Lightroom basics
A workshop intended to provide photographers with the basic skills and knowledge to start working in this module-based workflow program.
Gregg Kerber, instructor
Tuesdays, April 3–May 1, 2012
7–9:30 p.m.
Workshop information
Lightroom is about simplicity. It is a module-based workflow program designed to guide you step-by-step through the process of downloading photos and processing them. Some of the topics covered during the workshop include:
- Setting up Lightroom 4
Important keyboard shortcuts, primary and back-up hard drive storage, file organization, Lightroom preferences and settings, copyright information and catalog backups
- Importing and organizing using the Library Module
Import panel, view organize, sort and rate your photos, apply copyright, keywords and metadata, organize photos with ratings and labels, filter photos, finding photos using Smart Collections, compare photos
- Using the Develop Module
Recover lost shadow and highlight detail, sharpen and noise reduction, hue shifts, saturation and luminosity levels, crop and straighten; apply develop settings to many photos at once; develop presets
- Exporting
Saving your photos as JPEG or TIFF; export presets
Workshop venue
Northwest Center for Photography (NCP), 1028 SE Water Avenue, Suite 50, Portland, Oregon 97214
Workshop format
The workshop format is demonstration/discussion using a computer projector. Gregg will walk you through the basics, pointing out all the great features so that you can decide which tools you wish to incorporate into your own personal workflow.
About the workshop leader
Gregg Kerber is a landscape photographer who has lived in the Northwest his entire life. His passion for photography goes back to the early 1980s. Gregg is on the leadership team for the Portland/Vancouver Photography Meetup Group and has led several outings and workshops throughout the Northwest.
About the workshop
Enrollment. Participation is limited to eight students.
Prerequisites. Adobe Lightroom 4 installed on your Mac or PC is required. If you have a laptop computer with Lightroom 4 installed, please bring it to class. A basic understanding of photography and your digital camera is also required.
Workshop tuition. The workshop tuition is $215 per person and includes a $10 non-refundable registration fee. Once your registration has been completed, we'll send out additional information relevant to the workshop.
Withdrawal, Cancellation and Refund Policy. We rely on your attendance to make important arrangements so if, for any reason, you need to withdraw please notify us in writing 14 days or more before the first day of the workshop. At that time, we will refund your deposit, minus the non-refundable registration fee. Registrations cancelled after that will be eligible for a refund (less the non-refundable registration fee and a $15 cancellation fee) only if a replacement can be found. If notification or cancellation is made seven days or less prior to the first day of the workshop, you will not be eligible for a refund.
NCP is not responsible for a participant’s cancellation due to a medical emergency death in the family or acts of war.
In the event NCP cancels a workshop due to inadequate enrollment, all fees and deposits will be refunded in full, or if you prefer they may be transferred to another workshop within 12 months. However, NCP is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline tickets in the event of workshop cancellation. We strongly recommend you purchase travel insurance.
There are no exceptions to this Withdrawal, Cancellation and Refund Policy.
Waiting lists. When a workshop fills, we start a waiting list. There is no charge to be on the waiting list. If space becomes available, we contact the first person on the list. That person then has 24 hours to register before we move to the next person. If a space becomes available within 14 days of the start of a workshop, the registrar may call all persons on the waiting list and the space will be given to whoever completes their registration first.