About the Course
The emphasis of this deep-dive course is on setup, organization, importing, exporting, searching and the extremely powerful editing capabilities of Lightroom Classic (LRC). This is the first LRC class you should take, and even novice LRC users have found it extremely helpful, especially if they have tried to learn LRC on their own.
Lightroom Classic (LRC) is the image processing and organizational program of choice for millions of photographers because it provides the ultimate in organization, efficiency and image processing. This hands-on class will focus on optimizing your images using LRCs incredibly powerful Develop module. Importantly, before an image can be effectively edited, LRC must be properly set up, and you must be very comfortable using a trouble-free, repeatable image import workflow, which you will learn. You will need to bring a laptop computer with the latest version of Lightroom Classic installed. You will need 15-20 RAW, unprocessed images to work on during the workshop.
We will start the workshop with organizational tips, my suggested LRC preferences and how to consistently import your images. We then go over the many LRC image editing capabilities, and cover all of the Develop module, including the many sophisticated tools Adobe has introduced in the last few years. Participants are always surprised how much more there is to learn about even what seem to be some of the most basic LRC editing tools.
This is a small, hands-on workshop designed for novice and intermediate LRC users who would benefit from a “deep dive” understanding of the Develop module. Maybe you’re not taking full advantage of the LRC image editing capabilities, or you may just want a comprehensive review of LRC’s editing and processing features and tools.
For additional information or any questions, contact Alan Sislen at asislen@glenechophotoworks.org.
Your Instructor
Alan Sislen
I am passionate about photography. Not just the finished photograph, but also the process of capturing, processing, and then creating the final print. I want the viewer to be moved or intrigued by what they see, regardless of whether their reaction is exactly the same as what motivated me to press the shutter release. Through my photographs I am showing what I saw, but more importantly, what I felt.
The writer uses words; the musician uses musical notes. My goal is to present images that stimulate more than our visual sense, but to also evoke emotion and imagination. While I use the most modern photographic equipment and software, my style and approach to photography are traditional, driven by my photographic vision.
My greatest influences have been those with whom I have studied, including well-known British landscape photographer Charlie Waite, former National Geographic legend Bruce Dale, digital expert Thom Hogan, fine art image processing and printing experts Eliot Cohen, Charlie Cramer, John Paul Caponigro, Julia Anna Gospodarou and darkroom master John Sexton.