Chapter Six. Importing Your Images

In this chapter I explore the image import stage. Everyone has a different example for why and how this or that system works or doesn’t for his or her workflow. Having had the experience of instructing large photography workshop groups to efficiently download and manage images for critique, I can attest that working with Lightroom can be very effective.

Photographers always want to be in control. That’s why you bought your DSLR. The camera allows you to control all the parameters of exposure, focus, perspective, lens selection, stopping or blurring motion, and so on. Normally, I’m not fond of using any application to auto download my images. In the past, I found comfort in inserting the camera’s memory card into ...

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