Lightroom Skills
£120
Interactive training over 2 days
10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00 each day
A series of four, carefully constructed Lightroom modules that help you to build a Lightroom system able to grow with you. Learn to organise and edit. Spread over 2 days, you will have the time to learn as part of a small, interactive group (maximum 8). You will receive a video of the sessions and a significant discount for a professional printed workbook covering this material and more.
Part 1: 10am-12pm Day 1
Learn to create a Lightroom system that is designed to grow with your growing collection of images. - Understand the key folders that Lightroom uses - Setup the basic folder systems needed for flexible and long term use - Understand how Lightroom works with your images - Learn about the import dialog and the best choices to make - Setup up the various windows for easiest use on a laptop
Part 2: 2pm-4pm Day 1
Learn to organise where your images are stored and how to easily access them by several unique methods. Learn about Keywords and how they can help you organise. - Rename folders to make them easily to find outside of Lightroom - Learn the difference between folders and collections and when to use them - Create and use Collections - Add Keywords - Create and use Smart Collections - Create Collection sets and see what they are for
Part 3: 10am-12pm Day 2
In this module, learn about the Basic editing panel and its hidden features and tricks. - Understand the histogram - Learn the order of changes to create consistent editing - Understand white balance - Learn to adjust contrast in many different ways - The difference between Vibrance and Saturation and when to use them - Black & White conversions and the B&W panel
Part 4: 2pm-4pm Day 2
In this module, learn how to make localised adjustments to your images. Deal with blemishes and dust spots in a pragmatic way. Enhance and stylise your images. - Understand how and when to use Spot Healing and Cloning - Learn to use the Gradient, Radial and Adjustment brushes - Learn the differences between the tools and which to use - Understand how to set defaults for the tools - Use the adjustment brush with sensitivity
Pre-requisites:
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You must have Lightroom Classic installed on a desktop or laptop computer
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This workshop does not cover Lightroom on the iPad or phone
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An internet connection suitable for the zoom sessions
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You must be able to use your computer well enough to avoid IT issues
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
Photoshop
for Lightroom Users
£120
Interactive training over 2 days
10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00 each day
This workshop is divided into four 2-hour modules to help you learn the power of Photoshop. You need no prior experience of Photoshop and only a little experience with Lightroom. Lightroom is not essential, you can take this module to learn about Photoshop as a standalone application. You will receive a video of the sessions and a significant discount for a professional printed workbook covering this material and more.
Part 1: 10am Day 1
If you have never used Photoshop with Lightroom, this is the first module you need. We outline why you might use Photoshop rather than Lightroom. We then configure LR & PS to work seamlessly together and show how to move between them.
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Why use Photoshop?
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Configure Lightroom and Photoshop to work together
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Setup Photoshop's workspace for Photography projects
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Finding your way around Photoshop
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Setting up the Tool Palette
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Learn the different ways to move images between LR & PS
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Re-open layered Photoshop documents
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Working with Smart Objects
Part 2: 2pm Day 1
In this module we will explore Photoshops Adjustment layers and how to make non-destructive adjustments. We then explore some of the many selection tools and their options. Finally we use selections with adjustment layers to create non-destructive local adjustments.
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Introduction to Photoshop's Adjustment Layers
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How to adjust Exposure, Contrast, Colour and Saturation in Photoshop
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Introduction to Selections
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The Options Bar
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Learn to use a number of the key selection tools
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Creating local Adjustments
Part 3: 10am Day 2
In this module we are getting creative with the Photoshop Filter panel! This is where Photoshop manipulates your pixels in many and varied ways. We will explore some of the key photographic uses and show how you can maintain a non-destructive workflow. We will also look at Photoshops canvas.
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Introduction to the filter panel and how it works
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Blur and its photographic uses
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Sharpening, halos and options to manage them
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Moving pixels around and why you might need this
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The Canvas and how to use it
Part 4: 2pm Day2
In this module we will look at content aware technologies and ways to combine images in photographic ways. - Introduction to content aware technologies
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Content aware crop
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Content aware fill, move and extend
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Refining content aware results
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Focus Stacking
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Simulating long exposures
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Combining images
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Introduction to blending - See separate module for more on blending
Pre-requisites:
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You must have Photoshop installed on a laptop or desktop computer
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This workshop will use Lightroom to open images in Photoshop but LR is not essential
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This workshop does not cover Photoshop on the iPad or iPhone
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An internet connection suitable for the zoom sessions
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You must be able to use your computer well enough to avoid IT issues!
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
Lightroom
Deep Dive
£120
Sold Out
Interactive training over 2 days
10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00 each day
A 4-Part series of Lightroom modules. Looking much deeper into Lightroom's organising, editing and output facilities. Spread over 2 days, you will have the time to practice and learn as part of a small, interactive group (maximum 8).
Ideal for more experienced Lightroom users or as a follow-on from my Lightroom Skills course. You will receive a video of the sessions and a significant discount for a professional printed workbook covering this material and more.
Part 1: 10am-12pm Day 1
Learn to move and manage your Lightroom system. Use two or more computers with a single LR catalogue. Fix missing folders and photos.
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Learn how to move your images and folders within Lightroom
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Discover how to move your images to an external disk
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Understand different ways to work with Lightroom across two or more computers
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Fix issues with missing folders and images
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Understand smart previews and when best to use them
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Learn how to change previews and create DNG's after import
Part 2: 2pm-4pm Day 1
Metadata and Lightroom Mobile
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Metadata: Modifying, storing and issues with synchronising
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Deleting images from Collections and Smart Collections
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The power of the Target Collection and Quick Collection
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All about Lightroom Mobile and Lightroom Classic
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How to work with the Adobe Cloud and your devices
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Where are your master images
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Deleting images from devices and Classic
Part 3: 10am -12pm Day 2
Deeper Global Editing
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Assessing image balance
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Using B&W mode to edit colour images
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Camera matching Profiles pros & cons
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Making subtle adjustments and extending panels
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Editing using Reference mode
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Lens correction nuances and uses
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Amazing transforms
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Three different Toning methods
Part 4: 2pm-4pm Day 2
Detailed Local Editing & Finishing
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Healing and Cloning master class
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Gradients aren’t just for the sky
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Showing the mask in different ways
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Radial filter special features and examples
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Adjustment brush features and issues
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Luminosity masking
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Sharpening and Noise
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Soft proofing
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Presentation options
Pre-requisites:
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You must have Lightroom Classic installed on a desktop or laptop computer
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This workshop does not cover Lightroom on the iPad or phone
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An internet connection suitable for the zoom sessions
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You must be able to use your computer well enough to avoid IT issues
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
Lightroom
Mobile
£120
Interactive training over 2 days
10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00 each day
Our phones are increasingly being used for "serious" photography and the software available is ever more powerful. Adobe's mobile Lightroom works alongside the desktop software and in this series we will explore how it all links together and how to use the editing tools to their best effect. While the process isn't too complicated, making the right decision at the outset will make things flow smoothly.
Spread over two days, you will discover how to use the many features of the mobile system and through a series of simple exercises, you will create a working system and get comfortable with the editing and sharing tools.
Part 1 - Setting up and Initialising
* How everything is connected
* Crucial settings for your mobile devices
* Directing mobile images into your Classic catalogue
* Discover what is already in your cloud and how to initialise it
* Exercise - Initialise your cloud space and starting the sync process
Part 2 - Resolving issues and Organising
* Review of the exercise and resolve outstanding issues (spoiler alert: there will be some issues!)
* Organising - Albums, Folders, Collections and Collection Sets
* Transferring between Classic and Mobile
* What is Lightroom Desktop
* Exercise - Take pictures, organise, sync and share
Part 3 - Editing 1
* Review the organisation and syncing excercise
* Global editing
* Presets and Profiles
* Versions verses Virtual copies
* Exercise - Mobile editing
Part 4 - Editing 2 and Conclusions
* Review the editing exercise
* Local editing - how to add, invert and adjust the tools
* Sharing, commenting, ratings, picks, keywords and searching
Pre-requisites:
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You must have Lightroom Classic installed on a desktop or laptop computer
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You must have an Adobe Creative Cloud account (i.e. be paying monthly)
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A phone or tablet with Lightroom Mobile installed
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An internet connection suitable for the zoom sessions
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You must be able to use your computer well enough to avoid IT issues
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
TBA
Nik Collection
£75
The Nik Collection 3.0
Interactive training over 1 day
10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00
With the release of Version 3, the Nik Collection finally comes of age for Lightroom users. At last we have a “round-trip” editing experience that significantly enhances the workflow. You can now re-edit images in any of the tools and re-visit your slider settings without loss of quality. For that reason alone, I would highly recommend anyone still using the old free Google version to upgrade and give the collection a proper look.
This workshop takes a tour through all of the tools to highlights which are worthy of your time. We will spend most time with Analog Efex, Color Efex and Silver Efex using supplied sample images or your own. We will discover some cool features and filters and fully understand how the collection integrates into your workflow.
I will be demonstrating using Lightroom but Photoshoppers are very welcome as almost all the content is relevant to both editors.
What you need
You will need your editor and the Nik Collection installed for the workshop.
You can get a 30-day free trial here: https://nikcollection.dxo.com/download
Beware The Nik free trial will overwrite the free Google version so make sure you have a backup
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
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Photoshop
Blending Modes
£75
TBA
Interactive training over 1 day
10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00
This 4-hour module is divided into two parts for your comfort and convenience: 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm.
If you enjoy creative photography then you will love Photoshop's blending modes! By combining images using the 27 different modes, you can create unique artworks. While you can simply click around and play, this workshop will help you understand how they work using relevant examples.
We will explore many of the different blending modes using examples that illustrate the strength of each mode and when you might use them.
Pre-requisites:
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You must have Photoshop installed on a desktop or laptop computer
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An internet connection suitable for the zoom sessions
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You must be able to use your computer well enough to avoid IT issues
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
High Impact B&W Images
£75
Interactive training in 1 day
10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00
A Post Processing Workshop for Lightroom Users.
This workshop is split into two parts for comfort and convenience. Part 1 is 10am to 12pm (UK) Part 2 is 2pm to 4pm (UK) This workshop covers the essential workflow and tools needed to create high impact Black & White images. From the basics of importing through visualising your goal to execution. Using the examples provided you will learn how each element works and how to use them in your own images.
You will receive a video of the sessions and a significant discount for a professional printed workbook covering this material and more.
Across the two sessions we will cover the following topics:
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The Black & White Workflow
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Setting up your Workspace
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Converting to B&W
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Reading and Using the Histogram
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Art not Realism
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Excite and direct your viewer
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Finishing touches
Pre-requisites:
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You must have Lightroom Classic installed on a desktop or laptop computer
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This workshop does not cover Lightroom on the iPad or phone
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An internet connection suitable for the zoom sessions
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You must be able to use your computer well enough to avoid IT issues
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
Photo Website
£120
Sold Out
Interactive training over 2 sessions
10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00 on the scheduled training day
10:00-12:00 follow-up session - 1 week later - Please check the main page for dates and make sure you have this date available.
This module is delivered as 2 x 2hour sessions on the initial training day and then a 2hr follow-up session a week later.
A website is an important part of photography these days. There are software tools that allow us to build a website with no prior knowledge. This workshop is ideal if you are looking to make an online “calling-card” or a way to show your pictures to family and friends or you need a business website for your photography. You don't need to be a programmer any more.
If you want to make a website but have struggled to get started, this workshop is for you! Using a powerful but simple tool we will quickly put together a photographic website and show you how to maintain it after the workshop.
This workshop is based on Wix, an easy to use, free on-line website builder that is especially good for photo websites.
Pre-requisites
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You should be reasonably comfortable using your computer so we can avoid basic IT issues
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A good enough internet connection to run zoom
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Please create a free Wix account prior to the workshop by visiting here --> Wix
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You need a computer (PC or Mac) you cannot use a tablet or phone to create a website
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Have some images ready to publish, ideally jpg files maximum 2000px long edge
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
Lightroom
Book Module
£75
Sold Out
Interactive training in 1 day
10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00
Lightroom contains a very flexible book module that is linked to Blurb. This workshop explains how to create a book from scratch through to ordering from Blurb or other book manufacturers. In part 2 we will show you how to export a book and add all the special features needed by 3rd-party book manufacturers.
Part 1 - Creating a book
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Important decisions before you start
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Books and collections
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Saving a book
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Initial layouts
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Page options
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Guides and layout support
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Adding pictures and text
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Changing layouts
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Pricing and Ordering
Part 2 - Exporting books for use with other book manufacturers
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Choosing the correct settings for exporting
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Creating Covers
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Export settings
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Creating a spine
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Adding bleed and crop marks
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Introducing Mixam and its products
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Upload all the book parts and checking the results
Pre-requisites:
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You must have Lightroom Classic installed on a desktop or laptop computer
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An internet connection suitable for the zoom sessions
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You must be able to use your computer well enough to avoid IT issues
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
Lightroom
Print Module
£75
Interactive training over 4 hours
The Lightroom Print module is incredible powerful. Unfortunately, many find it impenetrable. Join me on this module and unlock its features and simplify your print workflow.
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Understand what each of the print buttons do and why the Mac has 1 more!
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Learn the steps and sequence for successful page layout
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How to add text and logo's to your prints
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Colour Management options
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When to use Paper Profiles and Printer manages colours
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How to create high quality neutral B&W prints
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Capture your settings in presets
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Understand what is stored in a preset and avoid some common pitfalls
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Uses for the print module without a printer
Pre-requisites:
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You must have Lightroom Classic installed on a desktop or laptop computer
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An internet connection suitable for the zoom sessions
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You must be able to use your computer well enough to avoid IT issues
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
Mono Art
Class
£180
TBA
Mono Art is a series of six, small group photography sessions, aimed at supporting your development as a Black and White photographic artist. Focused on seeing, interpreting and developing, these sessions will help you to improve your artistic and creative skills in a small and enthusiastic group.
The social dynamic of these groups is a hugely important part and seeing the work of others is very inspiring. Equally, receiving and giving feedback as part of a group will help you to understand your own work.
At each session, you will be able to share your work, give and receive critical comments and take part in live editing. These sessions are a natural compliment to my tool training workshops and help you to apply the ideas learned to your own work over a longer period. You are encouraged to bring work to each session for the group to review and for us to work with.
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Supporting your development over a longer period
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Work towards an agreed goal: Perhaps a panel of images or a distinction
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Enjoy working in a small group of like minded photographers
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Receive critical feedback and learn to give critical feedback
Pre-requisites:
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This Class is for Black & White photography only, see my other class for colour
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An internet connection suitable for the zoom sessions
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.
Photo Class
£180
TBA
This class is a series of six, small group photography sessions, aimed at supporting your development as a photographer. Focused on seeing, interpreting and developing, these sessions will help you to improve your artistic and creative skills in a small and enthusiastic group.
The social dynamic of these groups is a hugely important part and seeing the work of others is very inspiring. Equally, receiving and giving feedback as part of a group will help you to understand your own work.
At each session, you will be able to share your work, give and receive critical comments and take part in live editing. These sessions are a natural compliment to my tool training workshops and help you to apply the ideas learned to your own work over a longer period. You are encouraged to bring work to each session for the group to review and for us to work with.
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Supporting your development over a longer period
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Work towards an agreed goal: Perhaps a panel of images, a book or a distinction
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Enjoy working in a small group of like minded photographers
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Receive critical feedback and learn to give critical feedback
Pre-requisites:
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An internet connection suitable for the zoom sessions
Location & Contact Details
Adrian Beasley +44 7785926738
This is an On-line workshop delivered using Zoom
You will receive a Zoom link once you’ve booked this service.
Booking Policy
Bookings close 3 hours before the session starts
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations, please contact me to discuss. In general, if I am able to re-sell the place, I will refund you so please contact me as quickly as possible.