Lightroom for travel photos

Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to create indelible images of all your journeys.

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With Photoshop Lightroom, you can adjust once-in-a-lifetime shots with confidence, showcase them with elegance, and organize them with ease. Matt Kloskowski shows you how to make the most of your travel photography in this video tutorial series.

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Tutorials by Matt Kloskowski

NAPP’s Matt Kloskowski is a professional photographer and best-selling author who teaches Lightroom and Photoshop at seminars and conferences around the world. He hosts the Lightroom Killer Tips blog and podcast, and he co-hosts two top-rated video podcasts: Photoshop User TV and DTown TV.

Importing Photos

Get tips for bringing your travel photos into Lightroom, including how to rename files, add descriptive keywords, and choose a destination folder.

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Flagging your best photos

Learn how to use the auto-advance option to quickly flag favorite photos from a particular shoot so that you can easily find them later.

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Organizing with collections

Learn how collections and smart collections can help you organize travel photos by place or event and then easily access them when editing.

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Creating a mood

Learn how to use the white balance sliders to change or enhance the feel of a particular photo, and learn how to make skin look better in portraits.

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Adjusting exposure

Learn how to use four exposure adjustment sliders to compensate for less-than-perfect lighting and bring out detail in highlights and shadows.

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Adjusting specific photo areas

Learn how to paint adjustments onto specific parts of a photo, for example to sharpen eyes or create spotlight effects on faces.

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Using presets

Learn how to save sets of photo adjustments as presets, and see examples of the effects you can create using Matt’s free travel presets.

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Correcting lens distortions

Learn how to fix lens distortions that occur when you use a wide-angle lens to shoot tall buildings and skylines.

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Black and white conversion

Learn how to convert color photos to black and white and even add color tints—good options for dramatic, solid-color shots or photos taken in poor light.

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