Itinerary:

Friday, June 21st (6:30 - 8:30pm) Coral Gables restaurant

• Meet & Greet Group dinner
  
  

Saturday, June 22nd (Coral Gables meeting room)

SESSION 1 (9:00 - 11:30am) Introduction to Lightroom Classic

• Adobe Lightroom Classic introduction
• Installation considerations
• Lightroom preference settings
• The Lightroom catalog concept
• Import settings and presets
• Sorting, viewing modes, pick/reject
  
  

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 2 (1:30 - 4:30pm) Importing, Rating, Keywording & Collecting

• Making sense of and working with metadata, star ratings, and color labels 
• Collections and Smart Collections, how to keep everything organized.
• Questions and review of the day’s material.
  
  

Sunday, June 23rd (at Leica Store Miami)

SESSION 3 (9:00 - 11:30am) Basic Editing

• Understanding the Histogram
• White balance
• Tone controls
• Cropping and post-crop vignette
• Spot removal
• Black and white conversion of Color files
  
  

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 4 (1:30 - 4:30pm) Selective & Advanced Editing / Exporting & Printing

• Understanding Color
• Controlling Hue, Saturation, and Luminosity controls
• Working with Spot color controls
• Adjustment brush
• HDR, Panoramas, and Transforms
• Exporting and print settings
• Backup plans

SESSION 5 (At your convenience) 1-Hour Online One-on-One Session with John Latimer

• You'll be able to schedule this session with John at your convenience.
• This is your chance to address any problems that you're having with your own Lightroom catalog, address file management, answer questions about advanced editing, etc.

Class Size: Limited to 12 attendees

What to Expect

Attendees will come away from this workshop with:

• A solid understanding of workflow for importing, organizing, and archiving images using the Lightroom Library module.

• The editing ability to make their images look like what they saw or imagined when capturing the image, using the Lightroom Develop module.

• How to properly import images to or export images from Lightroom using Import and Export presets to make life easier.

• A strategy for backing up your images to prevent any loss due to hard drive failure.
  
  
• The ability to share their images through social media or how to set up images for print.
  
  

Who should attend this workshop?
This workshop is geared towards the photographer who wants to improve their understanding of Adobe Lightroom Classic and better incorporate it into their photography workflow.

For out of town visitors, we recommend flying into Miami International Airport (MIA) which is only 4.5 miles from Leica Store Miami.

This workshop will take place in Coral Gables, Florida at Leica Store Miami as well as a hotel meeting room. Uber, Lyft, or taxis are easily accessible but you are certainly welcome to rent a car if you choose.

Here are a few of our favorite area hotels (listed in proximity to Leica Store Miami):

• Aloft Coral Gables
• Courtyard Miami Coral Gables
• Hotel Place St. Michel
• The Westin Colonnade, Coral Gables
• Hyatt Regency Coral Gables

About John

John Latimer is a photographer and print maker who has been teaching photography as a professor at various institutions including Rochester Institute of Technology, Appalachian State University, and College of DuPage for the last 18 years. John’s clients have included Bloomingdale’s, The British Museum of Art at Yale University, The George Eastman House, Jerry Uelsmann, Maggie Taylor, Carl Chiarenza and other nationally recognized photographers. His personal work is in the permanent collection of the South East Museum of Photography. John resides in the mountains of Boone, NC with his wife and dogs. Beyond photography, John’s other interests include travel and cooking/food.

Testimonials about John:

Here is what our customers are saying about John's 1-on-1 LR and PS sessions:

"Extremely well run, flexible, and insightful. John knows Lightroom inside and out and has a great way to communicate to simplify the concepts and make them easily applicable." - Rodrigo B.

"John takes you by the hand (through screen sharing) and does away with the stress of learning an indispensable program like Lightroom. Even for an old-school photographer like me! We began with the fundamentals of organizing files by key words, and how to categorize for easy access. I look forward to learning how to edit my images in future sessions." - Leslie S.

"Working with John Latimer, even for an hour, will have you rethinking that disorganized nightmare of a Lightroom catalog you have on your hard drive and determining a better path forward. Having used Lightroom since 2007 - and with a massive lack of discipline in organizing the thousands of photographs I’ve taken since then - I see working with John as a great step forward. He’s knowledgeable, straightforward and, given the investment I’ve made in photography, a bargain. He’s immediately become my indispensable partner in a needed overhaul of my Macs, hard drives and Lightroom catalogs." - John B.

"John's deep experience and customized approach has expanded my knowledge of Lightroom. His ability to work 1on 1 by remotely joining my computer has removed the mysteries of workflow techniques. John’s instruction has elevated my enjoyment of Lightroom. He is a great listener and challenges me to expand my personal workflow process. We currently meet weekly allowing me to practice my new acquired skills between sessions." - Steve B.

"While I have used Lightroom for 6 years, I desperately needed help to begin to organize things and John definitely gave me that help. We used Zoom so John could access my 27” iMac and I felt as if he was just sitting next to me walking me thru the process.  While I originally signed up for 1 hour we easily went into two hours.  I still need some hand holding on moving things from iCloud to LR, and I have not even gotten into how to actually use the program going forward. The net is I will need more lesson which I will gladly sign up for." - Tom F.

"My session with John was excellent. A one-to-one session enabled me to ask all my silly questions and overcome certain mental blocks I've encountered in using Lightroom.  John was very flexible, patient and clear in his explanations and instructions. The technology used to hold the session worked flawlessly and seeing how a 'pro' moved around the Lightroom interface and approached editing was very helpful. I would not hesitate to recommend working with John and I intend to do so again in the near future." - Steve B.

"John helped me to understand how to approach B&W work in Lightroom in a more disciplined way. Now, instead of flailing around, trying this and that, I have a procedure that I can go through with each image and then branch off that sequence as each image requires. Worth every dollar!!" - Richard B.

"I want to rave about the help I have received from John Latimer. I have taken Lightroom classes before, but still came away wanting. John has taught me about Lightroom in a way that has unleashed its power for me. From file organization to editing, John has transformed the way I think about using this tool. He is a knowledgeable and patient teacher. I will be forever grateful for his ongoing assistance and recommend him highly. Worth every penny, and then some." - Debra I.

Questions about the Workshop:
If you have any questions or concerns, please call us at 305-921-4433 or send us an email.

We look forward to seeing you in Miami!

Withdrawal and Refund Policy

Enrollment is limited to 12 participants, and once you sign up, we are counting on your attendance. If you need to withdraw from this workshop, please notify us in writing (email is acceptable) as soon as possible. This is our refund policy:

If you cancel and we find someone to fill your seat, we will refund you the full amount you have paid towards the tuition, minus a $250 service charge. If you cancel and we cannot find someone to fill your seat, then you will be refunded according to the following schedule:

At least 60 days before the start of the workshop: Full refund minus $250 service fee.
Between 59 and 45 days before the start of the workshop: 75% refund
Between 44 and 30 days before the start of the workshop: 50% refund
Less than 30 days from the start of the workshop: No refund

Course Cancellation

Leica Store Miami reserves the right to cancel a reservation if full payment has not been received by 60 days prior to the start of the workshop.
In the event that this workshop must be canceled due to inadequate enrollment, all fees and deposits will be refunded in full or may be transferred to another workshop within 24 months.

Travel Insurance

Leica Store Miami is not responsible for cancellations due to medical or personal emergencies so we highly recommend that you purchase travel Insurance. Companies like Travelex and Allianz Global Assistance are reputable but you can choose any vendor you like. Just make sure that they have an A+ rating from the BBB. Travel insurance generally costs 5-7% of your total trip cost. Leica Store Miami is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline tickets in the event of a workshop cancellation.

Transfers

If for any reason you wish to transfer your deposit, please notify us by email. You must register and complete a new workshop within 24 months of the withdrawal. We reserve the right to accept or deny any transfer.

There are no exceptions to our Cancellation and Transfer Policy.