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Not confusing at all, @kansasgirl!
Personally, I almost never use Photoshop for photo editing. Lightroom is very powerful, and has become more and more so through the years.
Pretty much the only time I’d use PS for editing would be for advanced edits like face swaps or dramatic removals from backgrounds, but I almost never need to do that since I work to avoid that when shooting.
I don’t have much experience with Macs, so can’t answer there from personal experience – I’m sure others on here can chime in. Have you looked into any sort of SD card adapters you could plug in, though?
This assignment is now LIVE for October 2026! If you have ANY questions along the way as you go to fulfil this assignment, please don’t hesitate to ask here!
Let’s go out and bless some families with photos this month!
Catch the replay of the webinar here! And congratulations again to Tabitha on being chosen as the winner!
That’s so good to hear, Joanna!
I feel like every photoshoot I do, I walk away with at least one thing I learned or something I can do to improve next time. The more experience you have, the more those things will build up so you’ll have more and more ideas on what to do in all sorts of situations!
SUCH a great webinar tonight! Here’s the link to the replay, for anyone who missed it or wants to re-watch.
Congratulations to the winners! I’ll be emailing you all this week with your awards. And all participants are getting a little something special too, so keep your eyes on your emails for that as well.
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Heartily agree with what has been said so far!
I’d condense my suggestions to the three following points:
1) Plan general groupings
i.e. full family, dad/kids, mom/kids, siblings, individuals2) Use variations within each grouping
i.e. posed, seated, standing, moving (walking, running, playing “red light green light”, giving group hugs, etc)3) Depending on how much time & where you are, plan to do the various groupings in multiple locations.
This can help bring variety, and you can vary things up from before as far as where you’re putting people in the shotAlso, I’d highly recommend getting the 30 Tips for Perfect Family Photos ebook. It was a tremendous help when I was first taking family photos. And I’m not getting any personal or monetary benefit by sharing this as part of the Lenspiration Team either 🙂 Just genuinely recommending a resource that was a help to me at the beginning!
The Pro Posing database also has a bunch of example images with tips in the captions, so you can also check that out!
If you feel like you need more ideas, feel free to share the general age range of the children and how many there are, and I could try to share additional ideas for natural smiles 🙂
Sooo fun to see these, @laura-aome! Thanks for sharing here! They look great.
This assignment is now LIVE for August 2026! Looking forward to what you all submit this month! If you have any questions along the way, please don’t hesitate to ask.
What a fantastic webinar last night! Soo many epic locations and great pictures showcasing them. Here’s the replay where you can catch it all, and see the three winners!
I’m looking forward to this webinar as well! Here’s the link for anyone who hasn’t registered!
Congratulations again to @loewfam on being chosen as the winner for this assignment! Webinar replay is available at this link.
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Well, folks….it’s that time of year again! A top favorite photo assignment is now LIVE for July 2026! Literally canNOT wait to see all the locations everyone submits this year. And then I think I’m going to need to start planning an inter-continental trip to start visiting them all. 😀
Have at it! You’ve got 24 days to pummel the Scouting Guide with new places for everyone to explore!
Great work, folks – thanks for being part of this assignment! Hope you’re all planning to join us tomorrow evening, Tuesday June 30 at 7PM (EST) for the live webinar! Here’s a link to register. See y’all there!
