Lightroom 5 Workshop Collection

At first I was skeptical of purchasing this Workshop thinking that I can get the information by other means (youtube, etc). I can honestly say that I was wrong. My wife convinced me to purchase this workshop stating that I can go to a live workshop and learn the same thing (usually at a higher price in some instances) or I could have this and go over it multiple times when needed as a refresher. Once I started to go through the first set of videos, I soon realized that it was worth every penny. My workflow began to improve, my file management became more efficient, and navigating through Lightroom became more comfortable.

I can recommend this Workshop to any photographer starting to work with Lightroom. It will make your photography post processing experience smoother. It takes away that initial learning curve fear and makes it an enjoyable learning experience. The topics were broken down to each feature/tool within Lightroom and recommendations. Learning how to create presets for importing, metadata, developing, and exporting was explained and demonstrated very well.

Post-Production Pye is an awesome instructor. He kept all of the topics and videos straight to the point and no fluff. I would not hesitate to take a course or purchase another workshop if he is the instructor. Thank you SLR Lounge for creating this wonderful workshop package.

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I am in the midst of starting out in business and I am so glad I purchased this collection. With all the other skills I have to learn, this is by far the most crucial in my business and taking the time now to set up organisational workflow and putting in processes in place before I start to get busy is going to streamline my business and allow me to work more efficiently. The info is so comprehensive and it’s blown me away in both OAW and post editing skills. I love it! It’s going to save time and money, and not to mention give me the edge in creativity and image control.

The LR Tutorial videos are great for learning all the ins and outs of Lightroom. All of the features and LR sliders are explained with clear examples and reasons behind using each slider. The LR Workflow videos do a great job at explaining the benefits of different approaches to post processing images. Several of the videos walk through real photo shoots and explanations are given for what constitutes a good or a bad image. The LR Workflow system covers image culling, basic processing, advanced image processing and LR tips and optimizations. Finally, the LR Preset System ties everything together you learn from the LR Tutorial and Workflow videos by providing a huge set of predefined presets that optimize and speed up the workflow.

This preset system redefined my typical workflow in LR; cut my PP time in half just about. The system is well organized and gives professional results. I would recommend this preset system as a way to get the most out of Lightroom in the least amount of time.

Very easy to follow and most importantly the results !! Couldn’t be better. Great opportunity to experiment with different combinations that can express all sorts of artistic ideas . I was also able to get the shots to look exactly the way I saw the subject . You won’t be disappointed !!

I’m an amateur photographer or hobbyist, hoping to parlay my photo-skills in a second career someday. I haven’t had a chance to delve into the details (the “real-life duties always seem to get in the way!!), but from what I’ve used and noticed, this is one AWESOME tool for anyone wanting to learn/use Lightroom. I’m always looking to do MORE with my photography (note to self – TAKE MORE “ME” TIME!!) and this helps simplify the tasks and time to do so. Oh and btw, I usually immediately unsubscribe to all the non-stop emails from companies that I purchase from, but I actually LOOK FORWARD to getting those from SLR Lounge. I always find something exciting, interesting or educational in them. Good stuff!!

I have been an Aperture (Mac software) user for three years and was more than happy with it. However, with a lack of an update and most people now using or moving onto Lightroom (with excellent results) I knew I was going to have to make the plunge. The problem was I really liked Aperture for the simplicity of the user experience; Lightroom had too many options (several ways of doing same thing) which acted as an entry barrier for me. It just looked too difficult.
I came on SLR Lounge by chance (I saw an interview between Pye Jirsa and RL Morris) and was impressed by the claim that this set of DVDs would help me master Lightroom. Pye comes across as very credible even before you do his tutorials.
So I spent the money and can honestly say (after going through the A-Z and Workflow DVDs) that I have become a competent user of Lightroom 4. I think the reason it worked so well for me is the repetitive nature of the tutorials. If you have the set up of running the tutorials on one monitor and Lightroom on another then you can actually do the tasks as Pye is talking you through them (in fact I wouldn’t recommend you simply watch these DVDs without being able to practice at the same time – it would just be dull). The repetitive nature of moving between Library and Develop mode, working your way down from the basic panel, using keyboard shortcuts etc means that after 200 tutorials it is almost impossible for you not to be competent.
Pye is a great teacher. He is smart, incisive but doesn’t mind letting his guard down with goofy comments or using imperfect shots as practice images. He does an excellent job of keeping the pace, explaining his rationale (for the way he uses Lightroom and the way he takes/chooses shots) and he somehow manages to make me feel good even though he is congratulating me for copying his own edits (and he can’t even see my work!! “great job, guys”)
So Aperture has been consigned to the past and I am using Lightroom proficiently (better that I was using Aperture – in fact probably better than most people are using Lightroom) and happily.
Thanks SLR Lounge – I thoroughly recommend this product.

I’ve been using iPhoto to organize and Photoshop to edit my pictures for years and didn’t think I needed Lightroom. My husband got me Lightroom and the Lightroom 4 Complete Workshop for Christmas. I’m a dive-in-and-figure-it-out type of person but I was so grateful for the Workshop DVD’s. Pye walks you through every single aspect of Lightroom and I pick up new details when re-watching the DVD’s. Because of Pye, the Presets and the tutorial DVD’s, I’ve taken my photography to the next level.

I would recommend this Complete Workshop to anyone using Lightroom, expert or novice.

This has to be the best video set for learning to effectively utilize Lightroom 4 going! The Preset System series is great for fast, effective, and efficient post processing (and also for creating you own presets). The Lightroom 4 A-Z series provides a step by step process for creating a great Lightroom catalog system (a much needed system for those who have thousands of digital photographs.) Finally, the Lightroom 4 Workflow System brings it all together.
Being only an enthusiast photographs, I can just imagine how useful this series would be for the professional photographer!