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With posting images to the internet you really have the freedom to crop you photos to any aspect ratio you deem necessary to make your photo look the way you need it to. Well lately I have been getting into printing out my photos for putting them into frames and hanging them on the wall. Well when you print your photos you need to crop them appropriately so they will fit the size frame you intend to put them into. While I was experimenting with Adobe Lightroom I found an interesting feature you might find helpful when using Lightroom. While in the crop tool of Lightroom I found an option new to me, that lets you overlay any of the various crop aspect ratios onto the image before you crop the photo. This can be very helpful for individuals like me that need to visualize what the crop will look like before I apply it to the photo. This feature while it is not new, was a surprise to me and something new I learned by accident just playing around with Lightroom today.
Below are the steps you will need to take to turn on the crop overlay feature to display any 1 or all of the crop aspect ratios onto your photo while in the crop tool.
1. Turn on the crop tool to see the standard grid of lines on your photo.
2. On the menu bar go to “Tools>Crop Guide Overlay>Aspect Ratio”. This will now show an overlay on your image of some of the aspect ratios.
3. Next go to the menu bar again “Tools>Crop Guide Overlay>Choose Aspect Ratios”.
4. Choose which of the Adobe Lightroom aspect ratios you wish to see overlaid on your photo. If you know you are not going to be using one of the aspect ratios you can choose not to see that particular one in the overlay.
Now when you go to the crop tool inside of lightroom you will see all the selected aspect ratios overlaid onto your picture. This will allow you to see how all of the aspect ratios will affect your photo when applied. This will prevent you from having to apply one aspect ration crop at a time and then reverting back because you did not like it. I hope this tip in Lightroom helps someone learning how to use Lightroom.
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So first blog post to my photography blog. I will start off by listing my current equipment I use to shoot all my photos I have listed today.
As you can see my camera system of choice is the micro four thirds system with Olympus camera bodies. I have been slowly upgrading my camera bodies over the years and my first camera with a detachable lens was the Olympus Pen E-PM1. I used the Pen series of camera for awhile and then quickly wanted something with more features and options. So I upgraded to the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark 1. This camera satisfied my needs for awhile until I started getting into more sports and action photography. So I eventually upgraded to the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark 1. Once I made the switch to the Olympus E-M1, shooting my son’s football, basketball and track meets became easier with the E-M1 Mark 1. It’s higher burst rate with faster autofocus greatly improved my hit count of being able to capture the action of the games.
I still have these manual focus lenses (Olympus 50mm f1.8 and Soligor 300mm f4) for nostalgia but I rarely use them anymore. They were great when I was first starting out and wanted an inexpensive way to get into photography. But I mostly now concentrate my time on using my newer autofocus lenses. It’s hard to believe my first telephoto lens was the Soligor manual focus 300mm lens that I used for capturing photos of birds.
The Mindshift PhotoCross 13 camera bag is a sling style camera bag that works perfectly for me and my camera equipment. The build and quality of materials of the bag is excellent. I am able to carry in the MindShift PhotoCross 13 my camera body with a 25mm lens attached, M.Zuiko 75-300mm, M.Zuiko 40-150mm, M.Zuiko 45mmf1.8 and still have room for another lens if needed. The name of the bag PhotoCross 13 denotes that it is big enough to fit a 13 inch laptop. For me I am able to fit my 12.9 inch iPad Pro. Also there are pockets for extra accessories, batteries, memory cards, etc… Overall I highly recommend the Mindshift Gear PhotoCross13 camera bag it is very comfortable and works well with a mirrorless camera system.
Camera Equipment list:
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark 1
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