If you’re a user of Lightroom then you will probably understand me when I say, one of the coolest features is the ability to customize the look of the GUI a bit using the Custom Identity Plates feature. You can do this one of two ways.

1. You can input text into the custom text field. This way you can easily customize your identity plate with different fonts, colours, etc.

2. You can create a PSD file in photoshop at 72 dpi (I bold that because for it to work you really need a 72 dpi .psd file) with a height of 60 pixels. And make sure to use a transparent background as well, I find it looks best when your text looks melded into the Lightroom GUI :)And if you work in a multiple job environment you can save your identity plates as presets so you can have one for each person you work for if you wanted to.And there you have it, a fun easy way to make Lightroom look and feel more personal to you, the creative professional.

If there is one image that sums up what a summer camp counselors life is like during the summer, it has to be this image that I had the privilege of taking last summer. There’s not much to over look in the image. You have the counselor who looks weary and probably a bit over tired, campers who just ate a ton of candy surrounding their counselor waiting to see what they’re going to do next.Tommy was the counselors name (if you were wondering), and he was one of the most laid back counselors we had last summer. He was known as a laid back gangster with a little pinch of surfer. A counselor who would devote almost every hour of his day to his kids.Who are the campers? I’m not really sure, but it’s not completely their identity that I was going for but rather, how they were surrounding their counselor and looking at him like he called the shots in the universe. And in a way, it’s true, the counselor does call most of the shots, but it’s that the humility within that power that makes a good counselor a great one.It’s a huge responsibility leading people, young or old. Having people look up to you with wide eyes, hoping you will be their perfect hero. To often this type of “power” is misused and or not even recognized. A scary issue for a world that searches constantly for that perfect hero.This is why I have posted this image. I have it on my wall as a constant reminder of how important it is to lead and be a humble, caring leader and to recognize that even though you may not have a kid hanging off your arm with chocolate covered lips, smiling at you with wide eyes, you may have a follower watching you from across the room, wanting to be just like you. A good challenge to keep in mind, and keep yourself in check.