Sean McCormack
Sean McCormack is a commercial, and editorial photographer, book author, and regular contributor to Digital Camera magazine based in Galway, Ireland. He has extensive experience with Lightroom, dating back to its original beta version, and has tried out just about every plugin and preset available. His latest book is Essential Development 3: 25 Tips for Lightroom Classic’s Develop Module.
Latest articles by Sean McCormack

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Editing Get out and about to capture a performance, then deal with the effects of low light and bring out the colour of the scene

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Avoid manufactured social media filters and create your own Instagram-inspired look – one you can adapt over again

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Discover the techniques that help you make a night-time sky sparkle after a nocturnal shooting session

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Convert a regular color image into a moody monochromatic landscape with tonal contrast and dynamic range

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Merge bracketed exposures into to a single HDR file without losing access to Lightroom’s full raw editing toolset

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Bring your separate panoramic photos into Lightroom and merge them into a raw file you can edit any way you like

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Create a matte border to show off your photos in the Print Module in Lightroom, and discover some automation tricks

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Apply a series of Lomography-inspired effects to make your images look like you shot them with an old-school film camera

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Add character to your subjects by bringing out their freckles, using techniques that work in both black and white and color

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing If your building shots are looking squiffy, Lightroom can fix your images so that everything is looking nice and straight

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Add old-school imperfections to your pristine photos with the help of the Graduated and Radial Filters in Lightroom

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing How to use Lightroom’s HDR Merge options to effectively combine a set of landscape photos at different exposures

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Give an ordinary landscape an otherworldly feel when you remove the colour and choose your own hues

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Lightroom’s editing tools can help you character and drama to your male portraits – apply these techniques to your own shots

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing These handy Lightroom tips and tricks will really make your night-time landscape shots pop

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Discover how to successfully emulate an old-time portrait using a modern-day toolset in Lightroom...

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Simulating tilt-shift effects for toy town landscapes is all the rage – but did you know you can use the effect in portraits too?

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Become a dedicated follower of fashion, and learn how to retouch low-key images using the handy tools in Lightroom

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Marks from sensor dust can easily appear in your images, but with Lightroom, it’s simple to make it look like they were never there

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Combine a few simple techniques in Lightroom and you’ll soon bring out the stellar detail in your Milky Way photos

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing You can enhance portraits to perfection with these straightforward Lightroom techniques

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing Find out how the Radial Filter enables you to make precise local changes, rather than affecting the whole image at once

By Sean McCormack Published
Editing How to make the most of your landscape photos by using a series of different tools available in Lightroom
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