Start your Lightroom journey right.
Aim: The aim of this Lightroom for beginners online course is to take anyone who is brand new to Adobe Lightroom Classic through the fundamentals and core workflow tools, leaving them prepared with skills to take on any tutorial available on the internet, including ours.
Please note: This workshop is designed for those with zero or very limited Lightroom Classic knowledge, including those who have opened an image in the program and then panicked. It really is Lightroom for beginners. Don’t worry, I’ve got you!
Start time: Anytime!
Learning Style: Self Learning
Program: Lightroom Classic (not CC)
You will need:
- A laptop or desktop computer
- Adobe Lightroom Classic (not CC)
- Patience and determination!
2.75
Hours of tuition
31
Lessons
The info:
If you’re brand new to Lightroom Classic, or simply too scared to try it, you are not alone. In fact, Lightroom is the second most frequent thing I get asked for support on, after Photoshop, with people constantly asking: “is there anything for Lightroom beginners?” Often, the student will sign up for an online one-to-one to go through Lightroom basics, but in an hour we can’t get through everything with practice time too.
So, after wondering how I can handhold everyone to confidence in Lightroom Classic, I ended up creating this Lightroom for beginners course which contains 31 lessons and a few extra notes and signposts along the way! We’re going to cover:
- An introduction to Lightroom Classic
- How to handle your files
- Organisation, filters and sorting
- Editing in Lightroom from end to end
- Efficiency & productivity with Lightroom
- Exporting in various formats
And it’s all online so you can join from anywhere in the world!
Please note, this course is delivered in English.
Section 1: Introduction
In the first section of the course, Jess runs through the basics of Lightroom Classic from right at the very start.
Section 2: Fundamentals
In this section, Jess moves through the core modules available and covers practical methods of file handling.
Section 3: Application
No stone is left unturned in the walkthrough of the develop module to leave you able to follow any workflow + efficiency tips!
Section 4: Exporting
After editing or organising images, you’ll want to export them for use elsewhere. This section covers exporting in depth.
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Who is teaching?
This course is taught by International Multi-Award Winning Photographer, Jessica McGovern who has the following credentials:
- 100+ Recognitions for photographic work
- International Pet Photographer of the Year 2020
- Pet Portrait of the Year 2020 (and runner-up)
- Northern Pet Photographer of the Year 2021
- Northern Equine Photographer of the Year 2021
- International Panoramic Photographer of the Year 2021
- Speaker at The Photography Show 2021 & 2022
- YouTuber & Educational Content Creator
- Featured in international publications
Regardless of location, means, background or gender, Jess believes that Photography is a skill where every individual can feel safe in their personal expression. She loves nature, landscapes, moving pieces of portraiture and high-impact imagery.
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Are you a Trainer?
This section is new, and strictly enforced:
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Trainers, Influencers & Coaches
Unfortunately, due to repetitive, frustrating and demoralising situations occurring regularly over the past two years, we’ve had to make the decision to refuse access to any individual who offers, or plans to offer, photography, editing or business training to other photographers.
There are exceptions to our new no-trainer rule that we’re happy to make, but only if we’re contacted before membership registration to approve the sign-up.
“This has been one of the single hardest decisions I personally (Jess) have ever had to make. Over 50 different people have blatantly, unapologetically and aggressively stolen or skimmed content, workflows or resources in the past 18 months alone. Never again.”
We will always protect ourselves and others in our position, just as we would expect others to do, and we check for misuse and fraud regularly.
All our content, techniques, resources, plan structures, included elements and pricing are protected. As a hard line, any plagiarism, content skimming or intellectual property theft will be pursued legally and details of the breach will be shared with the industry.
It’s a shame it’s come to this, but we know we’re not the only educators to have had to implement this protocol. Please be a good human!
If you pass the above terms then there are no course pre-checks, no delays, no approvals and no launch dates, everything is on your terms. To sign up, you just need to add the access to your basket and checkout.
During checkout, you’ll be asked to create an account with an email address and password – make a note of these, you’ll need them to access the course. After checkout, your access starts then over on our dedicated Course platform, courses.thattogspot.com.
You can take a look at our other online courses here.
Please note, this is a self-learning course so please try to make sure you have a good internet connection before starting! Access is for 3-months as standard. For lifetime access to enrolled courses, check out the Memberships.
Access Duration
The access duration for this course is set at 3 months.
Why? Read on…
Access to the lessons is set by default and by design – there is current scientific research displaying a strong correlation between learning deadlines and completion, retention and mastery. Self-management is crucial and even with a busy life or a time-pressured day job, if you prepare for our online courses, you’ll have enough time to complete the sessions plus practical assignments too.
We would recommend taking your time to work through the lessons and practise each topic before moving on but also to schedule learning time in your diary to ensure you remain committed to working through your enrolled content.
We know this is a hotly debated topic in the online learning world, but for Jess as a science nerd, following the data is vital. So far a grand total of 0.3% of our total student enrolments have got stuck on the access length. We’re here to help though, so read on…
If at the end of the default access length, you feel that you need more time, just send us an email and we’ll sort that out as soon as possible – there is no charge for extending however extensions are for 3 months only and can only be applied once.
That being said, you can get lifetime access connected to an MTog membership if you need additional time. If you are an MTog already, you can request to have course access extended at any time, for any reason (you don’t need to tell us). Simply send an email to [email protected] to get the process moving. We’ll action it as fast as possible!
%
of people don't complete online courses if there is no deadline for access*
* W. Feng, J. Tang, and T. X. Liu, “Understanding dropouts in MOOCs,” Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2019 + J. Reich, “MOOC completion and retention in the context of student intent,” EDUCAUSE Review Online, 2014.
Course Image: Before & After
The full process from import to the export of this image, in Lightroom only, is shown in this online course.
Course reviews…
7 reviews for Lightroom for Beginners Access
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Janice Mcinally (verified owner) –
I have been waiting a while to do this course, so glad I have finally managed to do it, and way Jess explains everything in here is so easy to understand, I now have the knowledge to move forward with lightroom, just got to practice, Truely a easy to understand course, masking and using the brushes, was a subject I struggled with now I understand how to use them, and my files are now in order. thankyou Jess
Tracy Patton (verified owner) –
I truly enjoyed this course. I have been dabbling in Lightroom for years now and knew that I was not utilizing it to its full potential. Now, I have so many more skills and can’t wait to practice it more and more. Thanks for this course, worth every penny!
Toni Provencher (verified owner) –
This is a great course for any beginner Lightroom user. Lots of time-saving suggestions and ways to increase your skills in Lightroom. I highly recommend this course!
Chris Humphrey (verified owner) –
An excellent course, presented in helpfully bite-sized chunks. With the knowledge gained and plenty of practice, I feel confident I will be able to raise my editing skills to the level I aspire to. I thoroughly recommend this course.
Ann Evans (verified owner) –
My husband always says, “Organization is the key to Success”, this course is exactly that. I so wanted to organize my files. Finally, I feel that Jess has offered me those skills to finally achieve the organization that I desired. If your pondering this class just immediately sign up for it. You will be so happy that you did. Thanks so much Jess!