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Intro to Editing in Lightroom

You’ll learn how to brighten, darken, crop, and sharpen your images, including:

  • How to set white balance for intentional color

  • Exposure controls, including highlight, midtone, and shadow recovery

  • Contrast and the tone curve

  • How to make your colors more vibrant

  • How to create black and white

  • Selective, targeted edits using masking

  • Retouching to remove dust and blemishes

  • Cropping for a specific output

  • Sharpening and noise reduction

  • Exporting for web/social vs. full-resolution print or client delivery

  • Building and sharing your first online gallery

Getting pictures into your camera is only the first part. Getting them out and making them look the way you intend is what we use Lightroom for. Lightroom helps you fix anything that needs fixing and polish your shots. In this hands-on session, you'll edit your own photos from start to finish: tone, color, selective adjustments, retouching, and export, using whichever version of Lightroom you already have (Classic, Cloud, or browser). You'll walk away with a repeatable editing workflow and a sharable online gallery, built and delivered straight from your own laptop.

Location

Old Fourth Ward

East Side Beltline near Krog St Market
Free, Dedicated Parking Lot

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Meet Your Instructor

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Meet Your Instructor ///

Jason Parker

Jason Parker is a creative media professional who has been working in Atlanta since 2006. He's photographed, produced video, podcasts, websites, and copy for The Carter Center, Public Broadcasting Atlanta, the Savannah College of Art and Design, the Savannah Morning News, and many others. Jason holds an MFA from SCAD in Photography and an MEd in Instructional Technology from Ga. Southern University.

Jason’s company Peculiar Galaxies provides creative services in live streaming, photography, video, web design and other media for businesses and organizations around the state. He also teaches photography and design at Atlanta Technical College and from 2007-2015 produced Art Relish, a website and series of video interviews with Atlanta artists now archived on YouTube.

In addition to his creative work, Jason dabbles in a variety of other pursuits including volunteering as the Digital Media Lab Manager at the Atlanta Center for Photography, a Fulton County Master Gardener, youth soccer coach, and mentoring college students with the UGA Mentor Program. He keeps up with it all at his website, jasonmparker.com. 

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Your laptop or tablet with Lightroom or Lightroom Classic downloaded.

    More info on choosing the best software for you: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom-classic/lightroom-cc-vs-lightroom-classic.html

  • Yes! For both locations!


    Our Old Fourth Ward has a dedicated parking lot. We will send out a validation code just prior to the workshop start time.

    Our Sandy Springs location has a parking deck dedicated to Northside Tower.

  • We absolutely welcome note taking! But, we also send out a link to the slide deck presentation from every workshop, so you can focus on learning.

  • You can send us an email at staff@atlschoolofphoto.com or call or text us at 404-996-6978

  • The majority of our workshops are beginner friendly! However, if you want to be sure, email us at staff@atlschoolofphoto.com

    Be sure to check out our Photo 1 class to learn more