sound of my wife’s voice

98. For how excited my daughter gets about the stuff she’s into, and the friends she has. She is truly enjoying life (and she would be the first to tell you so).

99. For every time I get to eat at Carmine’s on W. 44th Street in NYC. Their Chicken Scalopinni with lemon butter sauce over angel hair pasta is just insane. It’s probably stunted my growth, but that’s something I’ll willing to do.

100. for God and His Son Jesus Christ, for leading me to the woman of my dreams, for blessing us with such amazing children, for allowing me to make a living doing something I truly love, for always being there when I need Him, for blessing me with a wonderful, fulfilling, and happy life, and such a warm, loving family to share it with.

Here’s wishing you and your family a blessed, grateful Thanksgiving surrounded by the people you love (or at the very least, a highly motivated Doordash driver).

Sending lots of love.

-Scott

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Super helpful article on the blog from Adobe’s own Julieanne Kost – so much good stuff here, so if you’ve got a minute, this is highly recommended.

Here’s the link.

This Friday we’ll be kicking off deals on joining KelbyOne (our best deals of the year), and then Erik Kuna and I will be live on Monday with a Webainer on our brand new “Phototgrapher’s Fast Track.”

Hope your Thanksgiving Week is off to a great start. Have a great Monday, everybody!

-Scott

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Following up from last week … by having this big picture understanding of LrC along with solid catalog management skills you’re well positioned to leverage more of what it has to offer. I’ve mentioned the word import a few times, so let’s clarify exactly what that means and why it is important.

Understanding the Import Process

Importing photos into LrC is the process of bringing information about your photos from your memory card (or already on your computer) into the catalog for organization, editing, and management. The act of importing creates a database record for each photo you bring in, and that record is where all the work you ever do to each photo is stored. The import process can also include copying or moving photos to a new location, but that is a secondary function. To begin an import, open the Library module and click the Import button located at the bottom left corner of the screen.

Here are the key things to know about the Import dialog:

Choose a Source: Choose the desired source from which you want to import, such as a memory card or a specific folder on your computer.

Copy, Move, or Add: Across the top of the Import dialog, you need to choose what action you want to perform on your photos. The most common option is to choose Copy, which copies the photos from the source to a new destination. If the photos are already in the location you want them to reside (such as a folder on your hard drive) you can choose Add and no copying or moving of photos will occur.

Destination Folder: If choosing the Copy or Move option you next need to choose where you want LrC to put the photos being imported. You can organize your photos by date, location, or other criteria. Choose a scheme that makes sense to your brain and can scale easily into the future. Note, after import you can use LrC to move photos between folders and manage your photos, but you need to pick this starting location. If Add was selected you won’t see the Destination panel as the photos are already in their destination.

I’m going to take this opportunity to point out that it is in your best interests to only use LrC to move photos and folders around on your drive to keep the catalog up to date with these changes. If you move imported photos outside of LrC you will break the link between the catalog and the photos and create more work for yourself.

All the other options on the Import dialog are there to help speed up other aspects of your workflow, such as applying metadata or edits, but they are not required. In the beginning, refine your thinking about your organizational structure for your photos as that is super important over time. As you become more proficient, utilize the other Import dialog panels to multi-task the import process and save those settings as an import preset.

After importing, the photos will appear in the Library. From there, you can further organize, edit, and manage your photos using the various tools and features as you move through your workflow. Presets, profiles, and default settings are important tools to making your workflow more efficient, so let’s talk about what those mean.

Utilizing Presets and Profiles

While LrC can handle JPGs, PNGs, TIFs, PSDs, and even many video formats it has its roots in editing raw files. If you choose to capture photos in raw format then that image data has not been fully processed by the camera, which allows for more flexible postproduction choices down the road (such as changing white balance). When a raw photo is imported into LrC it has to apply some form of default settings to serve as a starting place for you to view, evaluate, and begin editing the photo. Out of the box, LrC has an Adobe designed default, and while there is nothing inherently wrong with that, you can customize your default settings to your liking. Creating a custom default requires selecting a develop preset that applies desired settings in the Raw Defaults section of the Presets tab of the Preferences.

People are sometimes confused about presets and profiles, so let’s clarify. Presets and profiles are both tools that allow you to apply specific adjustments and looks to your photos. However, they serve slightly different purposes and work in distinct ways:

Presets are simply a way to save a combination of adjustments (or even a single adjustment) in a file that you can apply to your photos with a click. They are essentially a collection of settings that affect various aspects of an image, such as exposure, contrast, color grading, and more. Presets are often used to achieve a consistent look across a series of images or to quickly experiment with different styles. LrC comes with a lot of presets in the Presets panel of the Develop module, but over time you can create your own custom presets or acquire presets from others.

Profiles are like the picture styles you see in your camera, such as Portrait, Landscape, Standard, etc., and influence how the colors and tones in your image are initially interpreted. They’re often used to achieve different color grades or looks, and they primarily affect the color and tonal characteristics of an image, rather than individual editing adjustments. If you shoot in raw you can change the profile during postprocessing, but if you shoot in JPG the in-camera picture style is “baked into” the final image.

A preset can contain a profile but doesn’t have to. A profile can change the color and tone of your photo without affecting any of the Develop sliders, so choosing a desired profile first and then beginning your adjustments is a good way to begin an edit.

If you want to match the look of your raw photos most closely in LrC to how they appeared in-camera, then you’ll want to choose the camera matching profile that corresponds to the one you configured in your camera. LrC comes with a variety of built-in profiles that range from basic to creative looks. You can also create or import custom profiles to achieve specific looks.

I encourage you to take a few raw photos into Develop and explore all the presets in the Presets panel and all of the profiles in the Profile Browser to see how they work independently and together. As you become more proficient, you can create your own custom presets and continue to customize your raw default settings to begin processing your raw photos from the moment they are imported.

There’s clearly a lot more to learn about LrC, but I hope that these fundamental concepts will help you move forward with confidence.

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Super helpful (and very timely) video from Terry White, which includes a segment where Terry does a live shoot and shows you how to set-up tethering into Lightroom Classic. Lots of cool stuff in this one – so worth the watch –  check it out below:

Thanks, Terry!

Have a great Monday, ya’ll (all my football teams won this weekend. #GoBucs, #RollTide!).

-Scott

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That’s a question I got this week from one of our esteemed readers here – he wanted to know was there an easy way for his to see which of images would look good in B&W. Lightroom Classic has a great way to do just that –  check it out:

STEP ONE: Go to the Library module and select all the images you want to see temporarily in Black and White.

STEP TWO: Once the images are selected (as they are here), just press the letter “v” on your keyboard, and it converts all your selected photos to black and white. Select your images, and now just mark the ones you like with a flag or a color label or a star rating so you know which wants you want to convert.

STEP THREE: Here, I marked the ones I want to convert and edit as black and white with a 5-star rating (as seen above).

STEP FOUR: Select all the images again, press “v,” and they’re all color again, but the ones you want to work on in black and white are marked as five star.

Hope you found that one helpful. Have a great weekend, everybody. #RollTide, and #GoBucs!

-Scott

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I recently met a photojournalist who was just getting started with using Lightroom Classic and I wished I had the time to convey to him the most important things everyone using Lightroom Classic should know to not only maximize their workflow, but to avoid self-inflicted injury and wasted time. So, I’m putting it here for you and perhaps he’ll see it someday too. That said, it is my hope that this will be an important refresher for people who have been using Lightroom Classic at any level.

[Note, this originally appeared in the September issue of Photoshop User magazine.]

A Workflow Tool

Fundamentally, Lightroom Classic (LrC from here on out) is a workflow tool, and image editing is just one part of the workflow. A typical digital photography workflow includes capture, image transfer, organization, file management, application of metadata, image enhancement, output (in various forms), and image retrieval. LrC can be used in all those tasks, and if you’re not using LrC in those ways then you may be missing out. It is also just as important to know what LrC cannot do, and at the top of that list I’d put image backup, which is a task we all must do outside of LrC.

LrC takes a modular approach to these tasks, which is why there are seven different modules (Library, Develop, Map, Book, Slideshow, Print, and Web) across the top of the interface. I would argue that the Import and Export dialogs could also count as modules as well due to them being just as important (if not more so) than any of the others. It is true that not every photographer will have need of every module (sorry, Web), but I do recommend becoming familiar with each and filing away its capabilities for the future.

The modules are what we see in the interface, but under the surface is a database that allows us to seamlessly move between each module, import our photos, edit them, organize them, and send the finished versions out into the world. This database is called the catalog, and within the catalog is where LrC stores everything it knows about your photos, from the camera generated EXIF metadata to where they are stored on your drive(s) to every change you make in a LrC session. Just to be clear, your actual photos are not stored within the catalog, only a reference to where each photo resides on a drive is stored in the catalog. The catalog file is arguably almost as important as your photo library as it is the repository of all the work you ever do inside of the program. It is so important LrC includes features to help you monitor, maintain, and backup your catalog file, and I can’t stress how important it is to leverage these features.

Find Your Catalog

Knowing where the catalog is located is critical and luckily very easy to do. Here’s how:

Step One: With LrC open, go to the Lightroom Classic menu (PC: Edit) and choose Catalog Settings to open the Catalog Settings dialog.

Step Two: Select the General tab and note the location and file name shown. This is where your catalog resides on your drive. The catalog has a .lrcat file extension (that’s a lowercase “L” not an uppercase “i”). Each time you open LrC it opens the catalog file and all the work you do during that session is saved to the catalog.

Step Three: Click the Show button to open a Finder (PC: Explorer) window displaying the folder containing the catalog file, then open that folder in your file browser to see its contents.

Alongside the catalog are a few other files that are key to the program’s operation. Some of these files only appear when the catalog is open in LrC to protect it (like the .lrcat-lock and .lrcat-wal files) while others contain previews of your photos (the ones with the word preview in the file name) and others that are only present if you sync your catalog to the cloud-based Lightroom. You should not have to manage those other files, but if you see more than what I’m showing here you may want to learn which, if any, you can delete. The key takeaway is knowing the location and name of your catalog file should you ever have a problem that requires restoring from a backup copy.

Backing Up Your Catalog

At the bottom of the General tab of Catalog Settings is where you can configure the frequency in which Lightroom Classic automatically creates a backup copy of your catalog. I recommend utilizing this feature even if you regularly backup your entire computer system for a few reasons:

• It is free and built into the program.
• It contains functions for checking catalog integrity and maintenance.
• Having redundancy in your backup can save your bacon.

Even though I have Apple’s Time Machine regularly backing up my entire computer I utilize LrC’s backup function too. This way should my catalog fail an integrity check during backup I can act before a problem may be visible in the program itself. If you only rely on your full system backup, you can be unaware of problems in your catalog until it is too late only to discover all your recent system backup copies contain the same problem. The only downside is that we have to remember to periodically delete the oldest backup copies to preserve disk space.

Once you configure your desired backup frequency (I chose Every time Lightroom exits) all you need to do is quit LrC, and when it is time to backup you will be prompted to complete the process.

This prompt is the only place you can customize where the backup copy of the catalog is stored. I have mine saved to a folder within my Dropbox account so that it is automatically copied to the cloud (and off the same drive as the working catalog) but choose a location that works for your system. Additionally, this dialog is where you can also choose to run the integrity and optimization functions, which I do every time. There may be occasions where I am in a hurry or maybe I already had a very recent backup, in which case I’ll click Skip this time, but I like getting prompted on each exit, so I have the choice.

Tune back in next week for a wrap up with a few more tips!

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When I did that post last week asking, “What would Adobe need to add to Lr ‘Cloud’ for you to switch from Lr Classic?” (link) beside the folks who said something along the lines of “There is nothing they could ever do to make me change!” comments, there was quite a bit of confusion around the new local storage feature that just got added to the ‘cloud’ version.

In short, it allows you to look at images and edit them in Lightroom ‘cloud’ without ever having to import them or upload them to the cloud. That’s a totally new concept for ‘cloud’, which always made you import them before you could work on them. They synced to the cloud as soon as you connected to the internet. So, this local storage feature operates kind of like Adobe’s Bridge application (if you’re familiar with it. If not, just forget I mentioned it).

A lot of folks either (a) didn’t realize this feature was even available, (b) if they did hear something about it, they didn’t quite understand what it does, or (c) both. So, today, we’ll quickly look at why it’s a really handy new feature (one I’d like to see added to Lightroom Classic) and what it won’t do.

Here’s a Typical Workflow Example

OK, you came back from a shoot; you copied your images onto your computer (or, if you’re like me, your external hard drive), and you want to find five or six images from this shoot. You don’t want to import all your images in Lightroom ‘cloud’; you don’t want to sync any images to the cloud; you just want to look through your images, find those five or six, and move on.

To do this, launch LR ‘cloud’ and click on the “Local” tab (shown circled here in red), and use the list below it in the left column to navigate to the images you want to look through. Again, these are NOT images you’ve already imported into Lightroom – these are the images you copied to your computer (or external hard drive), and when you click on the folder, you’ll see the images inside it (and the thumbnails appear super fast). Now, find the images you want to edit and just start editing them.

When you’re done editing, to save a copy of the file with your edits; go to Export (under the File menu) as shown here. Now, you can save it as a JPEG or whatever. If you export as a RAW image, your edits are saved in a .xmp sidecar file alongside your Raw file. If you save as a JPEG, your edits are embedded into the JPEG file itself.

If, instead, after editing some images, you want to import them into Lightroom and sync them to the Cloud, then press “g” to return to the Grid view; select the photos you want to sync to the cloud, and then click the “Copy Photos to Cloud” (shown circled above in red).

Even if you choose to copy these 3 photos to the cloud (In this case, it’s 3 anyway), there will still be a copy on your computer (or external hard drive).

What it won’t do:

As I just mentioned, if you edit the local copy, you have the option to copy that edited version to the cloud. However, once imported and synced to the cloud, if you edit the cloud copy, you DON’T have the option to copy those edits to the local copy.

I hope that helps make this new Local feature more clear; what it does, and what it won’t do.

Now, how ’bout those Bama boys! #RollTide! And, how ’bout them Bucs? Ugh. Oh well, there’s always next season.

-Scott

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Terry is back with another super helpful video – this is cooler than it sounds. Check it out:

Thanks, Terry!

On Monday; My list of what it would take to move me off Classic and onto LR ‘cloud’

Wow – so many great responses to this question on last Monday. Some listed things that actually are already in the cloud version (more on that later), but lots of super legit reasons, and I’ll share mine on Monday, so we’ll see you then. Have a great weekend. #GoBucs #Rolltide!

-Scott

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The November 2023 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and the KelbyOne app for iOS and Android.

In this issue, explore the latest Lightroom updates and AI advancements announced at Adobe MAX, plus create an old-school comic book ad, give a winter makeover to a sunny photo, build an AI robot with AI, turn people into miniatures, use the Clone Stamp tool for a creative spatter portrait, and so much more!

This issue’s cover by KelbyOne member Jeff Dannay

Current KelbyOne members can log into their account to access the new issue, or you can visit https://kelbyone.com/magazine to sign up and start reading today.

KelbyOne Pro members have access to more than 120 back issues of Photoshop User magazine all the way back to January 2012, plus all 64 issues of Lightroom Magazine. Not a Pro member yet? Click here for more information.

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A friend asked me this question recently, and it really made me stop and think.

I don’t want to share my answers yet because I don’t want it to influence your answers (or to put something in your head that wasn’t already there), but I’d love to hear them. Are we at the point (now that you can store your images locally in Lr ‘cloud’ without even syncing your images to the cloud at all) that it finally makes sense for Lr Classic users to move over, or are we still a long way away?

Leave your thoughts/comments below.

Have a great Monday, everybody.

-Scott

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If you don’t have one of the new HD screens, of course, you can’t really see the results from one of the coolest (and perhaps best) new Lightroom features, so a lot of folks are just shrugging their shoulders at this point. But, in comes Terry White with the solution (and a great demo of why this feature is more than it seems and who can take advantage of it). Take a look:

Terry’s video of the screen made all the difference. Well done (and thanks, Terry).

Hope you all have a good weekend. I think Bama is on a bye week this week, and the Bucs…well…sadly, they are who we thought they were. Ugh.

-Scott

P.S. I have a new online course for all you travel photographers out there. Check out the short official trailer below. Here’s a link to the course (you can buy it for $29, or get it and 1,000+ full-length Lightroom, Photoshop, and Photography courses to stream on-demand, by joining KelbyOne. Again, Here’s the link to this course.

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Well, it’s been a couple of weeks since the newest version of Lightroom Classic (V13) was released, and if you installed that version you were prompted through the process of upgrading a copy of your current catalog from the previous version.

If you didn’t customize the name of the catalog, then it may look just like mine does above. The purpose of this is so that you can try the latest version of LrC with the upgraded copy without losing the ability to roll back to the previous version and your original catalog if you run into a problem. This is a great option and I’m very glad Adobe does it this way. However, as time goes on, and you continue to use the new version of LrC that old catalog file from the previous version just sits on your hard drive serving no purpose. (Find your catalog)

I also utilize the catalog backup function built into LrC, so I even have backup copies from the old version I can fall back on as well. So, once you are sure you are going to stick with the new version of the program I recommend doing two things:

1. Run the catalog back up function to create a new backup copy in the new version (if you haven’t been already doing this).
2. Delete the old catalog file from the previous version sitting alongside your current catalog file (or at the very least, move it out of that folder and put it somewhere you will remember to delete when you are ready).

Just like with your backup copies created by LrC, they just sit there taking up space until you step in to manage (delete) them. You may also see a .lrcat-data file associated with the previous version, and you can delete that too, as you will also see a copy of that file for the current version which is being used by the current catalog.

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If you’re a “Keyworder” (and you know who you are), then this one is for you because it makes applying a single keyword, or a number of keywords, really quick and easy – just a quick keyboard shortcut and boom, done. Here’s how to set it up:

STEP ONE: In Lightroom Classic, go under the Metadata menu up top and choose ‘Set Keyword Shortcut’ (as shown here).

STEP TWO: That brings up this dialog box (shown above). You can add just one keyword or a number of them – just separate each keyword with a comma (as shown ), and click the ‘Set’ button. OK, that’s it – now let’s put it to use.

STEP THREE: Next, go to the image you want to apply the keyword(s) to. Take a look at the Keywording panel in the right side panels here, and you can see the keyword field is blank – there are no keywords applied to this image.

STEP FOUR: Now just press Shift-K, and those keywords you entered previously are added to this image (as seen in the keywording panel shown above). NOTE: you can also select multiple images and use this shortcut to apply those keywords to multiple images.

There ya go – a quick tip for a Monday morning and the beginning of a great week! #RollTide!

-Scott

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After all this time and all the updates to Adobe Bridge, it still lags way behind Lightroom Classic for managing and editing your images (it’s like we always say – “There’s a reason why it’s free”).

Anyway, here are 100+ reasons why (and I invite you to list even more in the comments). Now, it’s entirely possible (read as: likely) that I have a couple in here that somehow you can do in Bridge, but if so, they were so buried I couldn’t figure out how to do them, so you could add “it’s harder to learn and use than Lightroom” to the list, but I didn’t include that one.

That being said, here we go:

1. There is no “mobile” version of The Bridge for editing or organizing images on your phone or tablet (it’s only available on the desktop).
2. Lightroom has a built-in tethering feature (which has been massively improved in the past few years – now it’s fast and really solid).
3. The Bridge is still slow. Sometimes painfully slow to display thumbnails, and you don’t get the different options for how you want to display your thumbnails on import like you do in Lightroom.
4. When you’re in the Bride’s (or even Photoshop’s) Camera Raw, you can only work on the images you currently have selected. To select other images, you must quit, navigate to those images, and reopen Camera Raw with those images. Lightroom always has your Collections one click away without leaving the Develop module.
5. Lightroom has Survey mode to help you compare multiple similar images.
6. The Bridge doesn’t allow you to create Virtual Copies for experimentation
7. The Bridge doesn’t have anything like Lightroom’s ‘Compare Mode’
8. Lightroom Mobile let’s me edit from my phone’s camera roll without having to go to my desktop.
9. You can customize the info that appears around your image in Lightroom’s thumbnails.
10. There’s no print module in Lightroom or Camera Raw (and Lightroom’s is brilliant – way better than even Photoshop’s for printing).
11. The Bridge’s import window is very limited compared to Lightroom’s
12. You can’t make Import Presets to speed up your workflow in The Bridge.
13. When you export an image from Camera Raw, you can’t assign a Photoshop action to run after export.
14. Lightroom lets you ‘paint’ keywords onto images.
15. Lightroom has a ‘Lights Out / Lights Dim’ mode to hide the interface (especially good when cropping)
16. Lightroom has shortcuts for hiding its side panels, and an auto show/hide feature
17. Lightroom’s slideshow feature (while not great) is way more advanced and flexible than Bridge’s
18. Lightroom has a filter bar along the top that’s much more powerful than the Bridge’s limited filtering
19. Lightroom’s interface is much more customizable.
20. Lightroom was designed from the ground up for photographers. The Bridge was designed for graphic designers so they could access their images between Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and other Adobe apps.
21. You can’t see a Histogram of your selected image in Bridge – you have to open that image in Camera Raw to view its histogram.
22. There is no “Quick Develop” panel you can use to edit images while they’re still just thumbnails
23. The Bridge is still slow displaying thumbnails. Sometimes painfully so, and you don’t get the different options for how you want to display your thumbnails on import like you do in Lightroom.
24. There’s no option to eject your memory card after import
25. Lightroom has a very handy History panel – the Bridge and/or Camera Raw still does not.
26. You can’t apply keywords to images during the import process like you can in Lightroom
27. You can save Collections as Favorites so they’re one click away in Lightroom (can’t do that in Bridge)
28. Lightroom keeps a handy list of the last 10 Collections you’ve visited for quick access – Bridge doesn’t.
29. Lightroom offers a temporary “Quick Collection,” which gives you the option to make that a permanent collection (also not in Bridge)
30. You can change the size of thumbnails in the Bridge’s Preview window (like in Lightroom) or see a large-size preview of any image before importing.
31. You can’t mark images for deletion in the Bridge (you have to open the images in Camera Raw and then make them there).
32. In Lightroom you can apply Develop Module presets during the import process. Can’t do that in Bridge.
33. You can make custom Photo Books right within Lightroom and send them directly to the print shop from within Lightroom for output and delivery.
34. Lightroom lets you automatically copy the images you’re importing to a second hard drive for instant backup while you import.
35. You can change the sorting order of imported images right within Lightroom’s import window
36. Lightroom has a number of zoom magnification settings and you can choose which size you want displayed when you double-click on an image.
37. In Lightroom, you’re always just one click away from seeing the last group of images you imported.
38. In Lightroom’s Library module, you can save Filter Presets for searches you do often.
39. You can customize the top navigation bar and hide any
40. You can customize Lightroom’s name badge and replace it with your own logo for a custom look (nice when you’re doing client presentations).
41. There’s a handy toolbar that appears below the image you’re editing in Lightroom with options for features you’re most likely to use (but not in Camera Raw).
42. Lightroom has an Auto Advance feature so you can have it automatically move to the next image once you’ve flagged it.
43. Lightroom has a Match Exposure feature, which lets choose an image and apply its same exposure settings to multiple other selected images.
44. Lightroom has a “Previous Button” that applies any edits you made to the previous image (or the last image you clicked on) to the current image.
45. Lightroom suggests keywords based on recent keywords you’ve used previously.
46. There’s a Target Collection feature that lets you designate any folder as Home for any image which you click on and press the letter “b.”
47. You can convert images in Lightroom to .DNG right from within Lightroom (in Bridge, you have to either use a separate program called “Adobe DNG Converter” or export the image as a DNG).
48. There is no Sync feature in Bridge between devices – you have to manually move your images, for example, from your laptop to your desktop.
49. Lightroom manages your image library even when the hard drive with your images is not connected, thanks to Smart Previews (which the Bridge does not have).
50. Lightroom offers Keyword Sets for easily applying groups of keywords to selected images.
51. Lightroom supports GPS data, and you can click on that data and see a satellite image of the exact spot you were standing when you took the image, all within Lightroom itself.
52. You can create a custom keyword shortcut to apply a keyword to any selected photo.
53. You can purge unused keywords from your keyword sets to keep your keyword list clean.
54. Lightroom offers Info Overlays to display important EXIF data right over the corner of your image.
55. You can apply a custom watermark to your images in Lightroom when exporting, but not in Bridge.
56. In Lightroom, you can choose other programs and plug-ins to open directly from Lightroom for external editing.
57. The Bridge doesn’t let you use 3rd-party plug-ins like the On1 plug-ins, or Luminar, or DXo, etc.
58. In Lightroom, you can see each attached drive, how many photos are on each, how much space is left, etc.
59. In one click, you can see ALL the photos Lightroom is managing for you.
60. There are more choices of thumbnail badges for info in Lightroom (31 choices vs. just 20 in Bridge). 
61. You can email images directly from within Lightroom.
62. Lightroom has a spell checker because Lightroom has support for adding type.
63. You have easy-to-use and highly customizable contact sheets in Lightroom. There’s an outdated pretty lame PDF version in Bridge. Emphasis on “lame.”
64. Lightroom offers speedy draft mode printing for printing documents with multiple images.
65. You can add a border to your images in Lightroom but not in Bridge.
66. You can add background music and a narration audio track to your Lightroom slideshow.
67. You can export your slides as HD video.
68. You can add intro and outdo title slides to your slideshows in Lightroom
69. Lightroom has a “Reference View” feature that lets you easily compare a reference photo to the photo you’re editing
70. Lightroom has built-in and customizable multiple-monitor support.
71. In Lightroom’s Navigator panel, you can get a live preview of your White Balance when using the White Balance selector tool.
72. Lightroom’s Detail panel has a zoomed-in preview window right within the panel (Camera Raw does not).
73. Lightroom’s Masking Brush comes with a built-in set of Previews (the Bridge does not).
74. You can change the color of the background behind your photo in the Print Module.
75. Lightroom offers two versions of the Masking Brush: an “A” brush (with its own settings), and a separate “B” brush, along with an Eraser Brush. The Bridge only offers 1 brush, and the Erase Brush.
76. Lightroom’s Crop Tool has an “Auto Crop” feature in the Crop panel.
77. Lightroom automatically applies your GPS-tagged images to a world map based on where they were taken.
78. With Lightroom, any collections you sync are now available on the Web (at lightroom.adobe.com).
79. Lightroom has a built-in client-proofing feature, which Bridge does not.
80. In Lightroom, you can add Pick Flags, show unflagged images only, and sort by Pick Flags. Not in Bridge (only star ratings and color labels, and Lightroom has both of those, too).
81. In Lightroom, you can search across your entire photo library at once – in Bridge you have to search on a folder-by-folder basis.
82. Lightroom lets you easily back up your catalog with all the edits, keywords, cropping, etc., you’ve done to your images. By default, Lightroom stores all these edits right in the catalog itself, whereas Bridge saves edits in a separate .xmp file. Without that .xmp file, all your edits are gone.
83. Lightroom has a huge worldwide community of people teaching Lightroom, including a bazillion YouTube videos, lots of Websites, and resources like Lightroom Killer Tips. The Bridge? Ummmmm. Well, not so much – there’s not that much out there in the way of Bridge education.
84. Lightroom has built-in Soft Proofing for print. The bridge does not.
85. You can sort your images in Lightroom using a built-in facial recognition system that recognizes different people in your catalog and groups them together.
86. In Lightroom, if you apply a color label you can choose to add that color as a tint over your entire thumbnail background for quicker identification.
87. In Lightroom, you can change the shade of gray that appears behind your image when editing.
88. In Bridge, if you drag images into a collection from a connected hard drive and you unmount the hard drive, the images in that collection are no longer visible, unlike in Lightroom where they would not only be visible, but if you made Smart Previews, they’d also even be editable.
89. You can create multi-photo layouts and save them as JPEGs from within Lightroom.
90. There are no Collection Sets in the Bridge’s collection feature.
91. No Video editing features (lightroom has quite a bit), extracting still frames, etc.
92. Ability to create short videos with stills and video clips and background music with transitions.
93. The ability to share an image gallery online with anyone.
94. No “Publish Services’ that lets you upload directly to select service providers.
95. You can add Color Labels to collections in Lightroom but not in Bridge.
96. Lightroom has a search field for collections – there’s no way to search for a collection in Bridge.
97. In Lightroom, you can create Metadata templates in the Import dialog – in Bridge, you cannot, so you’d have to exit the Import dialog, create one outside of it, and then return to Import to apply the template. It’s just clunkier.
98. There’s no Loupe view in Bridge and no way to do selective zoom (to zoom right in on an area) like there is in Lightroom.
99. Lightroom’s ‘Auto-Stack by Time” feature doesn’t exist in Bridge
100. When you share Lightroom images in an online gallery, people viewing your images can leave feedback that appears within Lightroom itself – that can’t happen with Bridge.
101. Bonus feature: in Lightroom, you can “mirror” an image, so the image looks to the viewer as they would see it in a mirror – can’t do that in Bridge.
102. Another bonus LR feature: You can’t search presets by name in Bridge but you can in Lightroom.

OK, well, there ya go. As I mentioned earlier, there could be a couple of features listed above that are actually available in Bridge or Camera Raw, which is why I added a few extra features past 100 – kind of a “just in case.” Also, I’ll update or remove any on this list if I learn they’re doable in Bridge.

I know I probably missed some features that aren’t in Bridge, so if you add them down in the comments, I’ll add them to the list above.

Have a great weekend, everybody. #RollTide and #GoBucs.

-Scott

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A. That depends on how much work you’re willing to lose.

For example, if you backed up your catalog two days, and this morning you launched Lightroom, and your catalog was totally corrupted (this happens very rarely, but it can happen), then you’d only lose two days work. If you haven’t backed up your catalog in two months, then everything you’ve done since then (two months of work in Lightroom) would be lost, and you’d be picking up right where you left off two months ago. Usually, once a week is fine for most folks (again, a catalog crash is a very unlikely event, but so is a “water landing”). Still, if I wind up working on a big project, and I spend a lot of time working in Lightroom, sometimes I’ll manually back up my catalog right then and there because I don’t want to lose all that work I just put in if something bad did happen (better safe than sorry).

If you decide you want to backup right now, here’s how: Quit Lightroom, and when the Catalog Backup window appears, switch it to “Just this time” (as shown above), and it will back up your catalog right now. Just don’t forget to switch it back to “Once a week” next time you quit Lightroom. 

NOTE: If you’re using a daily overall computer backup program, something like Apple’s Time Machine, it backs up everything on your computer, so as long as you store your catalog on your computer (and you should for much better performance), then you’ve already got a backup.

Have a great Monday, everybody. It’s a new week – full of awesome possibilities – let’s make the most of it!

-Scott

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Terry’s done it again – fantastic video on all the new features just announced at Adobe MAX. Check it out below:

Thanks, Terry – Great stuff as always.

How To Back Up and Organize Your Images When Travelling

I did a course on how I backup and organize my images in Lightroom when I travel, and it’s gotten a really great response. Check out the short trailer below:

Have a great weekend, everybody. Go Bucs and #rolltide!

-Scott

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Today is the first day of Adobe MAX and with that, the release of latest updates across Adobe’s suite of programs! Here we’ll focus on a rundown of what’s new in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, and Camera Raw (we’ll dive deeper into each feature in future posts). Key new features are available across all programs, but exceptions will be noted. For all programs, the update at this time of year also comes with an updated version number, so Lightroom Classic is now version 13, Camera Raw is version 16, Lightroom for Mac/Win is version 7, and Lightroom on mobile is version 9. Also, it is worth noting that lightroom.adobe.com has been updated as well. Check your Adobe Application Manager for updates, and keep in mind that Adobe releases the updates in waves based on geography, so if you don’t see the update available yet for you, just wait, it will come along soon (be sure to click the Check for Updates button). With these updates we also get support for new cameras and lenses.

When you launch the new version of Lightroom Classic it will walk you through the process of updating a copy of your current catalog to work with the new version. The copy is updated leaving your original catalog unchanged, so if you have a problem with the update you can easily go back to the state just after updating. Assuming all goes well, and you move forward in the new version, be sure to eventually delete that old catalog from the previous version as it will just take up space.

Lens Blur

An Early Release version of a new panel, called Lens Blur has arrived. Early Access means it is still a work in progress. No, it is not as good as achieving shallow depth of field in camera, but I think it is pretty good for improving what was done in camera with a few clicks and slider moves. I look forward to seeing this feature improve.

Point Color

We’ve gained even more control over the colors in our photo with the new Point Color feature. We’ll take a deeper dive into this soon, but for now start to explore how this works by expanding the (renamed) Color Mixer panel, clicking the eye dropper tool, and sampling the color you want to edit.

HDR Edit and Output

We’ve been creating and editing high dynamic range (HDR) images for a long time, but as HDR displays become more accessible we’ve needed better tools for editing HDR images to be displayed their best on HDR monitors. The new HDR Edit and output features are designed to do just that. There’s a lot more to say and explore with this feature, so look for a follow up post in the near future devoted to just this.

Filter Develop Presets (LrC)

If you’re like me and have a growing number of Develop presets sitting in your Presets panel, then this small update may be most welcome. Just like we have the ability to filter the Folders and Collections panels, we now have that same functionality in the Presets panel. Simply start typing in the search field at the top of the panel and only preset groups and presets that match the text will appear. Useful naming of your presets just became more important.

And no update would be complete without some boosts to performance in LrC, most notably when reading and writing to XMP, converting to DNG, moving folders on your drive, and loading of photos in Develop. There is one very significant update in Lightroom for Mac/Windows that even Lightroom Classic users will want to check out.

Preview in History and Snapshots (LrC)

Just like we’ve been able to quickly preview the effect of a preset by moving the cursor over the desired preset, we can now similarly preview snapshots and history steps by moving the cursor over the desired snapshot or history step.

Local Tab (Lr for Mac/Win)

I’m very excited to see how this feature will evolve, but with this update we now have the ability to access and edit photos stored on our local hard drives without first importing them into Lr. Clicking the Local tab gives you file browser access to your drives where you can navigate to a folder of photos, browse those photos and edit them at will without ever seeing the import dialog and without having to upload those photos to the Adobe cloud. This is a real change in thinking for this cloud-based app! Edits are stored locally.

Keep in mind that photos edited locally can always be imported and synced if you wish (so you can access them on other devices running synced Lr apps), but you do not have to do this. We even have the ability to rename local folders and move photos between folders.

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Tomorrow, in cities all over the world, my 14th Annual World Wide Photo Walk for the Springs of Hope Orphanage kicks off. By tomorrow night, collectively, we will have taken literally millions of photos and, with any luck, have raised a ton of donations for the orphanage. How cool is that!!!! 

If you haven’t signed up for a walk yet, go here right now – find a walk near you and sign up for free! (you can be walking with us tomorrow!).

I’m Leading The Local Walk in Havana, Cuba Tomorrow

I’m excited to be in Havana today, leading a local walk here tomorrow in the old town area, along with my brother and some friends.

Here are some photo tips for getting great images on tomorrow’s walk

Here are SIX LAST-MINUTE PHOTO WALK TIPS from our dear friend, beloved photographer, educator, and author Rick Sammon

What gear to bring on the photo walk:

7 Tips for Photographing in Cities

Don’t Forget to Wear Really Comfortable Shoes

You’ll be doing a lot of walking, so make sure you wear shoes that make your feet happy. Don’t forget sunscreen (or a raincoat, depending on the weather for your walk).

Charge your camera batteries tonight

Don’t forget to charge your camera batteries, clean your lenses, and ensure you have an empty memory card and a backup.

Bring LOTS of water (and drink lots of water!)

This is key! You don’t want to dehydrate on your walk – you want to have 100% fun the whole time, so make sure you drink plenty of water before the walk and during the walk – it makes a big difference in your enjoyment of the walk and your safety and well-being.

The Most Important Thing Is… That You Stay Safe

Look out for each other on the walk. Don’t go into scary-looking areas, traipsing down deserted alleys, or anyplace that looks unsavory. Don’t get distracted by shooting – you don’t want to bump into or trip over anything.

Get some great shots, and I’ll see you back here on Monday for a recap of the event.

Cheers,

-Scott

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