Becoming Your Own Best Photo Editor
Learn how to become the best photo editor of your own work! Join Ibarionex Perello as he provides a clear understanding of the role of the creator and the editor in the photographic process. He goes beyond discerning which images are “good” and “bad,” and instead shows photographers how to think of their images as bodies of work that express ideas, themes, and narratives. Using Lightroom Classic as its starting point, Ibarionex demonstrates how he initially gathers images into categories based on the subject matter, and graphic elements of ideas found in their photographs. From there he shares his process for narrowing down that selection, using Lightroom Classic’s various tools, to end up with a tight selection of images for a portfolio, web gallery, or book.
Release Date: 2022-01-27
Lessons
Introduction
Ibarionex introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 3 mins 26 seconds
Creator vs. Editor
Understanding these different roles will help you think about what you are trying to accomplish when you are in that role.
Duration: 10 mins 51 seconds
Creating Collections
Learn the process for gathering photos together into collections.
Duration: 6 mins 12 seconds
First Pass
Using Collections and other features of Lightroom Classic (keywording, flags, and ratings), the segment demonstrates the basic culling process for gathering images into a manageable number of collections.
Duration: 11 mins 9 seconds
Core 8
Working from the results of the First Pass, this segment discusses the importance of the Core 8 and how images are parsed down using Lightroom Classic’s Survey and Compare modes.
Duration: 14 mins 40 seconds
Smart Collections: Part 1
This segment demonstrates the role of Smart Collections and how to create them based on the assignment of ratings and filters.
Duration: 10 mins 3 seconds
Smart Collections: Part 2
This segment demonstrates how to leverage Smart Collections to automatically gather like images into collections based on how they are imported, keyworded, and rated.
Duration: 13 mins 33 seconds
Compare and Survey
Further explores the power of the Compare and Survey mode and how they can be used for comparing like images and finding relationships between photographs.
Duration: 9 mins 22 seconds
Cooling Off
Discusses the importance of a cooling-off period between making the photographs and the process of culling and editing the work. Explains how this time can provide the photographer a fresh perspective on their work.
Duration: 9 mins 0 seconds
Pairing
Explore how placing two images opposite each other can provide a more significant visual impact for the viewer. Discuss how connections based on color, graphics, subject matter, or emotion can be evoked from the juxtaposition of two photographs.
Duration: 13 mins 6 seconds
Book Module
This segment explores the fundamental feature of Lightroom Classic’s book module, including creating a preset.
Duration: 10 mins 38 seconds
First Draft
Using Lightroom Classic’s Book Module, this segment walks through creating the first draft of a book/magazine/portfolio layout using a selection of Core 8 images from one of the previously gathered Collections.
Duration: 15 mins 1 seconds
Second Draft
After producing a tight and effective layout of 8 images, this segment demonstrates how to increase the page count while maintaining the effective flow, rhythm, and sequencing created with the 1st Draft.
Duration: 22 mins 8 seconds
Conclusion
The course is wrapped up, and the instructor encourages photographers to incorporate some or all the approaches in the course into their own workflow.
Duration: 1 mins 35 seconds