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Starting to work with a comprehensive software like Lightroom can be daunting at first, but it can also be annoying. I’m sure that a lot of people find it a good idea, that deleting a file will only remove it from the catalog, instead of completely wiping it off the disk. I beg to differ.

This example should show you, that Lightroom can’t do everything you may wish for and therefore keyboard shortcuts are a great alternative, if you – like me – can’t be bothered to press and click multiple buttons on order to get the result you aimed for.

Here you’ll find the shortcuts that may make your life easier – with Lightroom that is.

If you’d like a downloadable version for both Lightroom 1 and/or 2, visit this website.

While importing to Lightroom, I came across an issue that almost ruined my day: I imported files via the move button and got a failure message. After that, I could neither find the files in Lightroom nor in their old folder. Luckily, I realized that they actually were moved, but not added to Lightroom. From now on, I will only copy my photos and once they’re safely imported, delete the folder of origin.

Having made this mistake, if you want to call it that way, I found this website about other mistakes often made when working with Lightroom. Hope this will help you as well avoiding problems.

One more thing though: I don’t agree with the need for DNG files and prefer using RAW+XMP. Reasons for this will be posted here soon in a comparison of file types used for photography. My main reason for this decision though: having to backup a small XMP sidefile, rather than a multi-megabyte file when changes are made.