This post is a little like the Wizard of Oz pulling back the curtain - I just have to share my love for Adobe Lightroom. Lightroom is a photo-editing software, to use in companion with Photoshop. You can download the trial version from the Adobe website - good for 30 days.

 My favorite thing is being able to create your own presets. Basically, I edit the first photo, from the same session, then create a preset for that session and can apply it to all the other photos with one click!

My trial version expires in 5 days, and I'm really thinking I'm gonna need to bite the bullet and buy this program .

I was lucky that Zoe was smiling. These photos were actually taken at mid-day (the worst time, light wise) and thankfully with the shade of the neighboring apartment building, they turned out ok.