The Adobe Lightroom Show

Episode Summary: Photo organization and workflow using Adobe Lightroom and Lightroom Mobile — what it costs, what it's for, and the exact folder system used to stay organized. What You'll Learn What Adobe Lightroom is and why it was built for professional photographers The real cost breakdown, including the $9.99/month Photographer's Bundle Mike's exact photo folder structure and backup workflow How Lightroom Mobile syncs with the desktop app, and its Collections-only limitation What Is Adobe Lightroom? A photo editor and organizer/manager for Mac or PC, included in the Adobe Creative Cloud bundle. Officially launched in 2007, built mainly to help professional photographers organize and edit large batches of high-resolution and RAW photos quickly. Tip 1: back up Lightroom catalogs regularly. Tip 2: shoot in RAW when possible. The backup setup in practice: all photos live on an external hard drive, continuously backed up to Backblaze for $5/month. How Much Does Lightroom Cost? Included in the full Adobe CC bundle at $49/month, or via the Photographer's Bundle for just $9.99/month — includes Lightroom, Photoshop, Bridge, and all the mobile apps. Workflow All photos live on an external drive in a single "Photos" folder, broken down by year and month (e.g., 2016 > November). Travel photos get their own organization by location (e.g., Europe 2014). Lightroom Mobile Free. The Lightroom camera app is used for all iPhone photography, giving a fully functional version of Lightroom on iPhone and iPad with 2-way sync — a photo shot on the phone uploads to Lightroom automatically. One limitation: it only works with regular Collections, not Smart Collections. Show Notes & Links Backblaze Adobe Photographer's Bundle Read the complete show notes and resources on mikemurphy.ai. Support the show Subscribe To Weekly Newsletter: AI Unplugged Connect With Me 🌐 Website 📧 Newsletter 🎥 YouTube 🐦 X 💼 LinkedIn Comments, Questions & Feedback: [email protected]