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How to Properly Set the White Balance in Lightroom for Landscape Photographers

Learn the correct way to set the white balance in Lightroom for nature and landscape photographs and achieve accurate colors in every image.

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If we were on the trail together, standing with our tripods waiting for sunrise, or hanging around the campfire, this is a snapshot of what I’d share with you.

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The Three Most Important Words to Transform Your Photography

How do we train our brain to keep us motivated for landscape photography? There are three important words to improve and transform your photography.

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How to Setup Your Photography Office for Post-Processing

Learn the triple threat to setup the best post-processing and printing workspace for your photography office.

How to Setup Your Photography Office for Post-Processing

Landscape Photography

Choosing the Best Travel Days to Photograph Fall Foliage Blog Post by Chrissy Donadi

Learn the secrets to the best days to photograph for peak fall color in the Northeast US (Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Maine & more)

The Secret to Knowing When is Peak Fall Foliage in the Northeast United States

Landscape Photography

The good news is once you start seeing light in this way, you cannot turn it off.  It changes the way you view patience in nature photography.

A Lesson in Patience & Light in Landscape Photography

Landscape Photography

My biggest piece of advice to improve your flower photography: practice photographic promiscuity and perennial wooing. So what does that mean?

Improve Your Flower Photography with Promiscuity and Perennial Wooing

Landscape Photography

Can I learn Lightroom if I'm not comfortable with technology? Photography Blog Cover Image

Advice on how to learn to use Lightroom Classic if you are not comfortable with technology and if Let’s Get Organized is right for you.

Can I Learn Lightroom if I’m Not Comfortable with Technology?

Photography for Beginners

Discover the Magic of the Clear Blue Sky in Landscape Photography

Advice on scenes and locations that are perfect for photographing clear blue skies in landscape photography images.

Discover the Magic of Clear Blue Skies in Landscape Photography

Landscape Photography

Where to Store Your Lightroom Catalog and its backup - the complete guide

Two important Lightroom settings for everyone to review are the locations of where the Lightroom catalog and its backup is stored.

Where to Store Your Lightroom Catalog

Photography for Beginners

Winter in the Italian Mountains by Chrissy Donadi

The cold and frost of winter present all kinds of challenges for winter photography. However, with those challenges come such unique opportunities to create compelling and stunning winter landscape images. Make sure you see my previous winter photography tips on the right clothing and gear to keep you warm and the best camera gear accessories […]

Winter Photography Tips for Photographing in Cold Weather

Landscape Photography

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