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How to add Borders directly in Lightroom

12 February, 20258 April, 2025 by Vlad Moldovean

You heard it right – No Photoshop required! This has been in the back of my mind for quite a while now. I’ve seen multiple times requests for this feature

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If your Helios doesn’t have swirly bokeh, this might be the cause.

16 May, 202417 May, 2024 by Vlad Moldovean

This article is not just for my fellow Nikon DSLR users but for all the lens nerds out there! I know there aren’t many DSLR users left around but let’s

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COLOR RESPONSE CURVES -Emualte any film in Lightroom

5 May, 20242 March, 2025 by Vlad Moldovean

I might have stumbled upon something huge by mistake. All this time we were all using presets that use all the tools in Lightroom to emulate the look of certain

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The rabbit hole of adding grain to digital photos gets even deeper (part 2)

13 March, 202412 February, 2025 by Vlad Moldovean

It has been a bit over a year since my first article about film grain. And I thought that that was it and that I’d dug more in-depth than most

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User-Centric Lightroom Presets: Designing Styles for a Seamless and Enjoyable User Experience

14 January, 202416 January, 2024 by Vlad Moldovean

There is a huge difference between saving all your settings when you are done with an image and carefully crafting a preset that will be useful for others. Our shooting

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Craft stunning Anamorphic Bokeh with Custom Lens Inserts.

4 January, 202426 January, 2024 by Vlad Moldovean

This article strives to be the ultimate design guide on modifying your spherical lens to produce the type of anamorphic boke you can see in the movies. And because I’m

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If you use vintage lenses you have to try this

21 July, 20231 January, 2024 by Vlad Moldovean

I’ll start this article by saying, I love shooting vintage glass for the character it can imprint on my images. I love the swirly bokeh, the bloom, and the flares

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Hot to use masks to take Lightroom Grain to the next level

26 June, 202311 January, 2024 by Vlad Moldovean

I will preface this by saying that I am not an Adobe fanboy and if this is not clear, I am not paid to praise the Lightroom Classic team in

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Photo Breakdown #003

14 December, 20221 January, 2024 by Vlad Moldovean

As a photographer, one of the most important elements to consider when creating a stunning image is lighting. While natural light can be beautiful, using light fixtures can help add

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Photo Breakdown #001

15 November, 20221 January, 2024 by Vlad Moldovean

While discussing grain or film emulation on digital files is fun I think there is one thing we as photographers don’t do enough and that is breaking down a photo

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