Lightroom Part One: Importing, Organizing, Global Adjustments and Exporting

Instructor: Don Tredinnick, professional nature photographer, instructor and owner of Frozen Hiker Photography

Lightroom Classic offers powerful tools for organizing, editing and sharing your photos. Designed for beginners, this hands-on class with Don Tredinnick introduces a straightforward workflow that can be adapted to fit your needs. Through guided lab exercises and provided sample images, you'll gain practical experience and a solid understanding of the key concepts. A lunch break will be included during the day.

In this class you will learn:

Catalog Organization (Based on the Scott Kelby LEO Model)

• Import and cull images.
• Organize photos into collections.
• Work with keywords.
• Rate photos.
• Add titles and other metadata.

Develop Module Adjustment Panels

• Set the profile to establish the proper starting point for an edit.
• Use the Basic panel to make global adjustments to a photo.
• Fine-tune the tonality of a photo using the curves tool.
• Adjust individual colors in a photo using the Color Mixer.
• Apply color grading using the Color Grading tool.
• Remove unwanted elements using the remove tool and artificial intelligence tools.
• Apply sharpening and noise reduction.
• Correct lens distortion and chromatic aberration using the lens correction and transformation tools.
• Add background blur to help isolate the subject.

Workflow Optimization Techniques

• Synchronize adjustment settings across photos.
• Create and use presets to simplify common repetitive tasks.

Export Photos for Printing and Sharing

• Establish a consistent set of export presets.
• Review the export dialog settings.

This is a hands-on class that contains a number of lab exercises that will help you to understand the concepts taught during the class. A set of sample images will be supplied that support the lab exercises.

Please note: Bring a lunch, snack and beverage as their are limited food options at the Bee Center.

Equipment needed for this class: Laptop computer with latest version of Lightroom Classic installed.  A 7 day trial license can be downloaded and installed prior to the class for those that are not current Lightroom Classic users.