What We Cover
What editing can do for your photos
- The basics of photo editing with Adobe Lightroom (or similar editing apps)
- What Adobe Lightroom (or similar apps) is primarily used for
- Setting the mood with White BalanceHow the Histogram helps you understand your photos
- Changing the Tone with whites, highlights, shadows & blacks
- Putting punch in your images with Contrast
- Colour - Hue, Saturation & LuminanceDeciding on your subject - Cropping
- Improving dark murky images with Noise Reduction
- Adding romance & focus with Vignettes
- Sharpening - essential if you want to publish
- Spot removal - removing pesky spots
- Specific area adjustments
- Sizing for Export for print and web
- Practice with Editing your own images
Plus
- What Adobe Photoshop is used for and how it differs from Adobe Lightroom
- Examples of what you can do in Adobe Photoshop compared to Adobe Lightroom
This workshop will give you all the basic understanding you need to get started. It does not cover how to use Adobe Photoshop, which is covered in another workshop
Editing Software You Need
There are many editing software packages available. I will use only Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop to demonstrate
These provide the foundation for understanding editing principles that can be applied to almost any photo editing software you have
Bring your laptop or tablet and, preferably, Adobe Lightroom Classic or whatever editing software you have on it, be it paid or free
While you can edit on your phone with Lightroom Mobile it's not ideal for what we will do in the workshopYou do NOT need to splash out on expensive software for this workshop. If you don't already have editing software you can download a trial version of Adobe Lightroom or any free photo editing software of your choice to your laptop
If in doubt please get in touch and I can help you choose
What you'll achieve
- A boost in confidence in your photography
- Turning good photos into awesome photos
- Understanding the magic of editing
- Photos you'll want to share online and put on the wall!
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