I bought a book on Lightroom 3 yesterday at a discount store. I’ve been using version 4 for quite some time now but I thought the concepts are the same and most of the controls remain or have been improved. It wasn’t very expensive so I took a shot on it.

The plans for my day off fell through so I spent the day reading. Wow! I feel like I have just been playing with the software. So much functionality I didn’t know about. I learned better ways to accomplish my processing at every step, from organization/importing, developing and even exporting. I’m thinking now I need to get the Lightroom 4 book so I don’t miss any of the new features!

This is the first image processed with some of what I learned. You might not see a difference but trust me, it was a much better workflow…

Autumn Swan Song
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/3200s, 70mm, f/4, ISO 400