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Courses & Workshops Lightroom I (Sep 24-Oct 15)
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Lightroom I (Sep 24-Oct 15)

$395.00

Dates: September 24 - October 15, 2025 (no class October 1)

Meetings: Wednesdays, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM CST (4 sessions)

Location: Houston Center for Photography

Cost: $395 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)

Instructor: Austin Cullen

Skill Level: Open to All Levels

Special Benefit: 8-hour Digital Lab credit (worth $80)

Adobe Lightroom has become the standard for organizing, managing, and cataloging photographs offering powerful image processing and presentation capabilities. This course offers an in-depth introduction to the many features of this indispensable software and guides students through applying a correct digital workflow to their photographic practice. You will learn how to process your photos, correct exposures, adjust the white balance, enhance details, correct colors, and much more. You will gain confidence controlling Adobe Lightroom, allowing you to explore your creativity and develop a personal style.

Objectives:

  • Understand the concept of Adobe Lightroom and how it relates to image files

  • Implement a digital photography workflow as an integral part of your practice

  • Organize and select pictures effectively using the Library module

  • Understand the building blocks of an image and the color wheel 

  • Process your pictures into stunning images using the Develop module’s powerful tools 

  • Creatively apply both global and local adjustments effectively using the brush tool 

  • Learn how to retouch your pictures using a variety of tools and techniques 

Prerequisites:

Students wishing to use HCP’s Digital Lab computers and have free access to Adobe Lightroom Classic must be Mac OS proficient. PC users are strongly encouraged to bring their personal laptops installed with the latest version of Adobe Lightroom Classic to class.

Course Prep:

Please bring with you to class a selection of your image files on a flash drive or hard disk. An Adobe Lightroom Classic subscription is highly recommended in order to use the software at home.

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Dates: September 24 - October 15, 2025 (no class October 1)

Meetings: Wednesdays, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM CST (4 sessions)

Location: Houston Center for Photography

Cost: $395 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)

Instructor: Austin Cullen

Skill Level: Open to All Levels

Special Benefit: 8-hour Digital Lab credit (worth $80)

Adobe Lightroom has become the standard for organizing, managing, and cataloging photographs offering powerful image processing and presentation capabilities. This course offers an in-depth introduction to the many features of this indispensable software and guides students through applying a correct digital workflow to their photographic practice. You will learn how to process your photos, correct exposures, adjust the white balance, enhance details, correct colors, and much more. You will gain confidence controlling Adobe Lightroom, allowing you to explore your creativity and develop a personal style.

Objectives:

  • Understand the concept of Adobe Lightroom and how it relates to image files

  • Implement a digital photography workflow as an integral part of your practice

  • Organize and select pictures effectively using the Library module

  • Understand the building blocks of an image and the color wheel 

  • Process your pictures into stunning images using the Develop module’s powerful tools 

  • Creatively apply both global and local adjustments effectively using the brush tool 

  • Learn how to retouch your pictures using a variety of tools and techniques 

Prerequisites:

Students wishing to use HCP’s Digital Lab computers and have free access to Adobe Lightroom Classic must be Mac OS proficient. PC users are strongly encouraged to bring their personal laptops installed with the latest version of Adobe Lightroom Classic to class.

Course Prep:

Please bring with you to class a selection of your image files on a flash drive or hard disk. An Adobe Lightroom Classic subscription is highly recommended in order to use the software at home.

Dates: September 24 - October 15, 2025 (no class October 1)

Meetings: Wednesdays, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM CST (4 sessions)

Location: Houston Center for Photography

Cost: $395 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)

Instructor: Austin Cullen

Skill Level: Open to All Levels

Special Benefit: 8-hour Digital Lab credit (worth $80)

Adobe Lightroom has become the standard for organizing, managing, and cataloging photographs offering powerful image processing and presentation capabilities. This course offers an in-depth introduction to the many features of this indispensable software and guides students through applying a correct digital workflow to their photographic practice. You will learn how to process your photos, correct exposures, adjust the white balance, enhance details, correct colors, and much more. You will gain confidence controlling Adobe Lightroom, allowing you to explore your creativity and develop a personal style.

Objectives:

  • Understand the concept of Adobe Lightroom and how it relates to image files

  • Implement a digital photography workflow as an integral part of your practice

  • Organize and select pictures effectively using the Library module

  • Understand the building blocks of an image and the color wheel 

  • Process your pictures into stunning images using the Develop module’s powerful tools 

  • Creatively apply both global and local adjustments effectively using the brush tool 

  • Learn how to retouch your pictures using a variety of tools and techniques 

Prerequisites:

Students wishing to use HCP’s Digital Lab computers and have free access to Adobe Lightroom Classic must be Mac OS proficient. PC users are strongly encouraged to bring their personal laptops installed with the latest version of Adobe Lightroom Classic to class.

Course Prep:

Please bring with you to class a selection of your image files on a flash drive or hard disk. An Adobe Lightroom Classic subscription is highly recommended in order to use the software at home.

Images:
Austin Cullen, Floating Biomes (2021), from the series “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)”
Mark Chen, Sombrero Galaxy and Bryce Canyon (2022), from the series “Pilgrimage of Light”

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