[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":165},["ShallowReactive",2],{"category-counts":3,"posts-tag-photoshop":6},{"Cookery":4,"Photography":4,"Music":5,"Reading":5,"Art":5},1,0,[7,97],{"id":8,"title":9,"body":10,"category":82,"date":83,"description":84,"extension":85,"image":86,"imageAlt":86,"meta":87,"navigation":88,"path":89,"published":88,"seo":90,"stem":91,"tags":92,"__hash__":96},"posts\u002Fposts\u002Fusing-lightroom-vs-photoshop-for-photography-workflow.md","Lightroom vs Photoshop",{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":74},"minimark",[13,17,22,25,29,32,35,53,56,60,63,67],[14,15,16],"p",{},"It always surprises me how many photographers default to Photoshop to \"develop\" their images. Unless you're layering, compositing, or doing genuine manipulation work, Lightroom has been my tool of choice for years — and for most of what a working photographer actually needs day to day, it's all I use.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"a-dng-workflow-does-more-than-people-expect","A DNG Workflow Does More Than People Expect",[14,23,24],{},"My workflow is built around DNG and the built-in ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) engine, and it handles far more than people assume. Even things you'd expect to require Photoshop — removing a stray fire extinguisher from a wall, cleaning up a distracting background object — often work perfectly well inside Lightroom's spot removal and healing tools. The assumption that \"real\" retouching needs layers is one worth questioning.",[18,26,28],{"id":27},"non-destructive-editing-is-the-real-advantage","Non-Destructive Editing Is the Real Advantage",[14,30,31],{},"The bigger win, though, is the non-destructive workflow, and specifically the ability to save a particular step in your process rather than committing to it.",[14,33,34],{},"In practice, that means I can keep:",[36,37,38,47],"ul",{},[39,40,41,42,46],"li",{},"A square crop ",[43,44,45],"em",{},"and"," the original crop, ready for different printing situations",[39,48,49,50,52],{},"A black & white version ",[43,51,45],{}," a colour version of the same image",[14,54,55],{},"Neither replaces the other. Both stay live, editable, and ready to export whenever they're needed — no duplicate files, no \"final_final_v2\" chaos.",[18,57,59],{"id":58},"not-everyone-needs-this","Not Everyone Needs This",[14,61,62],{},"Fair enough — a lot of this is geared toward producing specific outputs (prints, merchandise, deliverables), so it won't appeal to purists who see raw processing as a single, considered, final act. That's a legitimate way to work too. It's just not how I work.",[18,64,66],{"id":65},"and-then-theres-just-finding-the-image","And Then There's Just... Finding the Image",[14,68,69,70,73],{},"One underrated reason I stay in Lightroom: the DAM (Digital Asset Management) features mean I can ",[43,71,72],{},"usually"," find the old image I actually need to work on. After years of shooting, that alone might be worth the price of admission.",{"title":75,"searchDepth":76,"depth":76,"links":77},"",2,[78,79,80,81],{"id":20,"depth":76,"text":21},{"id":27,"depth":76,"text":28},{"id":58,"depth":76,"text":59},{"id":65,"depth":76,"text":66},"Photography","2026-08-16","Why I use Lightroom instead of Photoshop in my photograhy workflows.","md",null,{},true,"\u002Fposts\u002Fusing-lightroom-vs-photoshop-for-photography-workflow",{"title":9,"description":84},"posts\u002Fusing-lightroom-vs-photoshop-for-photography-workflow",[93,94,95],"lightroom","photoshop","photography","KjH6HHHbejcgbDacgOmuhiKb9Wj-fkmJrJFEtzlIsMw",{"id":98,"title":99,"body":100,"category":153,"date":154,"description":155,"extension":85,"image":86,"imageAlt":156,"meta":157,"navigation":88,"path":158,"published":88,"seo":159,"stem":160,"tags":161,"__hash__":164},"posts\u002Fposts\u002Fpasta-epiphany.md","A Pasta Epiphany",{"type":11,"value":101,"toc":150},[102,109,112,123,130,133,136,143,147],[14,103,104,105,108],{},"Ever since I started cooking pasta - and that means ever since I started cooking - I thought it meant filling the biggest pot you had with water, bringing it to the boil and cooking the pasta to within an inch of ",[43,106,107],{},"al\ndente",", regardless of how many fistfuls of the stuff you had.",[14,110,111],{},"This obviously works, but there are a few drawbacks.",[36,113,114,117,120],{},[39,115,116],{},"It takes ages for the water to boil",[39,118,119],{},"It fills the place with steam and steams up your windows",[39,121,122],{},"In 21st Century UK it costs a small fortune",[14,124,125,126,129],{},"A while back I started using orzo for what I'd loosely call risotto type pasta dishes, and I liked it plumpy and mushy, definitely not ",[43,127,128],{},"al dente",". One day I thought, why all the boiling, why all the timing? I'll just stick it in some boiling water, turn the heat off and leave it - as I would do with rice. Small pot, quicker, cheaper, less supervision. Ideal lazy cooking.",[14,131,132],{},"Ok. That's the epiphany. But wait, there's more!",[14,134,135],{},"Once adopting this approach to orzo, which is a bit of an outlier in the pasta family, I thought why not just do this with all my pasta cooking? It works, although you need to take a bit of care if texture is important, such as something like linguine with prawns etc.",[14,137,138,139,142],{},"One important side effect. I've always been aware of the top chefs talking about using some spoonfuls of pasta water to get a nice sheen with your sauce and pasta. Could never get it to work because my giant pot of boiling water was too dilute. No starch. With a small pot, the cooking water is nicely concentrated. Voila. Or ",[43,140,141],{},"ecco fatto",", I should say",[18,144,146],{"id":145},"caveat","Caveat",[14,148,149],{},"This relates mainly to dried durum pasta and works best for small quantities. If you are cooking 500g of spaghetti for a dinner party you need the big boiling pot for even cooking",{"title":75,"searchDepth":76,"depth":76,"links":151},[152],{"id":145,"depth":76,"text":146},"Cookery","2026-07-26","Why I was doing it wrong for years and how I found the benefits of ditching a giant pan of boiling water for every pasta dish.","A pan of ragu simmering next to a pot of pasta.",{},"\u002Fposts\u002Fpasta-epiphany",{"title":99,"description":155},"posts\u002Fpasta-epiphany",[162,163],"pasta","cooking techniques","LRPCH7NZ4FJ-UTEq892YQDpLZWsLvj8fP1LYofPSSgM",1786911354988]