Developing the first shot in a shoot with Lightroom and having it apply to all following shots...

[autoinside]

I have been watching numerous youtube videos and tried google, and I'm not sure if my search is too many words, but I can't find out how to get the answer I need. I am shooting teathered to Lightroom cc. When I start a session and get my first real exposure, I want to be able to develop that photo, and have all those develop changes applied to all the following shots I'll take automatically. I have seen where if I develop that 1 photo, then after I have all my photos shot, I can sync them; but that is not what I'm looking for.

I want lightroom to take the new incoming shot and apply it to the previously shot image. Is this a thing that can be done?

[john beardsworth]

You do it by applying a Develop Preset in the tethering panel.

So do your edits, save them as a preset, and select it here

[autoinside]

I did that, but all shots following revert back to the default settings preset.

[JP Hess · Accepted solution]

Here's a little 10 min. video. Pay particular attention to tip number two. I think it will answer your question.

3 Tips for Shooting Tethered into Lightroom - YouTube

[john beardsworth]

Well remembered, Jim. And it was on my screenshot too.

[JP Hess]

Agreed. But I'm kind of a dummy, and I learn better by watching others do it. Consequently, I assume (perhaps wrongly) that others do too.

[john beardsworth]

I'm not sure the video mentions it (I stopped watching as soon as point 2 reminded me what to do), but "Same as previous" has a big advantage. It respects crops, which presets don't, and that's often important for tethered shooting.