

You check your progress as you’re editing by using the Before/After feature in Lightroom. So how are you supposed to find the sweet spot… But not going far enough can often leave your photos looking a bit dull, and you’re not getting the maximum potential out of them.

And it’s not a huge deal – I’d say it’s not as bad as going too far. If you’re noticing the effects before you’re noticing the subject, that’s too much editing, in my opinion.Īnd on the flip side, it’s easy to hold back in your editing for fear of doing too much! Life is complicated, isn’t it? But my personal metric for determining if there is too much editing is when the post-processing becomes more prominent than the actual content of the photo itself. Now, with all Lightroom adjustments, there is no right or wrong. A little bit of an adjustment starts looking good, so you just keep going! But more isn’t always better… This is definitely a super common mistake that plagues even more seasoned Lightroom users. Those mistakes can actually make your photos look worse (UH OH) so today let’s cover some of the most common mistakes so you will know to avoid them. Lightroom is an incredibly fun and powerful photo editing program that can help you transform the look of your images! But with great power comes great responsibility, and it’s very (very) easy to start making mistakes in Lightroom when you don’t fully understand it.
