Upcoming Classes
I teach classes several times a year at Photoworks in Glen Echo Park, Bethesda MD. I also offer private tutoring sessions for students who need schedule flexibility or have specific needs that are better handled in a 1-on-1 setting.
Work with your Digital Photos in Adobe Lightroom Classic
September 18 - October 30, 2024 (6 sessions, no class October 2)
7-9:30 pm Wednesdays
Tuition: $350
Digital photography can reveal what our eye saw through the viewfinder and what our heart saw as well. Learn how to explore your photos creatively, to surface what makes each photo interesting through adjustments to tone, texture and color. Class includes live software demonstrations plus hands-on practice with your images.
What you will learn:
- How to look for the story behind your photo and bring that forward to viewers.
- How to adjust your photo’s tone, color and texture to make an engaging, beautifully rendered image. We will do this for the whole photo and also for specific areas that can be improved.
- How to use Lightroom's AI selection tools to make fine adjustments to portraits, landscapes and elements of your photo based on tone or color.
- How to import your photos into Lightroom and export your finished work for email or social media.
- We will use Lightroom Classic, the desktop program, in this class. Help with the Lightroom mobile apps will be available but will not be the focus of the instruction.
This class will be held online via Zoom through Glen Echo Park. The sessions will be recorded and posted on YouTube so you can refer to them later. Students will also be given access to a large library of Google Docs which provide details on the techniques covered and reduce the need to take notes.
The class has a maximum capacity of 6 participants so that each student can receive one-on-one attention with their images.
If you have questions, please use the Contact form below.
Requirements:
- Skill level: Beginner – no previous experience with Lightroom is required.
- Minimum Age: 20.
- Software: Adobe Photography Plan subscription (10 GB plan recommended).
Explore Color in Lightroom and Photoshop
January 15 - February 19, 2025 ( session)
7-9:30 pm Wednesdays
Tuition: $350
Learn how to harness the power of color in your photographs. This workshop will demonstrate techniques to make the color in your photographs richer, truer to nature or just more fun. Digital color can be daunting to work with, but we will simplify that with tools you can use every day in your work.
What you will learn:
A complete color workflow, starting in Lightroom, out to Photoshop and then back to Lightroom.
Color basics like removing color casts and improving saturation while retaining a natural look.
More advanced techniques to enrich color or change specific colors.
How to think about color in your photography work to create a personal style.
We will use Lightroom Classic, the desktop program, and Photoshop. You should be familiar with Lightroom at a basic level. A quick introduction to Photoshop will be offered to enable use of the techniques available in that program.
This class will be held online via Zoom through Glen Echo Park. The sessions will be recorded and posted on YouTube so you can refer to them later. Students will also be given access to a large library of Google Docs which provide details on the techniques covered and reduce the need to take notes.
The class has a maximum capacity of 6 participants so that each student can receive one-on-one attention with their images.
Requirements:
Skill level: Intermediate / Advanced – familiar with Lightroom at a basic level
Minimum Age: 20.
Software: Adobe Photography Plan subscription (10 GB plan recommended).
For more information, please fill out the Contact form below.
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