Imagine how great it would be if you opened a photo in Lightroom—even a badly botched one—and knew exactly what to do first, which step to take next, and every step after that to transform the photo from flat to fantastic. Well, that is exactly what this book is about. You will learn a system—the same system taught at universities and colleges around the world—developed by world-renowned Lightroom expert Scott Kelby, the world's bestselling author of Lightroom books.
This is a new way of working with and thinking about photo editing that will permanently change your approach to Lightroom. As a result, you will spend less time fixing up your photos and more time finishing them and doing the fun, creative things with Lightroom that make it such a great tool.
Scott has reduced the editing process to the seven most important edits you need to enhance your photos professionally. That means he does not teach you Lightroom features you will probably never need.
Next—and perhaps most importantly—he determined the correct sequence for when and how to apply these seven techniques, which together form this tried-and-tested “Seven-Point System for Lightroom.”
The magic of this book, however, lies not only in its description of the seven techniques and how they work. What makes the book so unique is how you use the techniques together and the learning process you go through. This is not a book in which you merely read information about the subject. It is a true hands-on book.
You begin each lesson with the RAW photo straight out of the camera (you can download the photos Scott used so you can follow every step exactly). You then apply the Seven-Point System in a highly focused way, doing so over and over (and over again, and then once more) on a set of highly diverse photos, each with its own challenges and problems.
You continue until the seven points become second nature. Each time, you complete the entire edit from start to finish without skipping a single step. Once you have mastered this system, there will never again be a photo on your screen that you cannot professionally enhance, correct, edit, and finish.
As you work through the book, you will be amazed at how well this system works for the widest range of photos: from landscapes to portraits, from architecture to sports photography, from wedding photos to everything in between. The book consists of 21 short lessons (including two bonus lessons in which you make Lightroom work together with Photoshop), and if you spend just ten minutes a day on that day's lesson, after three weeks there will be no photo you are afraid to tackle.
You will know what to do first, what the next step should be, and the sequence of steps for turning a dull, lifeless photo into one you will proudly hang on the wall. Best of all, you will learn more than just the Seven-Point System along the way. Because you tackle every photo that comes your way, you will discover additional techniques, clever tricks, and workarounds that will help with every aspect of editing.
This is the book you have always been waiting for—the one the entire photography industry has been waiting for—and once you know and apply this system yourself, you will be the next to say, “This system is unbeatable!”
Good to know: a web version is available after you purchase this book. Register to receive free access, plus relevant extras.
Scott Kelby is the world's bestselling author of books on photographic techniques. He is also editor-in-chief and publisher of Lightroom Magazine, producer of LightroomKillerTips.com, editor-in-chief and publisher of Photoshop User magazine, and host of the influential weekly live photography talk show The Grid. Scott is also CEO of KelbyOne.com and teaches photography and Lightroom workshops around the world. He is the award-winning author of more than 90 books, including Photoshop for Lightroom Users, the Scott Kelby Digital Photography series, The Big Book of Flash Photography, and The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Book for Digital Photographers.
Language: Dutch. This article refers to the Dutch-language edition. Scott Kelby's Seven-Point System for Lightroom
Pages: 272
Price: €39.99
Publisher: Van Duuren
ISBN: 9789463562225
