I’ve been working my way through Nat Coalson’s Lightroom 2: Streamlining your Digital Photography Process. I was quite familiar with Lightroom prior to purchasing the book, but I knew that Nat was a real expert and that I’d likely learn some new tricks and techniques. And how!
My rather large photo library is very organized. But tips from the book helped me better integrate 1000s of digitized 35mm, 645, and 4×5 transparencies with all my new digital images. Now my entire digital library is right at my fingertips – searchable and filter-able via Lightroom.
Another cool tip that I just learned is the use of the O key with the crop tool to change the overlay. There are a number of different overlays, all based on well known principles of design – the rule of thirds, golden ratio, diagonal lines, triangles, golden mean, and a grid. These can be very helpful in creating pleasing (cropped) compositions.
I’m only into Chapter 7, so I’ll post more of these great tips as I happen upon them.
I highly recommend this book.
