Tag: post processing

Cape Neddick Lighthouse

Neddick Morning Motion

Several weeks back I posted an image from the Cape Neddick Lighthouse (aka Nubble Light) in York, Maine. The processing behind that image was pretty involved, so with this version using a different composition and a longer exposure, I decided to do my edits in Lightroom only. As you’ve seen in my other Lightroom Only posts, Lightroom gives you a lot of control over your image without having to know all of the complicated techniques...
Lightroom Mobile iPhone app

4 Reasons You Should Be Using Lightroom Mobile

Ever since Adobe released Lightroom for mobile devices, it has been a big part of my mobile photography workflow. Unfortunately for many mobile photographers, since its release, Lightroom Mobile could only be used by those with a Creative Cloud subscription. But this month, that all changed! Lightroom Mobile is now available for everyone to download and use completely for free. This is an amazing development and a huge gift from Adobe. Lightroom Mobile is one...
Autumn in New Hampshire

Faux Autumn In The White Mountains

Generally when I’m photographing something I prefer to keep my image at least reasonably close to what I saw in person. For example, I don’t like to mix the sky from one location and time to the mountains of a completely different location and time. I don’t even like to manipulate colors too heavily – I might enhance them, but completely changing them isn’t how I normally operate. However, there are situations where you need...

Bamboo Forest of Kyoto

Today’s photo and this post in general are the result of many months of planning, preparation, and hard work, so I am super excited to share it with you today! Read more below the photo to find out why! Click Here To Purchase A Print Back in May I took a trip to Kyoto, and while I took a number of different photos, this photo was the main reason I went. Actually, it wasn’t this...
Les Taylor Photography

Behind Closed Doors – Kyoto, Japan

While I often post photos edited using various features of Adobe’s powerful Photoshop software, I thought it would be interesting to try a new series here at the blog where I post a photo only edited in Lightroom. No masking, no layer adjustments, nothing fancy really – just essential edits in Lightroom. The reason I wanted to try this is because I believe Lightroom is one of the best pieces of software a photographer can...