by George on July 14, 2010

Photograph © George A. Jardine
Two, new Lightroom workshops are coming up for the Pacific Northwest. I am bringing my intensive, two-day, hands-on Lightroom workshop to the Portland the and Seattle area. Portland will be August 7 – 8, and Seattle on August 21 – 22. These workshops are being conducted in partnership with LightroomWorkshops.com, and registration details can be found here. The workshop is two full days, and will cover workflow from A to Z, using the just released Lightroom 3.0.
In this workshop, you will learn:
- an easy-to-adopt, end-to-end workflow using Adobe Lightroom 3.0
- navigation tips and techniques for the Lightroom Library, to speed your image editing and asset management
- color correction secrets of the pros, for squeezing the very best photograph out of your digital exposures
- how to use the Slideshow, Web and Print modules, for high-quality, streamlined output
- all about Photoshop CS5 integration into the Lightroom workflow
This workshop is hands-on. It is highly recommended that you bring a laptop computer, with a copy of the latest version of Lightroom installed. A free trial version of Lightroom can be downloaded from here, and used for a full 30-days.
Workshop registration is $395, with significant discounts for photo organization members and students. As a bonus, those who register for and complete the workshop will receive a complimentary subscription to my 15-video Lightroom 3 Library series, which I just published. Click here for details on the video series.
I hope to see you there!

by George on July 11, 2010

Photograph © George A. Jardine
Whew! Finally got all the iPad and iPhone versions of the Lightroom Library Tutorial series all done. Purchase the series for just $29.95, and you will get access to all three versions.
If you’ve already purchased the series, just e-mail me (georgej@gmail.com), and I’ll send you the links to the mobile versions. If not, check out the series details and free sample movie on new Tutorials nav tab at the top of this page, or just click here for the details.

by George on July 8, 2010
Photograph © George A. Jardine
This set of 15 (well, 16, really…) all-new video tutorials gives you over 4-1/2 hours of the very best online education available. It covers the Adobe Lightroom Library and your digital photo library management from top to bottom. We start from the ground up, and guide any serious photographer—professional or passionate amateur—through the process of building an easy-to-use, but incredibly effective digital photo library. Then we dive deeper, tutorial-by-tutorial, through nearly every Lightroom Library feature, gently leading you to a solid and complete understanding of the entire professional workflow. Watch this online series anytime, day or night, and you will find thousands of tips and techniques that help you master your photo library and the new Lightroom 3 workflow. The complete series is only $29.95. The video titles are:
1 Photo Library Structure – 10:49
2 The Lightroom Catalog Overview – 6:23
3 The Lightroom User Interface – 15:21
4 The Pro Workflow Overview – 32:50
5 The Lightroom Import Dialog – 14:15
6a The Library Module – Part 1 – 23:42
6b The Library Module – Part 2 – 25:21
7 Keywords & Metadata – 19:57
8 File Renaming – 18:54
9 Editing Methods in Lightroom 3 – 23:35
10 The Lightroom Filter Bar – 12:29
11 Virtual Copies – 9:16 (Check out the free sample movie, here.)
12 The Export Dialog & Publish Services – 13:35
13 The Lightroom to Photoshop Workflow – 17:09
14 Digital Photo Library Backup Strategies – 16:43
15 Working With Multiple Lightroom Catalogs – 20:15
Check out the new Tutorials navigation tab at the top of the blog, or just click here for more details!

by George on June 13, 2010

Photograph © George A. Jardine
I apologize if this causes any disruption to your plans, but we’ve had to move the San Francisco workshop to September. For those of you living in the San Francisco area, I am bringing an intensive, two-day, hands-on Lightroom workshop to the Fort Mason Center on September 4th and 5th. This workshop is being conducted in partnership with LightroomWorkshops.com, and registration details can be found here. The workshop is two full days, and will cover workflow from A to Z, using the just released Lightroom 3.0.
In this workshop, you will learn:
- an easy-to-adopt, end-to-end workflow using Adobe Lightroom 3.0
- navigation tips and techniques for the Lightroom Library, to speed your image editing and asset management
- color correction secrets of the pros, for squeezing the very best photograph out of your digital exposures
- how to use the Slideshow, Web and Print modules, for high-quality, streamlined output
- all about Photoshop CS5 integration into the Lightroom workflow
This workshop is hands-on. It is highly recommended that you bring a laptop computer, with a copy of the latest version of Lightroom installed. A free trial version of Lightroom can be downloaded from here, and used for a full 30-days.
Workshop registration is $395, with significant discounts for photo organization members and students. I hope to see you there!

by George on June 2, 2010

Photograph © George A. Jardine
For those of you living in the St. Louis area, I am bringing a two-day, hands-on workshop to the St. Louis Hilton on June 26th and 27th. This workshop is being conducted in partnership with LightroomWorkshops.com, and registration details can be found here. The workshop is two full days, and will cover workflow from A to Z, using the just released Lightroom 3.0.
In this workshop, you will learn:
- an easy-to-adopt, end-to-end workflow using Adobe Lightroom 3.0
- navigation tips and techniques for the Lightroom Library, to speed your image editing and asset management
- color correction secrets of the pros, for squeezing the very best photograph out of your digital exposures
- how to use the Slideshow, Web and Print modules, for high-quality, streamlined output
- all about Photoshop CS5 integration into the Lightroom workflow
This workshop is hands-on. It is highly recommended that you bring a laptop computer, with a copy of the latest version of Lightroom installed. A free trial version of Lightroom can be downloaded from here, and used for a full 30-days.
Workshop registration is $395, with significant discounts for photo organization members and students. I hope to see you there!
