Basic: Learn Lightroom and Photoshop From a Master Printer
Thursday
Photoworks Studio
3/12/26
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4/30/26
Date
9:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Time
Price
$350
Duration
8
About the Course
This is a class for both beginners and users wanting to maximize the potential of their editing and printing in Lightroom, and/or Photoshop. Full instructional handouts for both with screenprints. We cover in-depth, file organization, monitor calibration, choosing papers, and much more. Print your images in class! Minimum age 18.
More info: rabatch@comcast.net.
I want to help you learn things about Lightroom and Photoshop which took me years to learn. Knowledge makes the work of producing a photo so much easier.
A friend who has been using Lightroom for ten years wanted to know how to make his prints look more like mine. I like to have a specific, consistent look to my photos within each category, and use all the tools available to me to get that. I often touch most of the surface of the image to tweak the tone to draw the viewer’s gaze to where I want them to look. All that can take hours to get the image to look the way I want.
Now, there are plenty of images that come out of the camera pretty much ready to print with just a few changes, and the prints can look pretty good, so if you are just starting to learn Lightroom and Photoshop, don’t worry. Digital cameras today can produce excellent images, correctly exposed, light balanced and sharp. And they are ready for either a fairly straight print, or wherever your imagination takes them.
What happens in the classes
I usually spend a day each going over Photoshop and Lightroom. Then you will be able to edit and print your photos in class with me to help and guide you along the way. I provide the photo paper you can use in class.
Since everyone has different needs about which program they want to use, and what they want to get out of the class, I give everyone individual attention as they work on their photos.
For those who normally take notes
My handouts in Lightroom and Photoshop are step by step tutorials with screenshots to give you the information to understand what is there for you and how to edit and print your photos. I have additional handouts covering just about everything you will need to work.
Both programs have additional tools to draw on to enhance your images that I might not have a handout for, but if there is something you are interested in doing that isn’t covered, we can go over that in class as well. Honestly, Photoshop continues to surprise me with its wealth of features. I’ve been using it since 2005, and just last year I found I could change the direction of light in a photo! Never needed to do that before, or since.
Both programs are continuously being enhanced with new features, particularly the AI features, including making images larger, sharper, and reducing digital noise.
Adobe charges a monthly fee for its photography package, which includes both these programs. I'm paying $10.59 per month for them. Just a reminder, the Lightroom program to use is Lightroom Classic.
Not to forget file organization to be able to find your images! I have a handout for that as well.
You can email me at rabatch@comcast.net with any other questions.
Your Instructor
Richard Batch
Richard has taught Digital Photography I and II, Digital Printing I and II, Kids Camps, Meet & Shoot, Smartphone Photography, The Negative, and Developing a Personal Style. In 2021 he is introducing The Art of Photography, a class that discusses the elements of great photographs and applies them to current work.
He shoots pictures of life happening, and recently produced a book of somewhat surreal and unusual photographs, Twilight in the Void. Richard’s photography was influenced by Richard Avedon, both his portrait and candid work, both of which showed people being vividly alive. He enjoys passing on what he has learned, helping people become better photographers with less effort.
“I aim to make it easier for my students to achieve what they want, not only by presenting techniques I'm teaching, but by helping with any specific area that interests them. This helps to broaden the scope of the class, and benefits other students (and sometimes me) as well."