Getting started with Lightroom

Are you overwhelmed by Lightroom tutorials? Do you wish someone would just say, "Watch these 7 videos and you'll be good to go"? Well here they are. The only 7 videos you need to get started with Lightroom, and the longest takes less than 8 minutes to watch.

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Is it cheating to edit photographs?

Every time we reach the editing module of A Year With My Camera I have at least 1 in 10 students tell me that they will be skipping this part because they believe in getting the photograph right when they take it, not fixing it afterwards.

And every time this happens I silently curse the forums and camera clubs that have fostered this attitude.

Before you decide either way, will you let me explain why the forums and camera clubs aren't telling you the whole story?

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What is RAW and why do you need it?

Yes, you should probably be shooting RAW. But there are a couple of times you really don't want to be. I explain what RAW files are, when you should, and when you shouldn't use them. 

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