Portrait Photography

Video Tutorials

How to Build Custom Portrait Proof Sheets in Lightroom's Print Module

Every photographer I know has a version of the same problem: clients want to see options before committing to a final selection, and sending a folder of 200 JPEGs feels about as professional as handing someone a shoebox of prints. For a long time I was exporting contact sheets from a separate app, which added steps and broke my flow right in the middle of a session. Then I watched this CreativeLive tutorial on customizing portrait proof sheets entirely inside Lightroom, and I realized I’d been ignoring a tool that was sitting in front of me the whole time.

August 15, 2026

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From Mechanic's Garage to Portrait Studio: What Matt Stagliano's Creative Journey Teaches Us About Building a Photography Business

There’s a version of a photography career that looks like a straight line. You study it in school, you assist someone, you go out on your own. That version has never matched anyone I’ve actually met. The photographers who stick around, the ones building real studios and real client relationships, almost always arrived sideways. I learned Lightroom because my band couldn’t afford to hire anyone to edit our press shots, and someone had to do it.

July 17, 2026

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The Photoshop Toolkit Sue Bryce Actually Uses for Portrait Retouching (And Why It's Faster Than You Think)

There’s a specific kind of editing paralysis that hits when you’re staring at a folder of 80 portrait images and you know, deep down, that your retouching process is going to eat your entire afternoon. I’ve been there. I spent years building Lightroom workflows designed to get me out of that trap, and somewhere along the way I started paying close attention to how working portrait photographers structure their Photoshop side of things, not just the catalog management and global adjustments, but the actual per-image muscle memory.

July 7, 2026