I’m a Photoshop baby and am very comfortable with it now that I’ve been using it a couple of years. But there are a lot of other editing software out there and given the chance, I’ll try them all.

My photography friend Danny sent me a link to the beta version of Lightroom 3. Then Sarah Ji at Shutter Sisters posted some presets and my curiousity got the best of me.

I downloaded the beta version and set on a new adventure of sailing around the world. Frankly, I haven’t gotten very far. I was able to download the presets and import photos into Lightroom. I ran Sarah Ji’s presets on the photos above and that’s it. My adventure got as far as the beach! However, I will continue to learn to paddle as I go.

If you are just thinking about photography or even just simply try to make your photos look better, then try it.

I do however, find myself back in Photoshop and Elements because that’s familiar territory for me. I simply ran PW’s Boost action on this in Photoshop. If however, you are just beginning to play, this might be a good thing. And Lightroom is a couple of hundred dollars more than Elements…so the jury is still out. But this is my idea of fun.

Download Lightroom 3 Beta Version here. You should be ready to give constructive feedback to Adobe.
Get Sarah Ji’s Lightroom presets here.

And start sailing!