Ever wondered what your photos looked like before your photographer edited them? Photo editing goes a long way in getting you amazing results. And I would venture to say that almost half of a photographer’s artistic talent and work comes through in their editing process. This is a process which I absolutely LOVE and it never ceases to fascinate me. For example, you can turn this (left)…. into this (right):

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I was first introduced to Adobe Lightroom in 2007, in its year of infancy, when the program was new and digital photographers were slowly making the switch from Photoshop. After graduating from photography school in 2008, I jumped deeper into the world of Lightroom editing and soon after, started teaching it to photo enthusiasts as well as to long-time digital photographers. Learning digital photography involves shooting classes just as much as editing classes, which to me is half the fun!

Not only am I in love with the program, but I am constantly impressed and wowed by all its wonderful editing and organizing tools, which I guess makes me quite the Lightroom geek. I often spend countless hours in front of my iMac screen, playing with settings, trying new looks and posting the results on facebook.

So here’s a little peek into this wonderful world I love so much – a collection of my photos, before and after the editing process:

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