Build a Photography Calendar in Lightroom's Print Module (And Actually Use Your Best Shots)

Build a Photography Calendar in Lightroom's Print Module (And Actually Use Your Best Shots)

Every December I end up with the same problem. I have a folder full of my favorite shots from the year, a vague intention to do something meaningful with them, and then somehow a generic wall calendar from a gas station ends up in my kitchen anyway. Sound familiar? This year I finally did something about it, and the fix came from a surprisingly underused corner of Lightroom. In this Matt Kloskowski tutorial, he walks through how to use Lightroom’s Print Module to combine a free calendar template JPEG with your own photography into a shareable, printable image.

Print Your Own Lightroom Calendar for Free: A Step-by-Step Guide Using Ed Weaver's Templates

Print Your Own Lightroom Calendar for Free: A Step-by-Step Guide Using Ed Weaver's Templates

Every January I tell myself I’m going to do something meaningful with the thousands of photos sitting in my Lightroom catalog. Not just export them to a hard drive and forget they exist, but actually put them somewhere physical where people can see them. A printed calendar is one of the best answers to that problem, and it costs almost nothing if you know where to look. In this Scott Kelby tutorial, he walks through a workflow built around free calendar templates created annually by photographer Ed Weaver.