What is best way to learn Lightroom?
May 11, 2016 12:15:51 #
If you check with your local community college or local clubs, etc, you should be able to find a class to help you learn LR as well as PS. I belong to a Facebook photography club in central Illinois and one of our members, a local professional photographer, teaches classes at the local junior college at a reasonable cost. I took his entire 4 class series that included lighting, Lightroom, Photoshop, and combining all of the aspects of those three for the final finished product. While I do not remember all of what he taught us about PS, my editing workflow has been completely changed. While I have been shooting totally manual and only saving in RAW (thank you Jared Polin) for the last year, I do most of my post in LR. Lightroom has also simplified my file organizing. While taking classes are not the whole answer, they will help you to understand what you do not know and how to learn what you need to know.
May 11, 2016 12:54:37 #
I learned by focusing on just the couple of things I first wanted to do. Thus I studied how to get photos into LR (learning about the critical importance of keywords along the way) then the rudiments of editing in the Develop module. There are enough tools in the Develop module to keep you busy for months, but if you wait until you're ready to use them you'll learn them much better and you'll be using LR for other things much sooner. (This is called Must-Know-Now learning and is very effective!)
May 11, 2016 13:18:38 #
Jim Carter wrote:
Get Scott Kelby's book LightroomCC. Very easy read. It;s my Bible.
This is also a resource that I have and like quite a bit, but then I'm a Kelby fan in general. I did find the Shoe videos to be easier to follow along with though. A great piece of software if you have the time and patience to learn and use it as designed. Best of luck in your pursuit of this "happiness"!
May 11, 2016 14:05:39 #
Bob55
Loc: Valhalla NY
gotphotos wrote:
I found the 'hands-on' class that I took from an Adobe Certified instructor to be extremely helpful. It wasn't the cheapest way to go, but for 8 weeks (1x/wk) $168 was well worth it. I was just about to give up on LR CC until I took this class. There should be a list somewhere online of certified instructors. Also, the 'help' button in the Lr software will get you many free tutorials from adobe which are also very helpful. For me, hands-on was the key.
Where was this 8 week course? Is it still being given?
May 11, 2016 14:28:39 #
Robertski
Loc: So California
docerz wrote:
Ben Willmore's latest course on Lightroom is one of the best I've seen. Slightly expensive, but this is worth your time and money...you'll be a LR guru and actually understand LR.
www.creativelive.com/courses/lightroom-mastery-ben-willmoreCreativeLive.com
www.creativelive.com/courses/lightroom-mastery-ben-willmoreCreativeLive.com
Another nice thing about CreativeLive, is that each week, the live shows are free. Being retired you may be able to schedule your time or participate in the live audience. LightRoom is a frequent topic in their Photography section. If you retired $well, then watch the On-Demand videos when you wake up at noon.
May 11, 2016 14:39:32 #
To me, the very best is Lynda. You can focus on virtually any facet of photoshop or Lightroom you want, and use their photos to practice with. A printable transcript comes with every course. They are divided into small 4-8 minutes sections. You can lay them as often as you want. Huge selection. It is not free but reasonable for the amount of instruction you get. 30 day free trial. (I do not work for Lynda, simply a happy student).
May 11, 2016 15:34:30 #
stan0301 wrote:
Unless you enjoy suffering get Scott Kelby's book--nothing else comes close
Stan
Stan
I don't suffer Scott Kelby gladly. But then I don't learn the way he teaches.
May 11, 2016 16:31:20 #
GTinSoCal wrote:
Yes
GT
GT
I give another endorsement for Anthony Morganti he is an excellent teacher. Check out his site and or you tube videos.
May 11, 2016 17:24:02 #
cjc2 wrote:
I did find the Shoe videos to be easier to follow along with though. A great piece of software if you have the time and patience to learn and use it as designed. Best of luck in your pursuit of this "happiness"!
I have to add my endorsement to the Laura Shoe LR workshop videos. She has one for "The Fundamentals & Beyond" and one for "Producing Great Output". They are broken into easily digestible lesson topics and she even tells you which ones are critical and which can be put off until you are interested/motivated. You can go to her website and view a few free lessons to see if you like her teaching style. Highly recommended.
May 11, 2016 17:41:13 #
Baracuda
Loc: Kentucky
I'm 69 years old and thanks for the suggestions!
University of Louisville is close, as long as I don't have to root for their basketball team!! Ha! I went to U of Ky
And I will suggest the ideas at next Louisville Photographic Society meeting.
University of Louisville is close, as long as I don't have to root for their basketball team!! Ha! I went to U of Ky
And I will suggest the ideas at next Louisville Photographic Society meeting.
May 11, 2016 17:46:13 #
Baracuda
Loc: Kentucky
I want to thank EVERYONE who has posted comments and suggestions! I have way more ideas and sites to try now with confidence because of everyone's sharing.
I have many images from several scuba diving trips and a couple of landscape photo workshops to process that I never had the time for.
I have many images from several scuba diving trips and a couple of landscape photo workshops to process that I never had the time for.
May 11, 2016 17:46:53 #
i learned more about lightroom by listening to the videos by Anthony Morganti. his is a step by step approach and very easy to understand.you can go on anthonymorganti.com and his videos are reasonably priced,joseph
May 11, 2016 17:55:50 #
May 11, 2016 23:31:30 #
Baracuda wrote:
I am looking for a program, seminar, on-line video, or whatever to learn this program Open to all ideas. I just retired and finally have the time
the video tutes mentioned above are excellent but you can't beat practice and trial and error exercises on your own.
May 12, 2016 00:57:25 #
I have found that Laura Shoe at laurashoe.com does a good job. She also hosts a Lightroom Blog with good information.
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.