Monday, April 30, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Ken Lee

Quick Tip: Change the Crop Orientation in Lightroom

14 Best Wedding Poses for the Bride and Groom

A wedding portrait is a young couple’s first image as a new family — and one that will likely grace that new family’s walls for decades. Alongside factors like exposure and lighting, wedding poses can make or break that couple’s first portraits as husband and wife. The honour of taking...

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Photography Marketing: Show Your Client That You’re Interested

10 Ways To Get Your Lens Dirty (Creative and Colourful Photography Ideas)

Photography can be fun and creative. It is art, after all. If it was meant to be serious all the time, we would all have difficulty staying motivated. There are many ways to be inventive in the field of photography, but we are going to look at how to get...

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Symphonie Fantastique: Behind the scenes at a most unusual performance

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Photographer of the Week: April 23 ~ 27, 2018

Sunday Comics: Improbable Ask #1

How To Improve Your Food Photography With Natural Light

As a professional food photographer, I shoot with artificial lights most of the time. Restaurants are often dark, and being in studio on a commercial job all day means that the light will change. This doesn’t provide me with the consistency I need in my images. Many photographers who shoot...

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Get Creative With Close Up And Macro Food Photography

Food photography is a very general term covering a few different photographic styles. It spans everything from commercial food photos to images for recipe books, menus or blogs. And then there’s creative food photography, like in our post here. Another very interesting and inspiring style is to get up close...

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How and Why to Use a Grid on a Softbox

Saturday, April 28, 2018

How To Photograph High And Low Key Wildlife Photography

In this tutorial, I’ll introduce you to high and low key photography for wildlife. But first, imagine this. It was daylight and overcast; the light flat and bright. Stratus clouds in the sky were as texture-less as a giant studio softbox, illuminating everything in perfect, uniform light. In the tree...

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Travel Photography Ethics: When You Shouldn’t Take That Picture

A camera is a powerful tool in your hands, a device used to record the world around you. The scope for image making is great, and can be used to make artistically stunning photos. But there are factors to consider like the privacy and dignity of the persons you photograph....

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Developing the Essentials with HDR Basic Filter & Cropping in Aurora HDR 2018 (part 13)

6 Things to Keep in Mind Before Starting a Pet Photography Business

Pictures of pets are some of the most popular internet searches of all time. If you have a passion for animals and photography, starting a pet photography business sounds like an ideal life move. Why not create the photographs everyone talks about? What could be better than waking up every...

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Diving into Lightroom’s New Profile System

Friday, April 27, 2018

Photographer of the Day: dizbin

The Complete Guide To Newborn Photography: 67 Tips

Newborn photography is a take on portrait photography. Only the subjects are typically less than two weeks old. It’s about capturing this beautiful moment before the child grows up and starts asking for pocket money and to borrow the car. It is the only area of photography where the photographer...

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How to Choose the Best Lens for Landscape Photography

This article will give you some clues about choosing the best lenses for landscape photography. It is a well-known rule that you should buy a good lens first and then get a camera body using the leftover money. The lens is the most critical element in your photography (except the...

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The Untouchable Photographer

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Joan Manel Zamora

Using the Angler Circo LED Ring Light with Macro Food Photography

How To Turn Photos Into Paintings With Photoshop

Photography has always been a great way to show our own perspective of the world. And this article will teach you how to turn photos into paintings! These days we have powerful tools to add more of our personal vision to the images. One of them is Adobe Photoshop. This...

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10 Common Mistakes In Real Estate Photography And How To Avoid Them

When you’re starting out in a new photography niche, you’re bound to make plenty of mistakes! Those photography mistakes are actually very valuable in teaching you the ins and outs of whatever niche you work in. Still, it’s always a good idea to pay attention to others who are farther...

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How to Become an Adobe Stock Contributor

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Gary Radler

Portrait Tips: Crop the Top

Perfectly Clear: Beginning Retouching for the Non-Retoucher

The Complete Guide to Lighting: 83 Tips

Photography lighting, or rather lighting for photography is the most important aspect of image capturing. Don’t believe me? Close your eyes. what do you see? If the answer is nothing, that’s exactly what photography looks like without light. The word photography comes from the Greek roots φωτός (phōtos or phōs),...

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15 Common Travel Photography Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Photography has been an integral part of the travelling experience since the 1800s. It is also one of the most popular genres of photography to get into. Great travel images have the power to inspire someone to visit a destination. Or they can tell a story that would otherwise take...

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12 Beginner Tips for Better Product Photography

You might think that product and still life photography aren’t as interesting as photographing living subjects. But product photographer like would say “you’re just not doing it right!”. Product photography can be a very fun endeavour, pushing your creativity to new heights. Here are our 12 tips on how to...

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4 Reasons Why You Should Consider Getting An Office Out From Your Home

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Bert de Bruin

Getting Started with Travel Photography: Beginner’s Guide

Travel photography is exciting, and it’s popular among just about everyone who picks up a camera. There is almost always a travel destination that chimes with your particular style of photography. How do you get into travel photography though? Added to this, are you experienced in travelling? There are skills...

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The Complete Guide To Adventure Photography: 65 Tips

Adventure photography is a niche defined by stunning landscapes, dynamic personalities, and challenging, ever-changing shooting conditions. You could be the participant or an observer looking for great compositions. Finding yourself chasing snowboarders trying to perfect that wildcat spin trick is not uncommon. Waiting for mountain climbers to reach your well...

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Aurora HDR 2018 and RetouchIng with Luminar 2018 (part 12)

Becoming a Better Drone Photographer: Setting up your DJI Drone Camera in Aperture Priority Mode

Monday, April 23, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Gilles Letang

Quick Tip: What happened to “Camera Calibration” in Lightroom Classic Creative Cloud?

Gnarbox 128 Review

10 Composition Tips For Better Fashion Photography

In most situations, the same rules apply to fashion photography composition just like any other photographic genre. However, emphasising the subject is one thing. Showcasing what they’re wearing at the same time may require some serious composition skills. Thankfully, we have some useful tips to help you take well-composed magazine-worthy...

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Photography Marketing: Make Sure You Have a Headshot Too!

The Complete Guide To Wildlife Photography: 89 Tips

Wildlife photography is the act of documenting animals and creatures in their natural habitat. This is one of the most challenging areas of photography, as you are dealing with animals that can’t take model direction easily. Not only do you need to have superb technical skills, but also know how...

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Japan for the Traveling Photographer: Part 4: Tackling Tokyo

Photographer of the Week: April 16 ~ 20, 2018

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Sunday Comics: Maybe The Best Guardian of the Galaxy

How to Find Your Best Camera for Landscape Photography

First, I want to start out noting that I am not, in any way, a gear snob. The camera is a tool, not the creator. Nothing drives me more crazy than hearing people say, “You take beautiful pictures, you must have a really good camera.” I have seen staggering images...

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15 Tips for Night Street Photography | Stunning Low Light Photos

There’s something about street photography that’s exciting, it’s the appeal of getting that moment of capture. When you combine that with the bit of mystery that night time photography provides, it’s no wonder night street photography is so popular. But this is also one of the more challenging types of...

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7 Portrait Lighting Patterns and How to Achieve Them

Saturday, April 21, 2018

The Right Tools for Food Photography Styling and How to Use Them

Whether you are a food blogger or starting out in professional food photography, you will need to develop your food styling skills. Food styling is inseparable from lighting and composition. All of these components work together equally in the aesthetic of the final photo. If one of them is off, the...

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10 Posing Tips for Your Next Boudoir Photography Session

One of the greatest challenges I hear many photographers face is the lack of creativity in their boudoir posing. They have everything in place in terms of wardrobe, setups, lighting and technical aspects. Yet when they go to pose their clients they are at a loss for ideas beyond a...

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Reducing Chromatic Aberration in Aurora HDR 2018 (part 11)

Friday, April 20, 2018

Photographer of the Day: 陳 揮之

Street Photography Ethics: To Shoot or Not to Shoot

Street photography has been around almost as long as photography itself. And for as long as street photography has been around, there have been questions of photography ethics. This article will take you through all you need to know about street photography ethics. Whether it’s okay to photograph the homeless...

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Understanding the Difference Between Layer and Filter Brushes in Luminar 2018

Photography Worldwide: Niches You Know, Niches You Don’t

Taking Pictures of Pets Will Make You a Better Photographer (Here’s How!)

Pictures of pets are capable of melting the coldest of hearts and improving the worst of days. One can’t help but imagine how delightful the photo shoots must be. If you were to witness the photo-taking process for your favourite images, you’d discover a world of accidents, loud noises, and...

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Allan Jones

Get Creative With 10 Abstract Macro Photography Ideas

Abstract photography, and abstract macro photography, refers to an image that has no obvious connection to the real world of solid, easily recognised objects. Such images exploit the use of patterns and colours. They arrest the eye and invite the viewer to explore the image for its own sake. Occasionally,...

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Mastering Your Wedding Photography Workflow

When I tell a stranger that I’m a wedding photographer, I sometimes get that look. You know, the one that says, Oh, you push buttons on a Saturday and have the rest of the week to do nothing? That must be nice. But wedding photography is never a one-day process....

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Five “Must-Take” Photographs for Corporate Events

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Allan Jones

Beyond Technique Podcast | Photofocus Podcast April 18, 2018

Portrait Tips: Fix It Now, Not In Photoshop

7 Steps Guide to Getting Started as a Fashion Photographer

Fashion photography is undoubtedly one of the most glamorous niches any photographer could ever wish to pursue. Those that make it to the top not only get to shoot gorgeous models and celebrities, but many of them also earn a lot doing it. However, if you’re an aspiring fashion photographer,...

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12 Tips for Better Beach Photography

Coming from a Mediterranean country, the beach has always been a part of my life. Sea, sand, sun and sky – all these make for great beach photography. If you are into it or if you wish to give it a try, have a look at these 12 beach photography...

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Want Better Photographs? Use Your Lens Hood

Improve Your Photography Skills For $0 – $5 with these Essential Tools

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Heidi Rondak

Searching for a Lightroom Alternative: Is it Time to Switch?

8 Photography Composition Techniques to Improve Your Travel Photos

The sights we see when we travel can stay in our minds for a lifetime. It only makes sense, then, that you would want to capture photos to relay how amazing these sights are. Let’s go over some tips for photography composition to help improve your travel photos and make...

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The Complete Guide To Urban Exploration Photography: 67 Tips

‘Take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints’ Urban exploration, or as it is more commonly known, “urbex”, is the act of exploring empty properties. Places that are often explored include abandoned factories, hospitals, housing complexes, and even old theme parks. The nature of this activity presents various risks....

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Removing Ghost Images with Deghosting in Aurora HDR 2018 (part 10)

Photography in The Floating Studio

The Complete Guide To Film Photography: 94 tips

Film photography is where it all began. Before digital photography and the birth of the digital age, we all took photographs on strips of plastic. These strips come with a coating of a silver halide solution, protected by a layer of gelatin. The photographs we took burned an imprint into...

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Sunday, April 15, 2018

Photographer of the Week: April 9 ~ 13, 2018

Sunday Comics: Photographers Only Work Half Days

15 Young Female Photographers You Should Follow Today

I’ve been taking photographs for over nine years. Throughout my journey, I’ve discovered many incredible artists, and among them many amazing female photographers. The reason I started taking photos in the first place was that I stumbled upon galleries of breathtaking portraits by artists like Laura Kok, Rona Keller, and...

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Becoming a Better Drone Pilot: Brother AirScouter WD-300C Head-mounted Display Review

12 Tips for Styling Your Food Photography

You can have the most beautiful, directional light, and a composition that perfectly follows the golden ratio, but if your burger looks sloppy or the maple syrup has soaked into your pancakes, the end result will be less than appealing. Food photography styling is essential. It’s a food stylist’s job...

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Saturday, April 14, 2018

Friday, April 13, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Dan Schneider

The Mind Your Own Business Podcast | Photofocus Podcast April 13, 2018

How to Pick the Right Lens for Pet Photography

Pet photography is an incredibly fun photography type to get into! However, one of the biggest factors that stifle ambitious photographers is what lens to use to photograph dogs, cats, even feathered critters. The glass you put at the front of your camera impacts the final outcome tremendously, and this...

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Landscape Photography Accessories: From Clothing to Head Lamps

You should have reliable clothing and photography accessories before you go out on a shoot. Some landscape scenes are more demanding than others. The same goes for the weather. You’ll need to adjust your gear to the weather to avoid any regrets. And there are also a few tools and...

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What Are Lens Filters & Why Should You Use Them?

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Fitz Crittle Photography

Luminar 2018 Update: JUPITER (Spoilers: It’s Faster!)

The Complete Guide To Photography Composition: 78 Tips

Composition is one of the fundamental ideas behind all art, whether photography, painting or graphic design. It is the word to describe how everything in your piece fits together. But it is oven overlooked and dismissed. Photographers of all levels tend to worry first about their cameras, their lenses, the...

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How to Apply Compositional Theory to Food Photography: Golden Ratio, Phi Grid, Fibonacci Spiral

Unlike the technical side of food photography, the creative aspects can be a lot harder to define. Composition can make or break your images, yet not every compositional tool works for every image, every time. Good photography results from a series of the right decisions around lighting and composition. In...

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Newborn Poses: How to Minimise Fuss and Maximise Cuteness

“Newborn poses” is half oxymoron, half misnomer. Newborns won’t sit up a little straighter, lean a bit this way or place their hands that way simply because you ask them to. Posing an infant isn’t an art of communication and vision, but of vision, patience and moulding tiny, fragile limbs...

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Inspiration Can Strike Anywhere (Or How I Made the Most Viewed Photos of My Career)

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Alan Jones

The Complete Guide To DIY Photography: 156 Tips

Do It Yourself (DIY) anything can be fun and interesting. DIY photography is no different. Using your own creativity can help to create something cheap and cheerful. Gaffer tape is about to be your new best friend. Some of these projects are very easy and can be done within 30...

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11 Tips for Improving Your Cat Photography Skills

I lived for a time in a town with a lot of cats. As a photographer, this meant I photographed a lot of cats and learnt a lot about cat photography. I ended up taking cat photos almost every day. Many of us are cat lovers. These little felines have...

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When to Load Raw and when to Use Preprocessed Files in Aurora HDR 2018 (part 8)

Japan for the Traveling Photographer, Part 3: Tokyo and Tsukiji

The Complete Guide To Pet Photography: 87 Tips

Pet photography is its own photographic niche these days. Whether it’s photos of your furry friend for your Instagram, or professional dog show pictures, knowing how to successfully photograph pets is a key skill. It’s also a great way to practise for better photography in general. Your pets are unpredictable and fast, providing...

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Thursday, April 5, 2018

Photographer of the Day: fiore_lla4ever

A Complete Guide To Family Photography: 67 Tips

Family photography portraits capture a moment in time alongside those you care for most. They are treasured memories, placed on a wall or a mantle of a specific time and place. Perhaps you decide to start an event, wedding or portraiture business, where family and group shots are standard. You...

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SkyWatcher Star Adventurer Review | Astrophotography Equatorial Tracking Mount

This SkyWatcher Star Adventurer review and set up guide conclude my series of astrophotography articles. This is one of the most highly regarded, affordable and portable equatorial tracking mounts for lightweight astrophotography and time lapse. If you are into astrophotography, an equatorial tracking mount is a must-have. It’s even more important than fast lenses...

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Mirrorless Camera Maniac: How To Make Super-High-Res Photos with MFT Cameras

Why Your “Lightweight” Gear Works for Heavy Weight Pictures

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Aron Cooperman

The Complete Guide To Stock Photography: 78 Tips

Stock photography is a grouping of images that companies, bloggers and individuals can use. These images can be of absolutely anything, and with a quick search, you will find they are of everything. The images are taken by photographers and uploaded to one or many stock photography agencies. Images on...

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6 Must-Know Tips for Fast Action Photography in Low Light

Low light has always been considered the bane of a photographer’s existence. Partner the need to photograph action when there is less than ideal available light to work with and it sounds like a recipe for disaster! Fear not my friends, our article will give you all the info you...

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Portrait Tips: Why You Shouldn’t Use Auto White Balance

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Adobe Releases Lightroom Classic 7.3, Adds Custom Profiles

How to Apply Compositional Theory to Food Photography: Part I

Creating great food photography relies in part on the application of compositional theory. Although we can refer to these tools as the “rules of composition”, they may be thought of more as guidelines. The word “rules” implies that you can’t break them but this is not true because art is...

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Monday, April 2, 2018

Photographer of the Day: Foteini Zaglara

Photographer of the Day: Mark Meyer zur Heide

(Editor’s note: Larui is on hiatus from curation of the Travel category. She’ll be back to Photographer of the Day soon.) Category: Travel Photographer: Mark Meyer zur Heide “Underground Train“ A U-Bahn subway station in Munich (München) Germany turns into a study in color and perceived motion earning Mark Meyer zur Heide the Photofocus Photographer of the Day honor…

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Peak Design Everyday Backpack Provides Minimalist and Clean Design with Function

Join Us for a Hands-On Photo Class at Shutterfest this Week

Are you headed to Shutterfest?  A bunch of folks from the Photofocus team will be there including Vanelli, Jason Hahn, Levi Sim, and Rich Harrington. SHOOT. LEARN. PARTY. ST. LOUIS, MO. | APRIL 3-4, 2018  Our site partners, Skylum software makers of Luminar will also be there with a cool hands-on photo shoot.  Join Vanelli, Abba…

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Using Aurora HDR as a Plugin – Photoshop (part 6)

Photography Marketing: A Third Glance into Studio Management Platforms

While at WPPI, I was amazed at the number of studio management platforms that were exhibiting. I’ve written two pieces about studio management platforms in the past year (part one and part two), and it seems like more keep popping up! For marketing purposes, studio management platforms are handy for client relations, allowing you to…

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The Technical Benefits of Lighting Modifiers

From the Course: Improving Your Photography and Portraits with Lighting Modifiers The technical benefits of lighting modifiers from Improving Your Photography and Portraits with Lighting Modifiers by Robert Vanelli Benefits of Using Light Modifiers There are many benefits of using light modifiers. We can take a small light source such as the speedlight and make it…

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10 Reasons to Shoot During the Golden Hour | Golden Hour Photography

Golden hour photography can result in some amazing and almost magical photos. Portrait and landscape photographers favour the golden hour time of day and sometimes build entire sessions around it. Here are 10 reasons why you should shoot during the golden hour: 1. Unwanted Shadows  When taking portraits, light direction...

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Coloring a Rockstar

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Photographer of the Week: March 26 ~ 30, 2018

Sunday Comics: Happy Easter & April Fools Day too!

Smartphone Photography: How to Take Advantage of the Camera You Carry Everywhere

“The best camera is the one you have with you” is a saying that’s been around as long as there have been cameras. These days that usually means using your phone for smartphone photography, but can it really replace an expensive DSLR?  Not exactly. But that doesn’t mean that you...

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Wedding Poses: The Ultimate Wedding Party Posing Guide For Beginners

For the wedding photographer, the sigh of relief after the you-may-kiss-the-bride moment is short-lived. Because after the pressure of the ceremony comes the task of cramming several formal wedding pose must-haves in an often too short time span. One of those tasks is arranging the wedding party into a pose...

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How Do I Crop to a Specific Ratio in Lightroom