Frame by Frame!

The beginning to my online note book.

The more I learn about photography the more I want to learn!  I want to know everything there is to know.  I can’t get enough.  But the more I learn the more I realize that I need a place to keep everything – tips, tricks, camera settings and what they mean, photos I want to try, edit tips, etc.  Hence, this blog!! 

I know right, I’m the last person anyone would ever expect to have a blog but it’s for me.  An online note book.  A reference place.  Someday maybe I’ll share it with friends and family but for now I think I’ll keep it to myself. 

I followed along with a creativeLIVE Lightroon class today hosted by Laura Shoe.  It’s a 3 day online class and I was very lucky to have the day off!!

Today she went over importing, selecting flags, searching, moving photos to new folders, collections, etc.  All very useful information!  Before today I didn’t know that you could manage your photos on your hard drive from within Lightroom.  This alone is going to save me hours of work and a bunch of headaches.  Thank you Laura!!

Notes from today:

• Place photos on your hard drive where you want them and import into Lightroom.
• Delete pictures that you don’t want from Lightroom and from your hard drive by selecting ‘remove from hard drive’. 
• Use the flags to select what photos I want to keep and what ones I want to delete.
• Type 0 (zero) to remove a star rating.
• Applying metadata to your pictures is a good thing and I now know how to add it!

I’ll add more detail (step by step instructions) on some of these later but for now I want to practice some things before I forget.

What's a photo blog without a photo...even if I'm the only one who will see it!