9 Ways Landscape Photographers Can Use Lightroom
Much has been written about using Lightroom to develop landscape photos, and realistically many CaptureLandscape readers, as advanced landscape photographers, are just as likely to use Photoshop or plugins like Luminar and the Nik Collection to develop their photos as Lightroom.
But, regardless of what software you use to develop your photos, there is still a lot you can do with Lightroom, which is probably the most powerful organizational tool available to photographers.
If you subscribe to one of Adobe’s photography plans in order to use the latest version of Photoshop, then you might as well put Lightroom, which comes with it, to use.
Convinced? Let’s take a look at some of the ways you can use Lightroom to organize your landscape photos.
#1 Use Lightroom to Backup Your Photos
When you import your photos into Lightroom it gives you the option to make a copy to an alternative location. That means you can make a backup copy of your photos at the same time you import them. This is useful if you are the sort of person who takes a while to get around to making backups, or if you need to format your memory card to use for another shoot.
All you need to do to make a backup is tick the Make a Second Copy To box in the File Handling panel in Lightroom’s Import window and select the folder where you would like Lightroom to save them.
If you convert your Raw files to DNG when you import them you need to know that the backups will be saved in your camera’s proprietary Raw format, not DNG. This may have implications if you ever need to use your backed up photos, as Lightroom will be looking for Raw files rather than DNGs.
#2 Use Lightroom to Rename Photos
Do you sell photos for stock or undertake assignment work for clients? In that case, you need to rename your photo files (also known as deliverables in the commercial world) before you pass them to your client.
If you upload your photos to stock libraries then you should follow the website’s naming guidelines, if they have them. This is essential if you don’t want your photos to be rejected.
If you are creating photos for commercial clients then it looks a lot more professional to send them photos with filenames like this: Read More…
