Lightroom 5 Photographer Workflow

Master Lightroom 5. Learn how to bring your photos into Lightroom 5, get them organized, edit them and export your work.

Created byJerad Hill

Last updated 5/2013

English

What you'll learn

Import and Organize Photos Quickly
Edit and retouch photos fast and effectively
Export photos for print and portfolio
Learn Lightroom Basics
Learn the new features found in Lightroom 5

Course content

4 sections • 11 lectures • 1h 37m total length

Introduction1:37
Introduction to the Lightroom 5 Photographer Workflow course. I am a wedding and portrait photographer. I have been using Lightroom since it was first released in beta and have never looked back. Lightroom allows me to work through photos quickly and effectively. What used to take me 5 days now takes me hours to do in Photoshop Lightroom. This course reflects my personal workflow now that Lightroom 5 has been made available.

Importing Photos8:54
The first step to working quickly through your images is starting out with them organized. When you import your images, you have control over organization. In this video I will walk you through my import and organization process. You are free to organize in a way you feel works best for you, this is simply my process for organization which makes it easy for me to find photos later and organize hundreds of shoots.
Importing Photos Quiz

Image Selection & Organization9:42
Selecting and Organizing your images can become a major workflow bottleneck. Working through your images as quickly as possible is important and can save you a lot of time. In this video I discuss my process for images selection and deletion.
Mastering Spot Removal11:03
The updated spot removal tool in Photoshop Lightroom 5 is AMAZING! The spot tool did a decent job at healing spots in your photos but now offers the ability to paint over an imperfection. The spot removal tool also adds cloning both with spot and paint options. Learning how to use this tool will save you hours of time you would normally have to spend in Photoshop.
Lighting and Color15:47
Lightroom makes it easy to adjust your images. I spend time tuning the color and lighting of my images so that they have the look I am going for. Once I have achieved this look for each set of photos I use the Sync feature which I describe in the next video.
Syncing Settings & Adjustments Across Multiple Images10:58
The key to speed in Lightroom is the ability to sync your settings across multiple photos. When editing a large amount of photos you often have multiple photos that will end up needing similar settings. After working on one photo, you can sync your settings across multiple photos which will put your workflow into hyper speed!
Exporting Your Final Photos12:44
Not much has changed in Lightroom 5 when it comes to exporting your photos but it is important to understand the process. Exporting photos for your client, for printing and for your portfolio can be done quickly using Lightroom's Image Export feature.
Using the Mask Tool6:07
One of my favorite new tools in Lightroom 5 is the Mask Adjustment Tool. This tool allows us to create a shape mask over our image and apply adjustments to that mask. This mask can be feathered and fine tuned to apply an additional light source or a variety of other adjustments as well.
Other Lightroom Options13:21
A general overview of other settings and options Lightroom 5 has to offer. Many of these options I do not use often, I simply wanted to outline them for you.
Editing & Export Quiz

Requirements

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Beta
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5

Description

Learn the latest techniques made possible in Lightroom 5 while learning a fast workflow from import to export. In this course, I teach you my complete process which includes importing photos, organization, editing and exporting images for print.

This course is an in-depth look at my post production workflow with an additional look at basic Lightroom features and new Lightroom 5 features. Learn how to process your images in a fraction of the time it would take you to process them in Photoshop.

The first step is importing and organizing your photos. A good workflow starts with organization. The next step is editing your photos. This is where most of your time gets consumed. In this course you are taught how to manage your photos quickly. If you are like me, you want to get back to shooting or better yet, your life. Lightroom was created to enhance the post production process.

Lightroom 5 is just one more step toward freedom from the lengthly post production process. Join me as I share what I have learned since I started with Photoshop Lightroom when it reased in Beta in 2006.

Who this course is for:

Photographers
Editors
Hobbiests
Anybody who wants to use Lightroom faster and more effectively

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 2min

Organization1 lecture • 9min

Editing7 lectures • 1hr 20min

Closing2 lectures • 8min

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