Recent content by JP6

Thanks for the help :) I've now re-done it all so it is Event/Year/Date and when importing the photos i've had them renamed as YYYYMMDD-photo number and added keywords to them in LR so I can make smart collections. Much more organised now :)

Hi guys, I'm sure this has been done to death, but how do you organise your Lightroom and file structure? At the moment I just have folders in my photo folder, such as Photos/Pets or Photos/Maldives '09 etc. But I'd like to re-organise it so it's organised into sub-folders by date and place...

Yep you can. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WSC2A06A56-B1C5-499a-8E5C-665EAD5C3DAF.html

The Canon EF 85mm f1.8 USM is regarded as a very good portrait lens, it's just within budget if you look around, but you will be able to get it cheaper second hand. Also I see you already have the nifty fifty, which is a good portrait lens!

I recommend watching these videos on the Adobe website to learn all the basics for Lightroom 2. It definitely helped me out :)

Lots of spare batteries and enough memory cards!

Down to your personal preference to be honest, download a trial and see what you like. I personally use Lightroom 2 on my Mac, prefer the integration with CS4.

I almost always use the clarity slider, hue/saturation too and then the usual exposure, recovery, fill light and blacks.

I used this book (CS3 version though) for when I started using CS3. If you want videos though, there's a lot on YouTube.

I usually do use it, just on the standard setting, it does a very good job. The high setting does tend to over-sharpen though. Edit - Oh hi from OcUK Raymond!

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Another vote for Kerso, have bought from him a couple of times before. :)