Photo editing practice

Today we’ll be working with Lightroom Classic CC to edit our photos of people at work on Temple’s campus.

Editing

If you don’t have your own photos with you, you may download this folder to have some files to practice on. Using Adobe Lightroom, we’ll learn about:

• Importing photos (import dialog)
• Creating a rough cut through flagging + filtering (PUX keys, or number keys for ratings)
• Correcting white balance and color temperature
• Adjusting exposure + contrast and using clipping indicators
• Sharpening photos
• Review before and after (backslash key, or Y key for comparisons)
• Pasting edits to additional photos
• Adding metadata
• Exporting photos for web

Reference material

If you’d like to explore some more advanced features in Lightroom or need a reminder of what we cover in class today, you can reference this course on Lynda.com. I’ve created a custom playlist with the most relevant items for you, and it takes only 45 minutes to view all of them.

Lightroom Training

Adding captions

For news photos, your captions must include:

• The name of the person in the photo. Also include something to help explain why we’re seeing this person: a title, if it’s an official, or age and hometown (or occupation) if its a random person. If you’re shooting a crowd, you can’t name everyone, but you should say who these people are (A group of Temple University freshmen…) or give some context to help us understand who we are looking at.
• The location of the photo.
• The day it was shot (following AP style).
• Additional information that ties the photo to the story and explains why it is newsworthy.

Every photo needs a unique caption. Every one! And all captions must be complete sentences.