Lightroom Updates June 2018 and a World Cup Inspired “How I Got The Shot”

In this Episode Connor sits down with Jeff Harmon and Brian McGuckin. We talk about the latest update of Lightroom and talk about the usefulness of new features then discuss how Brian got an amazing World Cup inspired photo of his son. 

Topic 1: Lightroom Classic CC 7.4 June 2018 Update (Adobe Release notes: https://theblog.adobe.com/june-lightroom-cc-releases-preset-profile-synchronization/ and https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/whats-new.html#lr-classic-cc-7-4)  

New features:

(Support Jeff’s idea for a Cull Module http://bit.ly/cullmodule)

Folder Color Labels

Show/Hide Presets & Profiles

Disable Large Preset Preview

Automatically Stack after Merge (pano or HDR)

Folder search performance

HEIF support (Apples newer JPEG format)

No more posting to Facebook using the Lightroom Publishing Service

Updates to support new cameras and lenses

Bug fixes

Crash when disconnecting external hard drive (Windows only)

Mac catalog backups

Preset conversions

12+ bugs in the develop module (they only talk about the bugs reported by users as being fixed)

Topic 2: HIGTS - Soccer Photo

Just Do It!

Have a vision - My kids’ passions - World Cup

Triple Flash Set up.

Shoot and Adjust.

Small aperture. Shutterspeed around 1/200. Bright flash.

ISO 1000. F/11. 1/250

Doodads:

Jeff: Mpow H5 Active Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones ($45)

Connor Boomerang for Gmail Free

Brian Crib Mattress You get what you pay for?

Reminders:

masterphotographypodcast.com is the new home for the show, you will want to go there and check it out

Facebook group is Master Photography Podcast, can search for it on Facebook or you can go to masterphotographypodcast.com and there are links there.

Find Brian’s work at brianmcguckin.com, Facebook (brianmcguckinphotography), Twitter (@brianmcguckin), and Instagram (@brianmcguckin)

Find Connor’s work at www.connorhibbs.photography, @connorhibbsphotography on instagram or at portraitsessionpodcast.com

Find Jeff’s work at jsharmonphotos.com, phototacopodcast.com where you can subscribe to the Photo Taco podcast and enter a contest to win a 30 minute skype editing session with Jeff, and on Facebook (harmonjeff), Twitter (@harmon_jeff), and Instagram(@harmonjeff)