The new Lightroom site
Tomorrow is generally regarded as Lightroom’s 6th birthday – the anniversary of when the 1.0 beta for Mac was released. So I had been planning to announce Lightroom Solutions, but somehow it sneaked out early….
I’ve always preferred to have a single site, as there’s only one of me, but for a year or two I’ve wanted to post more Lightroom content. At least, I’d like to think some people may be interested in reading more, and there was a range of material I have been writing that never made it onto this blog. I get a decent number of emails asking for advice, for instance, or there are 4-5 web forums where I’ll answer questions on Lightroom-related topics ranging from beginner tips to more obscure but interesting topics. Apart from my posts being scattered around various forums, I’m also still wary of how forum owners can treat others’ freely-contributed writing as theirs to sell (I refer to the old Rob Galbraith forum going to a subscription-based service). Consolidating the various emails and posts here would swamp this site, however, and an entirely separate site would allow me to structure it in a way that’s more helpful for those only interested in Lightroom.
A lot of the good Lightroom names are already taken – quite a few merely redirecting to existing sites – but I registered Lightroom Solutions in the middle of last year. “Solutions” is, I know, a bit of a cliché and I could trot out all sorts of guff about wanting to offer solutions, not questions. But there is a grain of truth there, because I do think that too much Lightroom advice is along the line of “anything goes”. People don’t need to be told there are three ways to do black and white with Lightroom, and that they’re all equal. Some ways are simply more equal than others, and what’s needed is clarity.
- Want to write for Lightroom Solutions? Let me know.
- The WordPress theme is one I wrote from the ground up. Tell me if you find problems.
Two days down and out with flu and I come back to a new Lightroom blog from you and LR4 beta too! Hope it’s not just the fever. Excellent news, I look forward to both greatly.
Very nice John! I’m really looking forward to it!
Well, lots of good things…
Focus on Image in March (are you performing again this year John?)
LR4 [beta?] at any moment
…and your new and interesting Lightroom site.
Regards and congratulations…
Anthony.
Don’t know about Focus yet, but I would hope so. And LR4? Now there’s a question!
Looks great John! This will definitely be the next Featured Site at Lightroom Secrets!
OK, I’ve added the RSS feed and think it’s working properly. Thanks for reminding me.
That was quick! It’s showing for me, but it’s very small. Screenshot here in case that wasn’t what you intended. (FF on a Mac) http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d20/G_and_J/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot2012-01-08at135922.png
That’s just a temporary fix – I had to watch the Manchester Derby!
Haha, so did I. However, we’re on different sides 🙂
Looks fantastic, I can see where all my free time is going to be spent! Are you intending to add an RSS feed for the blog? Please, pretty please ….
Definitely! I’ve been keeping it private so long that I forgot all about it. Some time today, I hope.
Please put a post on here, John, once you get the new site’s RSS feed going, so that we can know when to add it to our reader. I just tried but it’s apparently not set up yet….
Well that’s an oversight on my part, Jeffrey. Thanks.
Really looking forward to this John. Always enjoy your input on the forums.
Even when I do my Mr Angry bit? 😉 Thanks Paul!