This course is for photographers who want to learn how to create the most efficient Lightroom Catalogue as well as learn the editing skills in the programme. Students will learn professional and effective ways to use Lightroom as well as creating their own workflow for the future.
Learning modes and locations may be different depending on the course start date. Please check the location of your chosen course and read our guide to learning modes and locations to help you choose the right course for you.
Please note: We offer a wide variety of financial support to make courses affordable. Just visit our online Help Centre for more information on a range of topics including fees, online learning and FAQs.
You’ll learn how to use essential cataloguing features and editing tools in Lightroom. Using both tutor-supplied and your own images, creative demonstrations and practical exercises will allow you to build upwards from basic Lightroom knowledge to advanced skills and refine your photographs for use in personal, commercial, web and print projects.
Our expert tutor will show you how to use and integrate a range of tools to increase the drama of your images and improve your work skills.
What will we cover?
- Introduction to the Lightroom Catalogue for filing
- Create a keyword structure to more efficiently access and use images
- How to use Lightroom tools for image editing and repair - Exporting image sizes and resolutions - Making colour and tonal adjustments with and without masks - Retouching and repairing photographs - Saving images and file formats
- How to establish a workflow
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Use Lightroom with greater confidence - Apply a wide range of adjustment settings - Retouch and repair photographs - Outputting and archiving your images in the best formats for archiving and for use in your projects
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
No prior knowledge of Lightroom is required. You should know how to use a computer and move files around the system proficiently.
You should be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions, demonstrations, hand-outs and health and safety information, and will be invited to take part in group discussion. You should be able to use numbers and be able to do simple measurements and calculations.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
The course structure consists of supervised practical activities, discussions and step by step demonstrations. One-to-one guidance and support will be given throughout. Notes will be provided.
You will be taught using a range of techniques including workshops, short lectures, demonstrations, practical exercises, tutorials, group and individual. Notes will be provided.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
A pen and paper to take notes. This course is taught on supplied Apple Mac computers, loaded with a current version of the software. Adobe Lightroom is cross platform and there are very few practical differences between PC and Mac computers and this software. When you enrol on a course at the City Lit, you are entitled to student discount on Adobe Creative Cloud. For more information please visit this page City Lit student discount on Adobe Creative Cloud | City Lit
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
City Lit offers a variety of courses in software and photography, please browse the website or get in touch with any questions.
Michael Harding was born in Canada, where he studied cinema and photography at Concordia University, Montréal, before moving to the UK. Since then, he has created striking images of architecture, art, people and landscapes for international blue-chip clients for their use in editorial, advertising and corporate applications. Michael’s work has won many industry awards, notably being selected in the Eleventh Association of Photographers Awards and further receiving a Merit Award in the Seventeenth Association of Photographers Awards. His work was selected for a Highly Commended Award in the Deutsche Bauzeitung “Visions in Architecture” European Architectural Photography prize. His work has been exhibited in both the United Kingdom and Canada. Michael has been Chairman, as well as President, of the Association of Photographers (AOP). The AOP is Europe’s most established organisation for professional photographers, working to ensure greater recognition for all professional photographers, as well as working to positively influence legislators in the UK and Europe for the benefit of all photographers.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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