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ave you ever wondered why Lightroom keeps asking you to save metadata—or why you sometimes see that mysterious icon with three stacked lines and a downward arrow?

Q&A: Why Does Lightroom Keep Asking to Save Metadata?

Learn what Lightroom’s metadata warning means, how to save metadata to disk, and when to use XMP sidecar files to protect your edits and keywords.

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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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Easily Create a Photo Copyright Preset in Lightroom

Learn how to automatically copyright your photos in Lightroom and the 3 essential elements that must be in your image’s copyright notice.

How to Add a Copyright to Your Photos in Lightroom

Landscape Photography

Cover image for Faster Ways to Organize Photos in Lightroom Classic with Keywords Tutorial

Unlock the fast and easy methods to keyword photos and stay organized in Lightroom Classic.

Fast and Easy Ways to Organize and Keyword Photos in Lightroom

Lightroom & Photoshop

7 simple tips and 3 different options on how to organize your lightroom folders for nature and landscape photographers

7 Powerful Tips to Organize Lightroom Folders

Lightroom & Photoshop

Many issues people face in Lightroom come from importing incorrectly. Here, I share my best practices on how to import your photos into Lightroom.

Many problems in Lightroom stem from importing incorrectly. Here, I share my three best practices on importing your photos into Lightroom.

The Smartest Way to Import Your Photos into Lightroom Classic

Lightroom & Photoshop

Where to Store Your Lightroom Presets and should you check store presets with Lightroom catalog?

Learn about using Lightroom presets and the one exception when you should check that infamous “store Lightroom presets with catalog” box.

Where to Store Your Lightroom Presets

Landscape Photography

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