Sunday, January 20, 2008

Lightroom

Adobe Lightroom has been installed on my computer since sometime last summer. However, it is safe to say that using it only to create impressive web pages is not getting the most out of the program. Last weekend I sat in on a four day course offered by D65. Seth Resnick and Jamie Spritzer are the go-to couple for breaking the Lightroom learning curve down to size. I was lucky to meet Jamie one week before I bought my first digital SLR way back in 2004. Their workflow became the way that I work, and I have made it a point to refresh my workflow with a D65 course each time Adobe updates their photo software. To say that Seth has a thorough understanding of the program is an understatement. To say it is an understatement is an understatement. But the success of the course is how Jamie and Seth pass this understanding along to photographers. At the end of four days, I felt I knew what Lightroom could do and how to best use it. And walking away from the course, I knew that I had days of keywording in front of me, and many more hard drives to buy.