Lightroom and the basic elements of Photoshop

 

Do you love taking pictures but your photos don't satisfy you?

Can't figure out why your photos don't look like the scene you saw? What are the secrets of the professionals?

How to achieve great results without being a computer genius? How to add the “emotional” component to your photos?

How to have your own “photographic style”?

 

The photo post production course is aimed at those who are passionate about photography and those who want to add a step to their photos.

This is an essential step for all those who work both amateur and professional in the field of digital photography.

 

With photo post production you will be able to greatly improve your photographs, make them eye-catching, understand the secrets of professionals by adding “emotionality” to your images.

Classes are held in groups of up to 8/10 participants (minimum 4).

Each must have their own computer with the indicated programs installed and working. Each lesson will take place in the most “hands-on” way possible, you will go to post produce the same photos following the teacher step by step, in this way you will learn about the tools and power of Lightroom putting everything immediately into practice.

 

It is also possible to do individual ONE to ONE lessons online!

 

Requirements:

Have basic computer skills (computer use, copying files, creating folders, etc.).

Windows or Mac system

Lightroom vers. 5, 6 or CC

Number of lessons 5 (10 hours) + 1 exit

 

THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF POST PRODUCTION

• White balance

• Setting overall exposure

• Adding punch to images

• Making colors more vivid

• Violation curves to add contrast

 

ADJUST COLORS

• The HSL panel

• Vignetting

• Creating Black and White images

• The “Virtual” copies: experimenting without risk

• Editing multiple photos together with synchronization

 

THE LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS

• The masks 

• The Adjustment Brush

• Lighten and darken individual areas of the image

• The Graduated Filter

• The Radial Filter

 

RETOUCHING PORTRAITS IN LR

• Eliminate skin blemishes (pimples, spots..)

• Smoothing the skin

• The Eyes

• Adding sharpness (use of mask)

 

RETOUCHING LANDSCAPE PHOTOS IN LR

• Manage highlights and shadows

• The Highlights

• Improving contrast and color

• Straightening the horizon

• Chromatic aberration

• Sky/ground tonal balance

• Sharpness

• Noise reduction

• HDR

• Panoramic photos

 

PROBLEMATIC PHOTOS, COMMON PROBLEMS

• Backlighting

• Disturbance Reduction

• Cropping the photo

• Straightening photos

• Eliminating stains (from the sensor and dust)

• Red eyes

• Lens distortion

• Falling lines

• Sharper Photos

• Chromatic aberrations

• High contrasts

• Low contrast

 

THE POWER OF LIGHTROOM BEYOND POST PRODUCTION

Essential settings

How to organize backup folders

Importing photos directly from the camera

Importing photos “by hand”

Importing photos present on the Computer

Exporting images (for print, web)

The DNG format

Creating personal metadata templates (Copyright)

Getting around Lightroom: a few things to know right away

Viewing imported photos (groups, lights out)

Organizing photos: the LIBRARY module

Sorting photos with collections

Sets of collections

Putting order with Stacks

Keywords

Renaming photos present in Lightroom

If your camera supports GPS...surpriseaaa!

Find photos quickly: by rating, by date, by camera body, by

lens, by label

Creating and using multiple Catalogs

Hint at other development programs (Capture one Pro, Alien Skin)

 

If you want more info, don't hesitate to contact me!