Using Adobe Lightroom

“With every version Lightroom gets better and better…” — David duChemin

“I do over 90% of my editing work in Lightroom. It’s so much easier to use than Photoshop” — (paraphrased) – Douglas Beasley at Vision Quest photo workshop

More and more of the photographers I know use Lightroom.  I use Lightroom to catalog and organize my photos, edit photos, create collections for slideshows, and more.  I LOVE using Lightroom and I’m so excited to teach others how to use it. As a software engineer for over 25 years, I appreciate great software when I use it.  As a photographer, I love the intuitive interface and convenient features that make organizing and editing my 50,000+ photos a breeze.

I’ve used Lightroom versions 3, 4, and 5, worked on PC’s for 25 years and Macs for over 5 years. I understand computers and I understand Lightroom.  Let me help you get started using one of my favorite tools.

Join me for a 4 week hands on class that teaches you what you need to know to organize your photos, edit photos, and use Lightroom’s other convenient features.

Class Contents:

This class is for beginners or people new to using Lightroom. It will help you understand how Lightroom works and how to get a good start organizing and creating a digital workflow that works for you. You’ll learn how to use the various photo editing controls to improve your photos and how to use the other features of Lightroom to streamline your work.

In addition to me showing you and telling you about Lightroom, in this class, you will learn by doing!

Prerequisite: You must understand how to use a computer,  copy files to a new location, create new directories, drag and drop files, and understand the basics of storing data on a computer file system.

Class 1 – What is Lightroom? – Advantages of Lightroom – Understanding Digital Workflow – Image File Basics (organizing your photo files) – A look at the Lightroom interface

Class 2 – Importing files into Lightroom – Understanding/choosing file formats – Importance of backing up your data. Bring a USB drive with photos you want to import into Lightroom and import the files during class, add keywords to the files

Class 3 – Working with images – Exploring the Lightroom workspace – Processing photos

Class 4 – Sharing photos (exporting to social media, to files, creating slideshows

What you need to bring:

Bring your own laptop with Adobe Lightroom installed on it.  Adobe has free 30-day trials of the software available for download from the Adobe website HERE

Location: 

We meet at my home in Plymouth, Minnesota.

4 week class

Cost – $90

Class Size is Limited to 4 people! Small class size means I can help each student 1-1 for part of each class.

Next Class: TBD

Classes meet at my house in Plymouth, MN.

Contact me if interested in attending a future class.

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