It’s interesting, I have been using computers since the very first iMac, but my photo editing software often leaves me phobic and uneasy. Something about Dyslexia, perhaps? Something about anxiety?

I see people instinctively navigating these programs, confident and quick, it just doesn’t work that way for me.

I’ve been anxious ever since I shut down my Aperture program, the only one I’ve ever used to store and edit my photographs. Everybody I like says Lightroom is the best editing program out there, I still find it confusing and counter-intuitive.

But I also understand that this is my problem, not Lightroom’s. I use Apple Photo for most conventional photos and will start using Lightroom for pictures that need editing or colorwork.

I’ve often found perseverance to be as valuable as skill. I bend, but I do not break, I stumble, but I do not run. I know in my heart if I keep at it I will get where I need to go. This is a hard-earned lesson in life.

I get weary of being anxious and frustrated. I am learning to trust myself, there is nothing more confidence-building than solving problems yourself.

This is the first photo I edited in Lightroom, all I did was bring some more definition to the clouds..It feels like an accomplishment.