Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques

Chapter SixteenWeb Module

As much as I love the speed and flexibility inherent in digital photography, I’m saddened that hard drives often become graveyards for so many digital photographs. I’m not talking about losing your images to a dead hard drive (see Technique #12 for details on backup strategies), but about the fact that many photographs are never seen or enjoyed again once they’ve been downloaded to a hard drive.

With the transition to digital, it seems that many of us have forgotten that photography should be about capturing a memory, telling a story, or sharing an experience. While I still have a soft spot for holding a stack of prints in my hand, let’s explore how it’s also possible to use the Web module for some really creative ...