Category Archives: Photography Tips + Tricks
even though i take at least one photo every single day, i find that i rarely print them. i’ve been in the awful habit of only printing my photos around christmastime for our annual photo card or to create a photo book of my annual photos once a year. but i haven’t been printing just…
one of the most common requests i receive asks me to share pullbacks of my photo set ups and share a little behind the scenes glimpse of how i create my photographs. well today, your requests have been answered! in addition to a pullback that will show you how i set up my photographs, i…
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Um, I know what I’m grabbing next time I’m at Target. Thanks for sharing!
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i love sharing my photography on instagram, it is such a happy community with so much inspirational talent! as i begin + host my second 365 photography project that follows along with >>the bethadilly challenge<<, i have challenged myself to only use my dslr when taking my daily photos. one of the most common questions…
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no, it does not make a difference where you export to. i export my photos to my desktop because i upload them to other social media sites as well, such as facebook and my personal blog so my desktop is a more central location. this is what works for me and my workflow, so feel free to do what works for you! 🙂ReplyCancel
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Love it!! Thank you for sharing. I pretty much followed the same flow but you had a couple of steps that would my flow a little quicker and smoother. I was adding my watermark with LR but find that doing it PS has more flexibility and isn’t that difficult at all. Thank you again. Can’t wait until the next. By any chance will you be sharing your workflow when editing for clients? Just curious?ReplyCancel
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hello dawn! are you starting with a photo in lightroom, then moving it to photoshop through lightroom, and clicking save once you are done? if you click “save as” in photoshop, i know it will let you save the photo in another location, such as your desktop, but just clicking “save” should place it right back into lightroom i believe! happy that the watermark is at least working well for you!ReplyCancel
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Thanks Beth! I did figure it out today and it is much better. I use PS Elements so there were a couple of options when I save that I had to learn – it creates & saves a .tff file and when I just go with that it puts the watermarked image back in LR. Not being really familiar with either LR or PS, it’s a challenge. I’m looking forward to more video tutorials!ReplyCancel
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oh, yay! i am so happy that it is working for you! if you need some help with photoshop and lightroom, definitely check out this post i wrote. http://bethadilly.com/how-to-learn-lightroom-photoshop/ i bought some “classroom in a books” for the software and it really really helped me understand the software and navigate it confidently!ReplyCancel
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Hi Beth, thanks for every trick you show! I really appreciate. I saw you use Dropbox, I use it too. I wonder if this happen to you too… When I open a raw file from Dropbox, the photo opens automatically in Photoshop. What if I want my raw file in Lightroom? How do you handle this situation? Thank you very much!! ps. I’m sorry for my english, I hope you understand…I’m italian!ReplyCancel
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hello arianna! glad you enjoyed the tutorial! i actually haven’t opened photos from dropbox, i import them RAW from my memory card right into Lightroom. i wonder if you go into Lightroom first, select the import button, and then select the image from your DropBox folder if that would work better for you! hope this helps!ReplyCancel
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hello kacie! i just honestly think that lightroom is better than photoshop and it works for me and my editing workflow. i use photoshop only for adding watermarks in specific areas and for creating images with text, but otherwise don’t use it at all. lightroom was a game changer for me, i love it!ReplyCancel
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when i started my journey with photography, i wanted to learn everything i could about my camera. most importantly i wanted to learn manual mode. i bought books, i took classes and everything made me go cross-eyed. i was so new to all the photography terms and nothing was making any sense. so i decided…
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Always an inspiration! Once I learned how to use Manual Mode, everything made so much sense. I am going on 4 years! My boys are off to college and are not home often. I look to nature, my dog and road trips for inspiration. And when my boys come home, I ambush them. I also take tons of photos of them playing lacrosse. 🙂 Thank you for the wonderful inspiration. XOReplyCancel
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I have been a professional photographer for a year and a half. I love what I do and being a part of special moments, meeting new people and watching littles grow up. I would be embrassed when season photographers would talk to me about manual and I had no clue how to answer them. It sometimes made me second guess if this was for me. I know it is though because I get anxious when a couple days go by and I have not picked up my camera. Thank you so much for sharing this! 🙂ReplyCancel
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I have been wanting this ebook for a while now. I am like you, all the info I have read about M mode just never stuck. I will say that I have put my camera on manual mode a while ago and haven’t taken it off but my pics don’t always come out the way I intended. I am always so inspired by you. Thank you for sharing.ReplyCancel
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[…] 4. the unexpected everyday eBook i would have never understood manual mode if it wasn’t for this eBook. after years of struggling with the concept of photographing in M, i finally purchased this eBook and learned manual mode within days! yes, days! to read even more about what amazing things this eBook taught me about photography, check out my post about the unexpected everyday. […]ReplyCancel
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[…] completing a 365 photography project was the best thing that i ever did for my photography. it taught me how to see my everyday in an interesting way and how to portray my life through the lens of my camera. even better, completing a 365 photography project helped me build my camera skill in ways that i never thought possible. instead of fumbling with my camera and guessing what settings to choose, i learned how to become confident behind the lens and master manual mode. […]ReplyCancel
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when my lensbaby first arrived in the mail, it was such a happy mail day! i was so excited to start taking beautiful photographs and immediately put it on my camera. i started taking photo after photo and i felt like i was living a little photographer dream! but when i uploaded my first photo…
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I want to love my Sweet 35 – I do ~ I do. I just can’t nail focus. All the images are soft. My “starts with P” IG post yesterday was with that lens and and I think I used a fill 4gb card to get 1 image 🙁 I’m trying not to put it bag in my bag for another year, but don’t know if I’ll make it. Attempting to use it again today for the “pink” post. Beautiful images, as always. Thanks for posting! Shine On & Shine Bright ~ AndreaReplyCancel
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I have the composer pro and with it I got some free accessories, soft focus lens, macro, etc. but I do not have the Sweet 35. Do I need to have the Sweet 35 “attachment” with my composer pro, is that why I am having such difficulty. The lens baby website wasn’t that helpful, or at least I couldn’t figure out how to make it helpful! Help!ReplyCancel
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hello julie, i am not sure i can be of much help, only to refer you to the videos on the lensbaby site that i find to be helpful walking you through how to use the lenses. i am not familiar with those accessories. i have the lensbaby composer pro sweet 35 and i just purchased the micro converter.ReplyCancel
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Caroline - I love this and I spy some smash book washi tape that I also have sat on my desk 🙂
{beth} a-dilly - thank you! and, yes i love washi tape! it is so much fun to use! <3
Suzie Evans Horton - I absolutely LOVE this, Beth! What a wonderful project. I truly need to get moving on printing more photos. So silly that I look at my phone or my computer to enjoy them. I, too, love quotes. I have hundreds that i love. I often make new photos with them using an app on my phone. Thank you, once again, for being my inspiration. Everything about your blog and your photography is beautiful and motivational. Have a wonderful, creative day! XO
Michaela Chaconas Ristaino - Um, your handwriting is ridiculously perfect and beautiful. So happy to be on #thebethadilly challenge! You are such and inspiration and I can’t believe I’ve made it this far! Day 59 and going strong! I love the daily prompts and having the support of the whole thebethadillychallenge community! You are the bomb, Beth!
Phyllis - Beth, love this journal! Quick question though, are these pages acid-free? I’m looking for a journal I can document and be preserved for a very long time.
{beth} a-dilly - hello phyllis! great question, but i am not sure of the answer! here a link to the journal so you can get some more information about it! http://www.marissa-lynn.com/product/forever-notes-highlight-journal/ have a wonderful weekend!
Kari Ganske - I was fortunate enough that the hubs picked up on my hints around Christmas time and I am now the proud owner of one of these journals. Like you said, it is the perfect mix of pictures and words (both of which I love!). An added bonus is my kids really enjoy picking it up and looking through it to remember all our memories from the year, too. I know it will be a keepsake. Okay – enough commercial. 🙂
{beth} a-dilly - awe, i totally agree with you kari! and that is so great that your kids love to look through it! that is so special! you might need one for each kiddo now! ha ha! hint, hint hubby! 😉
Victoria - Hi! Just curious, where do you print your photos for this journal? And do you really print one everyday!?
{beth} a-dilly - for this journal, i have printed locally! and, no i do not print every day for this journal, just every once in awhile! i like to print and journal about milestones throughout the year or just little moments/photos that i particularly am proud of!