Every now and then, it’s worth revisiting old photos—not to cringe at past choices, but to see how far you’ve come. Our tools evolve, our taste evolves, and more often than not, a fresh look at a familiar photo reveals new possibilities. That’s the thinking behind my Then and Now series, and for ...

Every so often, a new tool gets added to Lightroom that seems subtle at first glance but ends up having a profound impact on how you edit your photos. One such tool—quietly introduced in the Lightroom 9.0 update at Adobe Max 2025—is the new Color Variance slider inside the Point Color panel. Whi...

Lightroom 9.0 is a big release with a mix of long-requested workflow tools and a few editing upgrades that quickly become “can’t live without.” Below is a hands-on tour of the features I think will matter most day-to-day, plus tips to get better results right away.   Assisted Culling (Early Acc...

If there's one editing panel in Lightroom that deserves your time and attention, it's the Masking panel. While Lightroom is full of powerful tools, none offer the same creative control and precision as masking—especially when you start combining masks using Add, Subtract, and Intersect. These thr...

For this episode of Then and Now, I returned to a photo I shot back in 2012 at the Vista House in Oregon. At the time, I was deep into HDR—shooting nine brackets for nearly every scene and tone mapping them in Photomatix. Looking at that old edit today, it has all the telltale signs of early HDR ...

Back in 2014, I captured one of my favorite sunrise scenes at Tallow Beach in Byron Bay, Australia. The composition, timing, and conditions came together beautifully, and I was happy with my original edit at the time. But now—over a decade later—with new tools, techniques, and an evolved editing ...