Snapfactory

Mark explains the foundation of Lightroom 4.

A step-by-step explaination of the preferences panel.

Mark dives into the importing process.

Lightroom allows you to embed copyright data upon importing.

The importing screen has many options to streamline your workflow.

Mark demonstrates many ways to assign keywords to your photos for quick sorting.

This is one of the views in Lightroom to help compare multiple selected photos.

Collections are used to prep selected photos for output to books, the web, etc.

Smart collections automatically gather photos with certain keywords, ratings or metadata that you choose.

Mark demonstrates how to sort photos in the Library module using different filters.

The next big part of Lightroom is the Develop module, and Mark explains how to adjust photos.

Using the Develop module, Mark saturates the colors and crops this image.

Presets allow you to quickly batch edit photos, and Mark shows you how to create your own.

Mark walks through using some of the local adjustments that are similar to those in Photoshop.

Lightroom creates masks to allow for local adjustments to exposure, contrast, color, and more.

Mark demonstrates how to take a photo from Lightroom and edit it in Photoshop without losing the original.

Create your own watermark to use on your images.

Mark shows how to shoot tethered directly into Lightroom.

Mark explains the export features.

Lightroom’s Publish Services are powerful tools for exporting photos and keeping them updated with the most recent edit.

Mark shows how to use the Map module.

A quick demonstration of using the Book module.

Mark creates this slideshow from scratch and shows how you can use this to sell more photos.

The print module allows you to print individual images, or complete custom packages.

Finally, Mark makes an entire gallery webpage with just a few clicks in Lightroom.

The beautiful location for the workshop.

Mark starts by demonstrating how to control the ambient light and flash separately.

An example of Mark underexposing the background before setting the flash on our model, Jayd.

A portrait setup with a speedlight in a softbox, with a reflector.

Mark compares photos where the background exposure changes, but Jayd stays relatively the same.

Heading out into the bright sunlight, Mark demonstrates using shade for better portraits.

A comparison before and after the shade was added over Jayd.

A demonstration about how a long lens can get better full-body portraits, even in a small space.

Mark’s next setup will use shade with a studio strobe for balanced outdoor portraits.

The left photo is just the ambient light. The photo on the right is with a strobe added.

Mark adds a softbox on the strobe to soften the light.

Adding a reflector made a huge difference in the left side of the photo. Notice how Jayd’s hair and shoulder now have separation from the background.

Mark’s final setup is a bikini shoot by the pool using a ringflash.

First Mark shoots with no flash to demonstrate how changing your angle can make a much better photo.

A comparison of the photos taken straight on versus the one taken on a step ladder.

Mark’s assistant gives him shade behind-the-scenes.

Here Mark has attached the ringflash to his camera and added the white umbrella for shade.

A comparison of the photos using the ringflash, but the left photo has no shade and the right one does.

A comparison of where Mark started (straight angle, harsh light) and the final image that he got (no harsh shadows, better angle).

To wrap things up, Mark shoots without any flash for shallow depth of field.