#4 - Lightroom Techniques

DUE: Tuesday February 16 by 9:30am 

Learning Lightroom Organization & Tools

Organization - In the Library Module

• If you have new images Import your new photos into Lightroom (or just use what you already have in your catalogue.)
• Add the keyword "Movement" to these images during the Importing Process or in the Library Module
• Create a New Collection called "Practice" and add any images you'd like to this collection.
• Select what you feel are your best photos and rate them with a 5 Star rating.
• Out of these photos "Flag your favorite (3) photos.
• Out of these (3) Flagged Photos rank your favorite photo with a color.

Processing - In the Develop Module (* Be sure to export a version of the images you select before making the following adjustments, as you'll need to post a before and after image to the blog.)

• Select a photo and go through the "Basic" Panel to make overall adjustments. Decide whether you want it in "Color" or "B&W" and use the "Color/B&W" panel to adjust the tones as desired.
• Using the "Adjustment Brush" create a mask and apply one or more adjustments to a specific location(s) of your image.
• Find a different image with a straight line (such as a horizon line or the edge of a building) and use the "Graduated Filter" tool to adjust only a portion of your image.
• Select a new image with an oval or circular shape somewhere in the image. Using the "Radial Filter" tool, apply a mask and adjust either that area or everything around it.
• In a new image use the "Spot Removal" tool to remove something distracting in your image.
• Select one of the above images and create a "Virtual Copy" (which is under the "Photo" drop down menu)
• With the "Virtual Copy" selected, crop it to make the image better.

You should now have 5 different images where you applied different techniques. Post the before and after photos to the blog. Ten total images.

Keep the above techniques in mind when finalizing the rest of your images for the remainder of the semester!