Online Introduction to Lightroom - Tim Daly

Fully Booked.

This popular course is now delivered online and provides an introduction to Lightroom’s organisational and creative editing tools and is suitable for a beginner. The course is based on Lightroom Classic software for both Mac and Windows PC users. Maximum of 10 participants.

The workshop is run using Zoom video conferencing software and you will be able to watch and interact with your tutor during each topic presentation and ask questions throughout the day. All presentations and notes are provided to you before the event starts, together with tips on how to prepare for the course and use Zoom, if you’ve never used it before.

In addition to the presentations, you will be set short practical tasks using your own images. We encourage you to share questions and work in progress images with other delegates, although this is entirely optional.

10.00 Outline schedule

Welcome and outline of the day

Topic 1: How Lightroom is different: Overview of the application, how it simplifies your workflow and the importance of the Catalogue file.

Topic 2: Essential housekeeping: Advice on data storage, naming files, importing and managing your growing archive.

Task: Creating a catalogue and importing images.

Topic 3: Labelling and retrieving your images: Viewing, tagging, filtering and organising images. The differences between folders and collections.

Task: Explore labelling and organising groups of images.

13.00 Lunch break

Topic 4: Basic editing in the Develop module: Colour, exposure and tone control using a variety of panel tools.

Task: Explore basic editing tools.

Topic 5: Hand-editing techniques: Using the Selection Brush and other ‘selective’ tools, to create Lightroom-style masks.

Task: Make creative edits on your images

Recap of the day

16.00 End

Requirements:

A Mac or Windows computer or laptop with Lightroom Classic installed

Internet access

A webcam or microphone for interacting (your laptop may have these built-in already)

Speakers to hear the presentations

You will need to install the Zoom app, but full instructions will be provided.

IMPORTANT

Please look out for the attachment in your confirmation email. If you don't receive it, please email learning@rps.org  

Tim will need access to your email address to enable him to send you a link to the class - we will presume that by booking this course you are giving permission unless you contact us to state otherwise. 

We will also be sending you the tutors email address, and all the links and info you will need once you have signed up. You will receive a Zoom invitation via email, shortly before the lesson begins.

Overseas participants - Please check the time of the workshop if you are outside the UK. This link which will help you to calculate the timing of the online workshop: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/custom.html

The Tutor: Dr Tim Daly is Senior Lecturer in Photography at Chester University.

His specialist subjects are photography production and artist's publishing. Tim teaches on all levels of the BA Photography programme with special responsibility for practice based modules, and also contributes to the MA Fine Art programme. Tim has had many photography books published, and has been teaching RPS workshops for a number of years.

We are pleased to offer a 20% discount on new memberships to anyone who attends one of our online events between 1 April – 30 June 2020. Find out more here.