Introduction To Adobe Lightroom

Join us for a multi-faceted course that will help immerse you into the world of adobe's lightroom classic cc software. Lightroom classic cc is arguably the best piece of software photographers can use to manage and develop their images. 

During our Lightroom Classic CC class, we'll spend our time together helping you learn about the modules of Lightroom Classic CC; Library, Develop, Map, Book, Slideshow, Print and Web.  We'll  explore the software from a workflow perspective and teach you  to optimize your use of Lightroom for capturing, cataloging, sorting, editing, developing and outputting your images.

Instructor Bruce Clarke will help you every step of the way to the most important aspects of this amazing and powerful piece of software. A hands-on class is absolutely the BEST way to get started in photo editing.

Almost any photograph can be improved with a little editing. Adobe Lightroom Classic is still the most popular choice of editing software and used by amature and professional photographers around the world. With a little basic instruction, you will soon be enhancing your images better than ever and elevating your photography to new levels. 

What you will learn

• Importing photos into the Lightroom Catalog
• Organizing and managing your photos
• Customizing Lightroom
• Developing your photos
• Making local adjustments to photos
• Fixing common problems
• Portrait retouching
• Exporting images
• Converting from colour to black and white
• Creating a Slideshow
• Using the Map module to geotag your images
• Printing your photos

What to expect

• 6 hours of classroom instruction
• Hands on excersizes and assistance from the instructor
• Certificate of completion
• Small group size
• A new found confidence and knowledge of your camera!

Equipment Required

• A camera
• A fully charged battery for the camera
• Memory cards for the camera
• A copy of your cameras instruction manual or user guide. If you do not have a printed book of your user manual, you may download a PDF copy form the manufacturers website. A PDF on your tablet or smartphone is acceptable. If you have difficulty finding your user manual, please contact us with your camera make and model. We will be happy to help. 
• We provide a handout but you may wish to bring some extra paper and a pen 

Prerequisites for our Introduction to Adobe  Lightroom

A basic working knowledge of your computer. Participants should be able to navigate to file folders in thier computers and use basic keyboard shortcuts such as copy and paste.