What happened is that I didn’t even notice it, and fat-finger hit it when trying to use the Move to command (just below it). As soon as it was tapped, the album I wanted to move just vanished from sight. Fun! Those crazy kids at Adobe wanted me to go on a bit of a goose chase.

So, I thought, let’s tap the Shared icon under My Albums and see if it is there. Hmmm … not seeing it …

Ok, at the top of this section, above My shared albums, which is where I thought it would be, is an option labeled My shared photos, so I tapped that.

Aha! I found it! Right at the top of the list, so I tapped the three dot menu next to that album and found the Show in albums menu and tapped that.

This put it right back where it was when I started this little adventure, and now I was able to do what I originally intended, though now I learned about a menu option I had never heard of or needed. My best guess is that it is for folks who want to share an album, but not have that album appear in the list under My albums on the main screen. I guess if you share a lot of albums with other people that you don’t want cluttering up this view? I just never thought of needing such an option, but now we all know in case you need it or you make the same mistake I did.

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Have a great Monday, everybody!

-Scott

P.S. Just two spots left for Joe McNally’s one-in-a-lifetime workshop coming up soon! Details or to grab one of those last two spots, here’s the link.

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Give this a try – having LR on your phone for quick editing is more fun and easier than you might think.

Here’s wishing you a kick-butt Tuesday!

-Scott

P.S. The iPhone Photography Conference is coming up at the end of this month. If you missed last year’s two-day, two-track event, don’t miss out this time! Tickets and more details at kelbyonelive.com

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Next Month, I’m Speaking in the UK at “The Photography Show”

It’s the biggest and the best, and I’m super psyched to be speaking there once again. It’s just six weeks away. I have a 20% off discount ticket code you can use (it’s SPKTPS24), but if you’re a working pro, you might be able to get in free (they have some stipulations, but if you meet the requirements, you’re in free). Here’s the link for more details. Hope I see you there!

The iPhone Photography Conference 2024 is Almost Here.

We’re thrilled to bring you a fresh lineup of brand-new sessions for this year, along with cutting-edge iPhone photography techniques and tips that will elevate your iPhone photography experience. It’s a two-day, two-track

Join us for this 2-day extravaganza and capture the extraordinary—same passion, new techniques, and a whole lot of fun! Register early and save $150! More details and tickets (get yours today), at kelbyonelive.com

OK, no football this weekend, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be football food, so…well..there’s that. At least my team is guaranteed not to lose this weekend. Have a great weekend!

-Scott

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Here’s a great video from Adobe’s own Julieanne Kost on how to do exactly that:

Great video! Thanks, Julieanne.

I’m back from London and New York

Two great trips, nearly back-to-back, but I had a blast, got to see and spend time with lots of great folks, and now I’m back in the saddle (whatever the heck that means).

Congratulations to the folks at B&H Photo – New York definitely has a new trade show, as their BILD Expo absolutely rocked! Packed every day – tons of great classes and talks and demos – their Expo floor was sold out and packed, and it really felt like “the old days” of photo shows in New York, and everybody was loving it. Thanks to everybody who came out to my keynote – it was standing room only and such a great crowd to present to – I loved every minute! Thanks to B&H for having me – it was an honor to teach at such a well-run, classy, and fun event.

Lots more about my London workshop soon, but we had an absolute blast!!! Not a drop of rain – lots of great shoots and great work from everybody in the classroom. Plus, we had the perfect location as our home base. Can’t wait to share the details.

Have a great Monday, everybody!

-Scott

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First, to find it take the photo you want to add the border to into detail view, and when edits are finished, tap the Share icon to open the Border Options screen.

From here you might want to start at the bottom and work up by first tapping the desired border size. So, if this was going to Instagram and I wanted to have a canvas that was 5:4 I would tap that icon to start.

Next, adjust the Thickness slider to your liking. The thicker the border the smaller the photo.

And finally, choose your color. There are a series of preset color swatches you can choose from, or if you want to select a color from the photo, tap the eyedropper icon and move the color picker around the photo to find a color.

You can go back and tweak settings to dial things in just the way you want them, then tap the Share icon at the top to begin the exporting process.

From here you can share directly to a social media app or just save the copy to your device and share as you wish. A simple, but useful feature that I hope will appear across all versions of Lightroom in the future.

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Check out this great video from Adobe’s own Julieanne Kost, and you’ll see why this is such a big deal for photographers who edit on their mobile devices.

Thanks, Julieanne (and thanks Adobe for adding this).

Hope you have a kick-butt Monday!

-Scott

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We spent about 5 or so hours on the river, and I was so grateful for getting to spend the first day of summer in a boat (thanks, Dave!). There is an incredible abundance of life along those waters, and we saw dozens of harbor seals, multiple osprey nests, bald eagles all around, and even a few sturgeon jumping completely clear of the water. If you’ve never been to Maine in the summer you’re really missing out. At the end of the trip I popped the SD card out of my camera and used the Lightning to SD Card Reader to quickly view and download a few of the photos from the day onto my iPhone. Considering the size of the raw files from the R5, I only wanted to pick 5 or 6 photos to transfer, edit, and share before hopping in my car for the ride back to New Hampshire.

Some of my favorites were of this pair of ospreys coming into their nest on top of a buoy. I love the moment when a bird’s wings are completely open as they come in for a landing. One of the benefits of the R5 is all that resolution for cropping in just a bit tighter, so after adjusting the tonality and color, I cropped it as a vertical 4×5 for sharing on social media, and then used masking to selectively edit the osprey.

I had downloaded one other similar osprey shot, so once I finished editing the first one I tapped the 3-dot menu and chose Copy Settings to open the Copy Settings dialog where I could select all of the settings I wanted to paste onto the similar photo.

I was in a hurry to get on the road, so I just selected them all.

It is worth noting that if you have masks applied, you can tap into the Masking option and choose which masks you want to copy along with the rest of the settings. In my case I wanted both masks, but that may not always be the case.

With the settings copied, I switched to the next photo, tapped the same 3-dot menu, but then chose Paste settings to apply all the same settings to the next photo. Now the bird’s wings were not in the same position as the first photo, but the AI-based mask was for subject, so Lightroom simply recomputed the mask for this photo, and then applied all the settings. Such a time saver!

I had also grabbed one of the heron in flight photos, so I switched to that one and pasted the same exact settings, and it recomputed the mask and worked like a charm for that photo too. So the next time you are editing in Lightroom mobile, be sure to give the copy/paste settings option a try and see how you like it.

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Here’s how to set things up so any photos you take with your phone’s camera not only go straight into Lightroom but a nice bonus is – when you do this, they also automatically sync back with Lightroom on your desktop so that you can edit your images on your phone right there on the spot, or after you get back on your computer.

You set this up in Lightroom mobile: click on the Gear icon in the top right corner to bring up the App Settings (preferences), then tap on ‘Import’ (as shown above).

When the Import preferences screen appears (seen above), where it says “Auto Add from Camera Roll” at the top, toggle the switch to the right of “Photos” to the on position (shown circled in red above), and you’re done. It’s that easy – now, images you shoot with your phone’s camera will automatically be imported into Lightroom for editing.

Hope you found that helpful. Have a great Monday, everybody!

-Scott

P.S. Don’t forget, The KelbyOne Lightroom Conference is coming up next month, and you don’t want to miss out. Get all the details right here.

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STEP ONE: Launch Lightroom on your iPhone, and at the bottom of the main street, down at the bottom in the blue pill shape; click on the Camera icon to bring up the Camera app.

STEP TWO: Up at the top center of the screen, it shows the file format you’re shooting in (shown circled above in red) – either JPG (jpeg) or DNG (Adobe’s RAW format). Tap on the name, and a pop-up screen appears where you can choose which mode you want to shoot in. If you want to shoot in RAW, choose DNG. That’s it.

Now, when you shoot with Lightroom’s camera, those raw images will appear right within Lightroom, ready for you to edit on your Phone.

Have a great weekend, everybody! The Bucs are on a Bye week, but Bama is playing (it’s an out-of-conference game we should win fairly easily), so it should be a great weekend! Have fun! #rolltide!

-Scott

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