Check out the video below for the scoop on the new book, which includes the lighting, the shooting, and of course, the Lightroom and Photoshop retouching techniques (and you get to download the images and follow right along with each set-up). Check out the official trailer below:

The book is available in print, or eBook, and is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, direct from the Publisher Rocky Nook, or wherever photography books are sold.

Well, I’m off to Switzerland with my brother Jeff for one of our annual brother’s trips. I haven’t been to Switzerland since my wife, and I was dating (so 34 years or so ago), and I’m super psyched. It’s my first trip with my R6 II and my new Peak Design travel tripod, so I’m pretty excited to see how they both do. I’ll be posting some stuff on social while I’m out there, but in the meantime, hoping you have a great weekend.

-Scott

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It’s a major update to one of my best-selling books – and it’s for people who are already pretty familiar with Lightroom. Check out the official trailer below, and you’ll see what I mean (and how it works) and why it might be the book you’ve been waiting for:

It’s in bookstores right now. Here’s the link to it on Amazon, on Barnes & Noble, and directly from the book’s publisher, Rocky Nook Publishing.

Have a great Monday, everybody!

-Scott

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I saw a comment here on the blog Friday where the person mentioned they don’t use Lightroom’s catalog backup because they back up their entire computer daily, so they feel they’re covered if their Lightroom catalog gets corrupted because they have a recent backup of their catalog.

But is that backup is corrupted, too? How would you know, until it’s too late?

That’s why you should use Lightroom’s built-in catalog Backup feature (that window that pops up when you Quit Lightroom asking you if you want to backup your catalog). The reason is — it checks the integrity of the catalog you’re backing up (see below) so you know that what you’re backing up will work if you get in that situation.

If it doesn’t pass the integrity test (and you see the warning below), you know your backup isn’t going to bail you out if you need it, and hopefully, you have another recent backup somewhere (you’d have one from last week if you do it weekly when you quit LR).

IMPORTANT: I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s so important it’s worth repeating. Backing up your Lightroom catalog does NOT back up your photos themselves. For more on that, check out this post on my daily blog.

In other news….

The Print Version of my “Travel Photography Book” Is Now Finally In Stock

OK, it has taken a good long while, but it’s finally in stock at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and direct from the publisher, I am so excited to share this new book with you about a topic I’m so passionate about. 

First, please take a minute to watch the official book trailer below where I explain what it’s all about (it’s short). 

OK, it’s in stock, ready to ship, let’s go order one, two, heck maybe three copies right now. Here are the links: 

From Amazon

From Barnes & Noble

Direct From The Publisher (Rocky Nook)

Thanks so much to everybody who pre-ordered the book, and showed amazing patience throughout. You all rock!  

Now let’s go have a kick-butt week!!!

–Scott

P.S. Don’t forget to stop back by tomorrow for the next article in my series, “Photoshop for Lightroom Users.”

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Amazon fulfilled all the pre-orders, and then they were out of stock for a while, but now thankfully the print edition is back in stock. All the new Masking stuff is in the edition, and lots of other important new stuff, updates, and improvements (it’s my biggest update for the book in years).

Check out the trailer below for more details on the new edition:

Here’s the link to pick up a copy (perfect to get with that Amazon gift card you got for Christmas) or for a friend (idea gift), or just because you’re loose with money. You can also pick it up at Barnes & Noble (love B&H), right here.

Time to start a kick-butt week (and the launch of my new column here tomorrow).

-Scott

P.S. Excited that the Bucs won their playoff game yesterday – we play the winner of tonight’s Cardinals/Rams game next week (GoCards!).

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We actually launched the book last night with a live “Book Chat” (now kind of a tradition) where I talked about the book, how it works, and revealed the basis of “The System” through a series of tutorials, and I’m embedded the whole book chat below, in case you’ve got a chance to check it out.

These Book Chats are fun and very informal, but there’s a lot of cool Lightroom stuff, too. My publisher literally gave 50% deals on the book (in print or ebook or both), and the deals are good all week (here’s the link).

You can also order it direct from Barnes & Noble, or Amazon.com

Thanks for giving that a look — hope you found it helpful.

Have a great weekend everybody, and we’ll catch ya next week.

-Scott

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You guys know I’m very big on printing Photo Books from Lightroom. I love everything about them — I love picking the images that will make the book; I love the creative process of putting them together, I love getting the book, but there’s another level of love you can unlock — selling your photo books online. I know, you’re thinking it’s complicated, but it’s so not, because the whole Lightroom/Blurb.com thing is set up to sell your Photo Books from the start.

You’re going to be shocked at how easy this is.

ABOVE: When you’re doing building your Photo Book in Lightroom Classic (this feature isn’t available in the ‘cloud’ version of Lightroom), you click the “Send Book to Blurb…” button at the bottom of the right side panels. It compiles your back and sends it to Blurb.com for printing and (wait for it…wait for it…) selling online!

ABOVE: Once your book is done uploading (it doesn’t take too long), it asks you right up front if you want to order a printed book, or do you just want to sell it online (you can do both if you like, and you can also make an eBook version of your book available to buy, for the iPad or Android tablets). In our case, we’ll hit “Set up to sell” (as shown above).

ABOVE: After you fill out a form with the standard stuff (who the author is, description of the book, etc.), you can click on the “Sales Channel & Pricing” tab up top and this is where you choose where you want to sell it (you can even chose to sell it on Amazon.com if you like), you get to choose your paper quality and see how that affects your cost per unit, and then you get to add how much profit you want to make from each sale, and it calculates the final price (as shown above).

I wanted to share this today because I know a lot of folks out there would love to have their photography work for sale, and this is a way where there is really no up-front cost to you, and you’re up and running. Come on, that’s pretty cool, and I hope you give this a serious look, cause this is pretty darn well put together, and it could be a really great opportunity.

Today we’re announcing “The iPhone Photography Conference”

Check out the quick teaser below, but this is going to really be something cool, educational and fun. It is, so far, our fastest booking online conference yet, and you don’t want to miss out. It’s like our other conferences: two-full days, two full training tracks, and an all-star cast of instructors (and you get a full year to watch any of the classes you missed or want to watch again. It’s archived for a full year!). Tickets and info right here.

Have a super kick-butt weekend everybody. Stay safe, and I hope to see you here next week!

-Scott

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You can pre-order it right now and be among the first to get your new copy Note: Amazon shows shipping in September, but just so you know — the book is completely done and at the printers already, so I think that Sept. date is…well…it’s off by just a tad.

Here’s the link to pre-order yours today. Thanks for listening, and I hope you find this new updated version of the book really helpful.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

-Scott

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First, check out the video below:

Then, head to Amazon to pick up the book – here’s the link.

If you got a $25 gift card, you could get both the book (the Kindle version) and the accessory, and still have enough for…well…you wouldn’t have enough for anything else, and I’m not 100% sure you can get both for $25, but I think it’s at least possible if you’re a savvy shopper. It might take $30, but again, I’m not 100% on the math, but I think I’m at least in the ballpark.

Anyway, getting this book sets you up for 2020 being the year you totally nail your natural light portraits.

I hope, like me, you’re enjoying a day off today. I’m shooting the Bucs/Falcons game on Sunday – really looking forward to that. Hope you have a great weekend, and we’ll catch you next week!

Cheers,

-Scott

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I’m hoping to make five lucky folks season a little brighter as I’m giving away FIVE free copies of my brand new book (so new that it’s on press right now, and should be in stores VERY soon), it’s called “Photoshop Classic For Lightroom Users.” It covers just the stuff that you’d need to leave Lightroom for, and it makes it super easy to learn Photoshop. You’ll learn everything from Layers to Retouching to Special Effects to how to create today’s hottest looks, and so much more. You will super dig it, and you’ll dig it even more if you win a copy. But if you don’t, here’s where to pre-order the print edition on Amazon).

Just put a comment in the comment section below, and you’re entered. We’ll pick five lucky winners at random and announce them here on Monday. Now, outside of announcing those winners, I’m taking the holidays off, so let’s soak it all up on Monday, cause after that I’m pretty much out till next year.

One more thing…
If you can’t wait, the Kindle eBook version is available right now, and you can pick up your copy from Amazon.

Here’s wishing you all a great Holiday weekend, and hope you win one of the books!

Best,

-Scott

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On Friday we ran a giveaway for five signed copies of my brand new book, “How Do I Do that in Lightroom Classic? 2nd Edition” and we have our winners, chosen at random from all the entries here on the blog. (BTW: if you didn’t win, you can still buy a copy at Barnes & Noble or Amazon).

Congratulations to:

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