This workshop takes place once a week for two consecutive weeks, April 16th and 23rd from 6pm to 10pm.

Many photographers are finding Adobe Lightroom to be the perfect tool for organizing, processing and manipulating your images.

This 2-day beginner Lightroom show you step-by-step how to take control of your digital photography workflow.

Discover the most efficient method for downloading images into Lightroom and organizing them. Quickly import and manage your photo collection in a library that makes finding and editing your photos easy.

Learn the best way to make global and local color and tonal corrections to your images and take advantage of new world-class noise reduction capabilities. Convert images to black and white, as well as add tonal overlays, edge effects and film grain textures.

You will also learn how to configure the FTP settings in the web module so that you can create stunning web galleries with the click of a button.

This class takes place in our state of the art computer lab where each student is assigned a brand new 27-inch iMac 2.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 equipped with an Intuos graphics tablet. You do not need to bring a laptop. 

• Library module: Setting Up Lightroom: The Right Way from the Start
• Importing Images:  From card and hard drive
• The Develop module: Editing Your RAW, TIFF and JPEG Images like a Pro
• Export options: Creating presets for specific jobs, using the new emailing feature within Lightroom 4 or using Publish Services.

Topics Covered on Second Session:

• Using Lightroom for Global Adjustments:  Exposure, curves, split tones, sharpening and noise reduction
• Using Lightroom for Selective Adjustments:   Spoting tool, selective brush (masking), graduated filters
• Using Lightroom 4 with Photoshop (photoshop is not required for this class)
• The Web module: Showing Your Work To Clients or Friends
• Print module: Finally, the Print!

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:
Beginner to Intermediate: Attendee should be Mac or PC computer literate and understand basic computer short cut keys (control, option, command etc.). Mac computers are used in our lab. You may email any questions to edu@samys.com.

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Students are encouraged but not required to bring their own images 50-100 images, several of the same subject. All files should be RAW or JPEG. Bring a flash drive to hold the images above.
• Lightroom software version 4 ( LR4 can be downloaded as a free trial from www.adobe.com)

PARKING and LOCATION:
Los Angeles - Limited parking is available at Samy’s Camera Store parking lot: 431 S. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036 (entrance is on Drexel Ave.)
When you arrive please do the following:
- Pull all the way up to the wall or park behind someone and make sure to park within the lines. A parking attendant is usually on duty to help you.  Space is limited and tandem parking is necessary so everyone is able to park free of charge. If you are unwilling to tandem park, please find parking elsewhere.
- Please do not block spaces by parking far from the wall or double parking. (Spaces for larger vehicles are on the left as you enter.)

Location:
Samy’s EDU classrooms are located at 475 S. Fairfax Ave. (4th building south of the store on the same side of the street.)

REFUND AND CANCELLATIONS: scroll to bottom of page.

REFUNDS AND CANCELLATIONS:
 Our goal is to provide a fun and professional learning environment that fosters a positive experience and builds a strong relationship with Samy's Camera customers.  Unless otherwise noted, all classes require advance registration due to limited seating and/or availability.
 Samy's EDU makes the decision to run a class based on the attendance level 48 hours prior to the class.  Because of this, we can only offer a refund if you notify us by sending an email to EDU@Samys.com 48 hours before your class.  If you fail to provide email notification or if you cancel less than 48 hours prior to the class all monies will be forfeit and you will not receive a refund.  
 On occasion we may cancel a class because of low enrollment and/or unforeseen professional conflict on the part of the instructor. Should this be the case, all monies will be refunded in full. We do not take responsibility for non-refundable airline tickets, so please buy a refundable ticket if you are coming from outside of Los Angeles.