• Organize and Enhance Your Photographs
• 7.5 Hours of Online Interactive Classroom Instruction (minimum of 3 students required)
• Learn in the comfort of your own home, connect from anywhere!
• This class covers the use of the latest version of Lightroom Classic CC
• This can help jump start you in using this excellent program.
• Learn about the new powerful editing features that have been added with the latest version!
  

Taking the photograph is only half of the photographic process. Adobe Lightroom Classic is an excellent tool for helping photographers create outstanding photographs!

Learn Adobe Lightroom Classic CC

Learn techniques for effectively managing and organizing the many photographs you take with your digital camera.

Then learn how you can use this amazing tool to adjust your images to move them from "good" to "great"!

Organize Your Photographs - I will demonstrate...

• Explain the CONFUSING differences between the new Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC and their "Creative Cloud"
• How to set up Lightroom Classic CC to manage your photographs you have already loaded on your hard drive
• Import photos from your camera or memory cards
• Alternative ways to configure Lightroom to manage photographs on multiple hard drives
• Customize file naming and/or rename files
• Organize folders
• Using the power of "Collections" and "Smart Collections"
• Configure templates and presets to make the import process easier
• Add copyright information, keywords
• Rate your favorites and quickly find your best photographs
• Use the powerful search tools built into Lightroom
• Understand the ways Lightroom stores "metadata"
• Differences in how JPG, RAW, and DNG files are handled
• Removing files from Lightroom
• Find where files are located on your hard drive
• Fix problems when you accidentally move files
• Techniques to help you be more efficient in using Lightroom
• Options for backing up data
• How to export and publish files
• How to use "plugins"

Adjust/Edit Your Photographs - I will demonstrate...

• Adjust your images for the best color, contrast, white balance, highlight detail, shadow detail, etc.
• Noise reduction
• Sharpening
• Vignettes
• Selective adjustments to portions of an image using an "adjustment brush" or "graduated filter"
• Enhancing portions of an image using hue, saturation, and luminance
• Most effective ways to convert to black & white
• Cropping images
• Lens and perspective correction techniques
• Spot/dust removal
• Making adjustments across multiple images at one time
• Applying preset filters
• Creating export presets
• Create different variants of the same image using "virtual copy"
• Printing

Contact
Kevin

Prerequisites

In order to take this workshop, you will need need a computer with a large enough screen to watch me demonstrate techniques in Lightroom Classic CC. The class will be using Zoom Video Conferencing and I will share my computer screen so you can see it on your computer. While Zoom allows you to connect with a smartphone or iPad, obviously that would not be practical for this class.

• Note this class is about Adobe Lightroom Classic CC. Make sure this is the version you are using. If you have any questions about that, just ask. :-)

Students Are Talking About Our Adobe Lightroom Classic CC Online Class

• "This was an outstanding class in all respects. Many thanks for your cogent presentation and outline. I look forward to other classes and workshops you teach."
• "This class has helped me dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to organize and edit photos. Kevin is an excellent, considerate teacher."
• "Last night’s class was great! First time I’ve been able to understand what the catalog is all about and how to set up my external hard drive!!! Well worth the price of admission!"
• "Kevin was able to show, in an easy to understand way, how to improve pictures that straight out of the camera I would probably delete."
• "This class was fantastic.  I’ve always been intimidated by the Adobe suit of products, but I decided it was time to dive in and now I feel like I can actually open Lightroom and do what I need to do.  I also have a much better sense of what is better to do in Lightroom vs Photoshop vs some other program."
• "Kevin’s Class was well planned and flowed smoothly over the course material.  He was open to questions and provided easy to understand answers."
• "Kevin's online course for Lightroom Classic was everything I expected.  The class was great, presented well, and easy to follow.  I learned some great tips and tricks that I will integrate with my workflow."
• "Kevin, I found the workshop this week very illuminating! You explained parts of the Organizational side that I had not heard (or retained) in a previous workshop. I think that my understanding of the concept behind Catalogs has changed as a result."
• "I think the online format was excellent for me because I was not messing around with my own computer, trying to get it to match what might have been on a screen at the front of a classroom. I was able to follow you through the demonstrations better as a result."
• "Your explanations are clear, and well paced for me to follow."
• "Thanks for a great experience this week!"
• "It was fabulous! Kevin presented Lightroom in an organized, easy to understand, and enjoyable way."
• "Extremely informative and well organized. I learned so much, and am excited to apply the knowledge I learned to begin editing my photos."
• "Well-organized presentation simplified a very complex software package and made understanding much easier."