Learning Lightroom (4)

[Magic_x_uk]

Hi, windows machine here, slowly getting into photography etc, with my DSLR (Nikon D90)

Any help, tips, web sites you recommend to get to grips and learn etc correctly with lightroom 4 (64)

I have been using it a while, have all my photos in it catalogued etc, keyworded.

Just when, like yesterday I took 90 photos at my nephews birthday party. I spent a good 2 hours or so, looking at each photo, then moving the sliders here and there on different options to get what I consider a nice image.

Is this pretty much what you guys all do?


thank you

 

[Magic_x_uk]

well I already have been doing all that.

I have my photos on the hard drive
organised in folders

2014
/ john birthday
/ motorbike shows

etc

then I import that folder into lightroom. Check all photos and discard any I am uphappy with. Then put keywords on them. Then go into Develop screen and alter sliders for each photo till i get a desired nice image (in my opinion)

Not used this flag filter yet. So unsure what that is or how it works.

As for presets. I have yet to delve into that. No idea about that bit. Have seen some on the left I think of the develop screen but I think there just B & W presets?

But then, when I have done that. I usually export to desktop folder .JPEG for friends, family, Dropbox etc.