Light Room Classic Intensive

Coming Soon

Half of the process of creating an in-camera image begins with releasing the shutter. The second half is post-production. Adobe Light Room Classic (LRC) is the first choice for many to make changes in exposure/tone, color/saturation, composition/crop, white balance, sharpness/haze reduction, correcting perspective, removing noise & dust, and removing objects. The tools allow for global adjustments made to the entire image and for local adjustment made to people or objects and skies by creating masks. Masks are now made using AI powered tools allowing advanced image processing.

If you are familiar with LRC and looking to deepen your skillset or are new to post and just want to go on a test drive this workshop is for you.

When & Where

  • Saturday, April 5, 2025
    10:00AM to 1:00PM


    The Cedars Union
    An incubator for the arts adjacent to Old City Park - 1219 S Ervay St, Dallas, TX 75215

    Free Parking in the lot on North Side of Building

Registration:

  • Registration is $160.00- includes soft drinks and water.

  • Advanced registration and payment required

What to Bring:

  • Laptop with Light Room Classic and RAW files is optional

  • RAW practice files will be available

  • An external hard drive, preferably SSD is optional

  • A method of note taking

What you Learn:

  • File Management:

    Importing images: Lightroom Classic is nondestructive in its image edits/changes, it never alters the original image file. To import images is actually pointing the LRC database to the files as they reside on a drive. The drive can be in the computer or much better still on an external drive to keep the computer’s drive free.

  • Selecting Images

    LRC employs a star rating of 1-5 stars, 5 color ratings and flags. Filters are set to only display the images ranked with stars, colors or flags to efficiently select the best images from a large shoot.

  • Histogram

    Fully understand the histogram for image editing

  • Global Corrections

    Global corrections are made to the entire image including:

    White Balance

    Exposure

    Highlight/Shadow Recovery

    Color Grading

    Color Mixer

    Tone Curve

    Sharpening/Haze Reduction/Noise Reduction

    Lens Corrections

    Geometry Corrections

    Lens Blur

    Vignetting

    Cropping

  • Local Correction using Ai powered Masking

    Selecting Sky, Subject and Background

    Selecting People and Separating out areas like Hair, Lips, Eyes, Eyebrows, Facial Skin, Body Skin and Clothing

    Refining Masks by Intersecting, Add & Subtract, Hand Painting

    Creating Masks with Luminance and Color Ranges

  • Exporting Images

    File Types, Renaming, Image Size

What to expect:

A small class purposely designed for instructor interaction taught in the Cedars Union, an incubator for the arts adjacent to Old City Park.

Maximum number of students is 6.
Minimum number to make a class is 3.

Workshop Includes:

  • Soft drinks and water included

  • Classroom lectures and hands on practice

  • The instructor will tether a camera to the computer for demonstrations

FAQs

Q: If I am attending the workshop with my friend/spouse/sibling, do we each have to register for the class, even if we only have one camera?

A: Yes, each person attending the workshop must register for a seat.

Q: What if I have to reschedule or cancel?

A: Reschedule & Cancellation Policies:

  • Reschedule up to 7 days prior to scheduled class: no charge for changes

  • Reschedule less than 7 days to scheduled class:
    $25.00 administration fee

  • Cancellation up to 7 days prior to scheduled class: 50% refund minus $25 administrative fee.

  • Cancellation less that 4 days to scheduled class: no refund

Q: What kind of camera is best for these workshops?

A: The classes are geared toward Digital Single Lens Reflex or Mirrorless cameras with controls for exposure and focus similar to cameras below:

  • Canon DSLR EOS 1DX, 5D series, 6D, 60D, 70D, 7D 90D, Rebel T2, T3, T4, T5, series

  • Canon Mirrorless R5, R3, R6, R7, R8, R10, RP

  • Fuji GFX, X-42, X-Pro, X-T5, X-T4, X-S20, X-510, XT-30, X-E4

  • Leica M Series, V-Lux, D-Lux, SL2, Q2

  • Nikon DSLR D3000, D5000, D7000, D600, D6, D780, D850, D7500, D5600, D3500, D5, D5500, D750, D7200, D5300 D700, D800, DF, D810 or the D4 series.

  • Nikon Mirrorless Z9, Z8, Z7, Zf, Z6ll, Z6, Z5, Zf6, Z50, Z30

  • Panasonic Lumix S5, S1, G9, G95, G100

  • Pentax 645Z, K-1 Series, K-3 Series

  • Sony Alpha Series, A9 Series, A7 Series, A1 Series, A6000 Series

  • More cameras are appropriate to the course if they have controls for exposure and autofocus, Click here for info