ADOBE LIGHTROOM TRAINING

Effective Post Processing is the final, but critical, stage in your image creation and Adobe Lightroom is a key tool in today’s digital photography workflow, providing everything you need to organise, process and showcase your images in an efficient and professional manner.  I can teach you the skills you need to master this excellent programme and create images to be proud of.

I have found over several years of teaching Lightroom that a 121 session is the most beneficial for the client. It avoids issues, when in a group situation, of people being at different stages of understanding which holds others up and can lead to some frustration.

ONLINE ONE TO ONE LIGHTROOM TUITION 

Online Training is an ideal way to learn new topics quickly in the comfort of your own home.  With no travel or accommodation costs and making optimum use of your time, it’s the most cost effective and time efficient way to learn. We will use the excellent Zoom app for our meeting, it’s almost as good as sitting together!   
The beauty of a 121 session is that the training can be tailored to the specific needs of the individual. Here are a range of topics that can be chosen from or indeed I can cover them all in a full programme broken down into managebake chunks.

LIGHTROOM SET UP PART 1 
Learn the fundamentals of Lightroom with answers to those puzzling questions and create a system that works for you as your image collection grows. 
- Understand what Lightroom is and how it works
- Understand the Lightroom interface and Modules
- Set up your Lightroom preferences
- Understand the Catalogue, where it is and how it operates
- Setup the basic folder system to form an organised and consistent workflow for long term use
- Learn how to import images in the simplest and most efficient way.
- Learn the importance of and how to add Keywords on import

LIGHTROOM SET UP PART 2 
- Learn how to organise your images into an efficient storage system and be able to retrieve them easily by different methods
- Revisit the folder system and how to rename folders
- Learn how to move images around in Lightroom
- Learn how to view photos, to display information and how to review and rate images
- Learn about collections and when to use them
- How to create Collections including Smart Collections and Collection sets
- How to add Keywords to existing images
- Learn how to Sort and Retrieve images using Keywords, Metadata and other Filters  

 LIGHTROOM EDITING PART 1 
- Learn about the Basic editing panel and how to make Global adjustments to your images. 
- Understand the Develop Module and how to use screen space efficiently
- Learn about the various Editing tools and panels
- Adopt a standard workflow for consistent image editing
- Learn how to use the Crop Tool
- Understand white balance
- The different methods of applying contrast
- The difference between Vibrance and Saturation
- How to convert to Black & White
- The Hue, Saturation and Luminance Panel for fine tuning your images
- Learn about Pre sets and how to create and save your own
- How to control Noise and how to Sharpen your images
- How to Export your images  

LIGHTROOM EDITING PART 2 
- Understand the range of tools available to make selective adjustments to your images for a more creative style
- Learn how to use the Gradient and Radial Filters
- Learn how to use the Adjustment brush
- Understand how to fine tune using Luminosity Masking
- Learn how to use Lightroom’s advanced masking features for highly selective editing.
- How to enhance skin, eyes and teeth in portraits
- How to remove dust spots and perform minor cloning
- How to Photomerge to HDR and create a Panorama 

ONE TO ONE LIGHTROOM TUITION
4 hours £200
2 x 4 hours £395
Prior to these sessions we will have a conversation to determine what you would like to cover, tailoring the training to your specific needs.