Lessons
Class Introduction
17:26 2Welcome to Photography
13:08 3Camera Types Overview
02:00 4Viewing Systems
28:43 5Viewing Systems Q&A
08:45 6Lens Systems
32:06 7Shutter Systems
13:17 8Shutter Speeds
10:47Choosing a Shutter Speed
31:30 10Shutter Speeds for Handholding
08:36 11Shutter Speed Pop Quiz
09:06 12Camera Settings
25:35 13General Camera Q&A
14:38 14Sensor Sizes: The Basics
15:33 15Sensor Sizes: Compared
19:10 16Pixels
20:13 17ISO
21:13 18Sensor Q&A
13:34 19Focal Length: Overview
11:09 20Focal Length: Angle of View
15:09 21Wide Angle Lenses
08:48 22Telephoto Lenses
25:23 23Angle of View Q&A
09:29 24Fish Eye Lenses
10:39 25Tilt & Shift Lenses
23:42 26Subject Zone
17:19 27Lens Speed
09:56 28Aperture Basics
08:46 29Depth of Field
21:49 30Aperture Pop Quiz
13:23 31Lens Quality
18:30 32Photo Equipment Life Cycle
03:57 33Light Meter Basics
09:25 34Histogram
15:25 35Histogram Pop Quiz and Q&A
10:58 36Dynamic Range
06:03 37Exposure Modes
15:58 38Manual Exposure
09:38 39Sunny 16 Rule
05:54 40Exposure Bracketing
10:18 41Exposure Values
27:21 42Exposure Pop Quiz
26:43 43Focus Overview
16:15 44Focusing Systems
05:15 45Autofocus Controls
11:56 46Focus Points
07:35 47Autofocusing on Subjects
20:19 48Manual Focus
07:52 49Digital Focusing Assistance
03:40 50Focus Options: DSLR and Mirrorless
04:58 51Shutter Speeds for Sharpness and DoF
05:20 52Depth of Field Pop Quiz
12:14 53Depth of Field Camera Features
04:54 54Lens Sharpness
09:58 55Camera Movement
05:20 56Handheld and Tripod Focusing
04:32 57Advanced Techniques
07:12 58Hyperfocal Distance
06:50 59Hyperfocal Quiz and Focusing Formula
04:36 60Micro adjust and AF Fine Tune
05:34 61Focus Stacking and Post Sharpening
06:00 62Focus Problem Pop Quiz
18:07 63The Gadget Bag: Camera Accessories
25:30 64The Gadget Bag: Lens Accessories
12:46 65The Gadget Bag: Neutral Density Filter
20:43 66The Gadget Bag: Lens Hood and Teleconverters
08:55 67The Gadget Bag: Lens Adapters
05:43 68The Gadget Bag: Lens Cleaning Supplies
04:34 69The Gadget Bag: Macro Lenses and Accessories
15:57 70The Gadget Bag: Flash and Lighting
05:08 71The Gadget Bag: Tripods and Accessories
18:50 72The Gadget Bag: Custom Cases
11:20 7310 Thoughts on Being a Photographer
07:37 74Direct Sunlight
25:04 75Indirect Sunlight
18:49 76Sunrise and Sunset
18:39 77Cloud Light
14:48 78Golden Hour
09:50 79Light Pop Quiz
07:53 80Light Management
14:00 81Artificial Light
13:56 82Speedlights
16:02 83Off-Camera Flash
27:38 84Advanced Flash Techniques
09:49 85Editing Overview
08:24 86Editing Set-up
08:06 87Importing Images
16:45 88Best Use of Files and Folders
20:54 89Culling
20:56 90Develop: Fixing in Lightroom
18:13 91Develop: Treating Your Images
10:53 92Develop: Optimizing in Lightroom
14:51 93Art of Editing Q&A
06:01 94Composition Overview
06:53 95Photographic Intrusions
10:10 96Mystery and Working the Scene
16:18 97Point of View
09:11 98Better Backgrounds
16:02 99Unique Perspective
11:02 100Angle of View
15:06 101Subject Placement
41:14 102Subject Placement Q&A
05:18 103Panorama
07:39 104Multishot Techniques
13:57 105Timelapse
16:13 106Human Vision vs The Camera
20:07 107Visual Perception
08:35 108Visual Balance Test
22:56 109Visual Drama
12:25 110Elements of Design
28:57 111The Photographic Process
12:28 112Working the Shot
27:38 113The Moment
04:42 114One Hour Photo - Colby Brown
1:04:32 115One Hour Photo - John Keatley
1:03:05 116One Hour Photo - Art Wolfe
59:01 117One Hour Photo - Rocco Ancora
1:01:20 118One Hour Photo - Mike Hagen
1:01:20 119One Hour Photo - Lisa Carney
1:00:52 120One Hour Photo - Ian Shive
1:08:00 121One Hour Photo - Sandra Coan
1:10:29 122One Hour Photo - Daniel Gregory
1:06:07 123One Hour Photo - Scott Robert Lim
1:05:41Lesson Info
Art of Editing Q&A
Alright, so that kind of brings us to the end of Art of Editing. It's just kind of a initial look at what we're going to have to be going to and what we're kind of expected to do after you've taken the shot. Thank you, John. Any questions in the studio audience who want to grab a mic? We can go ahead and start with you. So, I'm not very familiar with masking. However, one question came up. So, let's say you have a situation where you're taking a photo of someone and you wanted to just maybe up the clarity or saturation of the face, can you do that in lightshop or is that more of a Photoshop question? Yes, you can do that in Lightroom. And, so what you can do is you can select a certain area, you can make it darker, lighter, you can change the saturation, you can change I forget the list, the complete list of features that you can change but you can do a selective area selection and then you can adjust parameters just within or on the outside of that selection so yes. You do not n...
eed to go to Photoshop for that. So one of the questions, that maybe I'll address, I don't know if it's even in there, is Photoshop versus Lightroom question. That is if I had to recommend one program, if I only had enough money to buy one, I would get Lightroom first because that is how you organize your images, that is how you do most of your basic adjustments in image. So if you're a photographer, get Lightroom first. If you have further editing needs that you can't do in Lightroom, that's when you need to get Photoshop. So if you recall, there was one photograph I had of a horizon and there was salt plain and there was just sun and I told you that I had fixed the light and there was some flare problems so I had to go into Photoshop in order to clone out and fix out the problem that Lightroom just couldn't handle. So I think Lightroom is a more valuable resource for most photographers and the average photographer doesn't need Photoshop. John, I just want to make sure, I haven't got my brain wrapped around the actual, when you talk about throwing away megapixels, you know, when you're doing cropping stuff, Lightroom, you could do reset and go back to the base image, you haven't destroyed anything, but if you did that in Photoshop, you're toast, correct? Right, and so when I say "throwing away pixels", in Lightroom, we're cropping, we're not actually throwing them away but the resulting image is a cropped in version and so we're not utilizing those other features and so that is a major difference between Lightroom and Photoshop, when you crop an image in Lightroom, the original information stays there forever, so that you can always go back. So, the beauty of Lightroom is that no matter how bad you are of using it, you'll never ruin a photograph. So, if you need help and you have someone over, he's like "I think I messed this one up", you can hit "Redo" and go all the way back to start. Whereas in Photoshop, if you take an image and you work on it, well, you can't save it as a raw, if you shot originally while you're going to have to save it as a jpeg or tiff and once you've cropped it, it's cropped, there's no going back. Once you've saved that file and you open it back up, you could go back to the original raw file which you might have deleted or it might be someplace else. So, it's easier to fix things in Lightroom, they call non-destructive editing. You'll never destroy pixels, you'll never destroy a photo in Lightroom. Alright, great, so John you talked about the different things that, the different tools and things you can develop within Lightroom. Question is, should you typically edit in the order that you're presenting or did you arrange it this way because that's how it's organized in Lightroom? Well, let's go back to this. Lightroom has been organized in a way that is a fairly normal workflow and I've also kind of taken it in my own way, myself. I do jump around in some cases, you know, I think you're supposed to do color correction before you do cropping but every once in a while I know that it needs to be cropped. So if there's something easy and obvious, I usually work with that first. I try to go from the easiest to the hardest thing to fix in Lightroom. Great. Speaking of cropping, we had a couple folks including Chichi's Scrap's ask about taking your images and making prints of them. So, if you know you're going to make a four by six or a five by seven image, are you thinking about that as you're doing your cropping in Lightroom? You should be because if you are wanting to crop to a four by six or a five by seven, those are different crops and there are certain things that are going to fit or not fit in that image. So one of the great things about Lightroom that I like is that I can make a virtual copy, I can have my original image and I can say "Well, now I'm going to make a five by seven version of this which has a slightly different crop and then I'm going to have a 16 x 9 version which has a slightly different crop." and then you can match work you've done between the two of them and you can have three versions without taking up a lot of space in your hard drive because it's not an actual copy, it's a virtual copy that's looking at the same original information so if you go down to the store and you buy a big map print and you're going to put your own photograph in there and it has some sort oddball number, let's just say 11 x 14 1/2, you can add that as a customized crop within Lightroom and it will fit perfectly right in there. So, I've used that all the time and pretty much all photographers should be familiar with it cause I hope all photographers print some of their work. I think everybody deserves to have some of their photographs in a non digital form and printed and put up on the wall and appreciate that artwork that you've created.
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Ratings and Reviews
a Creativelive Student
Love love all John Greengo classes! Wish to have had him decades ago with this info, but no internet then!! John is the greatest photography teacher I have seen out there, and I watch a lot of Creative Live classes and folks on YouTube too. John is so detailed and there are a ton of ah ha moments for me and I know lots of others. I think I own 4 John Greengo classes so far and want to add this one and Travel Photography!! I just drop everything to watch John on Creative Live. I wish sometime soon he would teach a Lightroom class and his knowledge on photography post editing.!!! That would probably take a LOT OF TIME but I know John would explain it soooooo good, like he does all his Photography classes!! Thank you Creative Live for having such a wonderful instructor with John Greengo!! Make more classes John, for just love them and soak it up! There is soooo much to learn and sometimes just so overwhelming. Is there anyway you might do a Motivation class!!?? Like do this button for this day, and try this technique for a week, or post this subject for this week, etc. Motivation and inspiration, and playing around with what you teach, needed so much and would be so fun.!! Just saying??? Awaiting gadgets class now, while waiting for lunch break to be over. All the filters and gadgets, oh my. Thank you thank you for all you teach John, You are truly a wonderful wonderful instructor and I would highly recommend folks listening and buying your classes.
Eve
I don't think that adjectives like beautiful, fantastic or excellent can describe the course and classes with John Greengo well enough. I've just bought my first camera and I am a total amateur but I fell in love with photography while watching the classes with John. It is fun, clear, understandable, entertaining, informative and and and. He is not only a fabulous photographer but a great teacher as well. Easy to follow, clear explanations and fantastic visuals. The only disadvantage I can list here that he is sooooo good that keeps me from going out to shoot as I am just glued to the screen. :-) Don't miss it and well worth the money invested! Thank you John!
Vlad Chiriacescu
Wow! John is THE best teacher I have ever had the pleasure of learning from, and this is the most comprehensive, eloquent and fun course I have ever taken (online or off). If you're even / / interested in photography, take this course as soon as possible! You might find out that taking great photos requires much more work than you're willing to invest, or you might get so excited learning from John that you'll start taking your camera with you EVERYWHERE. At the very least, you'll learn the fundamental inner workings and techniques that WILL help you get a better photo. Worried about the cost? Well, I've taken courses that are twice as expensive that offer less than maybe a tenth of the value. You'll be much better off investing in this course than a new camera or a new lens. I cannot reccomend John and this course enough!