Adobe Lightroom Training Course in the Midlands /UK

Adobe Lightroom Training for Photographers – Online or Onsite UK

This hands-on Adobe Lightroom training course is ideal for photographers who want to manage their image libraries efficiently and  produce professional  results using industry-standard tools. You’ll learn how to import, organise and edit your images using Lightroom, Catalogues and Adobe Camera Raw, with a practical approach that helps you build a professional Lightroom workflow that works in real world photography.

  • Import, enhance and manage photography using Lightrooms Catalogue
  • Edit, apply in-depth colour correction, tonal range etc for exhibition, professional use
  • Export for professional print, social media promotion and exhibitions
  • Optional topics | AI Tools in Lightroom | Social Media and Marketing your photography

Suitable for beginners and those with some knowledge looking to improve their existing Lightroom workflow.

About Adobe Lightroom Training

Whether you’re a photographer, creative professional or business user working with images, our Adobe Lightroom training in the Midlands teaches you how to get the most from Lightroom’s photo-editing and library tools. You’ll discover efficient techniques for importing and organising large image collections, applying consistent colour corrections and enhancements, using presets for faster editing and exporting photos ready for print or web use. Designed for new and developing Lightroom users, this practical course focuses on real-world workflows that save time and improve visual outcomes.

What you said about your Lightroom Training

Adobe Lightroom Workshop for City College, Coventry

This was a very good course. 

I learnt all I needed and am confident using Lightroom now.

Photography Lecturer (Course Leader)

Extremely useful and a great learning opportunity where I learnt a huge amount of new tools and skills.

Photography Lecturer

An entertaining and very informative day that has given great insight into how Lightroom can be used.  

Further practice will be needed but I now know the capability, flexibility and how effective Lightroom can be.  

A very useful workshop.

Photography Lecturer and HNC Course Organiser

PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHICS DEPT, CITY COLLEGE, COVENTRY

What will you achieve on a Adobe Lightroom Course?

Whether you’re an aspiring photographer, content creator, or design professional, you’ll learn how to manage, edit, and enhance photos to a professional level.

  • Import and organise your photographs into a clear, manageable workflow
  • Edit and enhance images using Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw
  • Adjust exposure, colour and tone with confidence
  • Work efficiently with catalogues, collections and keywording
  • Apply consistent edits across multiple images
  • Prepare your photographs for print, web and social media


This course focuses on real-world photography workflows rather than theory, helping you work more efficiently and achieve consistent results.

Get in touch for a chat about your course

Lightroom Course Content

Start at the beginning

Decide which version of Lightroom, Lightroom Classic or Lightroom to use and understand the choices. Look at the workspace, panels and the basics of working with the software.

Import and organise your own images

You’ll work on your own images throughout the course, following a clear, practical Lightroom workflow designed for photographers.

Learn how to import your photographs correctly and organise them using folders, collections and keywords, so your image library stays structured and easy to manage.

Working with Catalogues and the Library Module

In the Libary module learn how Lightroom catalogues work and how to manage them effectively, avoiding common mistakes that can lead to confusion or lost files. Take advantage of AI Assisted Culling to analyse photos for eye focus, exposure and subject focus.

Editing in Camera RAW

Use Adobe Camera Raw to make precise adjustments to exposure, white balance, colour and tone, creating a strong foundation for each image.

Tonal Adjustments and Image Enhancement

Improve contrast, recover detail and refine the overall look of your images using Lightroom’s core adjustment tools.

Colour Correction and Control

Adjust and refine colour using HSL and colour tools to achieve natural, consistent results across your images

Local Adjustments and Selective Editing

Use brushes, gradients and masking tools to enhance specific areas of your image and guide the viewer’s eye.

Book Tab in Adobe Lightroom

Design, customise, and print photo books instantly through Blurb. If you are interested in publishing a photo book take a look at the InDesign for Book Design Training which looks at the specifics of POD (print on demand) and KDP publishing with Amazon.

Exporting for print and social media

Prepare your images correctly for printing, competitions, websites and social media platforms.

Lightroom photography and Adobe Express social media

*Optional Module, Once your photography is optimum ready what’s next? Does it just sit on the hard drive. This module shows you how to directly access your Lightroom library in Express to work with your photos. Once you have access to your photo’s you can apply branding quickly, resize easily to prepare images for multipl social chanels including Insta, TikTok, Pinterest etc then publish and organise content using the Adobe Express scheduler

Adobe Lightroom and AI Tools

Take control of your photography with our Adobe Lightroom courses in the Midlands and UK Wide. This hands-on training shows how to catalogue, organise and enhance photos’.

*As well as covering the tools and features vital to using Lightoom for professional results learn how to harness Lightroom’s latest AI features including AI Masking, Denoise, Adaptive Presets, and Content-Aware Remove to streamline your workflow and create stunning, professional-quality edits. 

Whether you’re managing thousands of images or fine-tuning a single photo for exhibition this course gives you the creative and technical confidence to make Lightroom work for you.

*We’re aware that some photo exhibitions and shows have specific criteria and restrictions with regard to AI generation. We respect these, understand the limitations involved and happy to work to them.

Marketing your photos with Lightroom and Adobe Express

Editing your photographs is only part of the process — how you present them online matters just as much.

This optional section shows you how to take your finished images from Lightroom and prepare them properly for social media, so your work looks clean, consistent and professional across different platforms.

You’ll learn how to maintain quality, avoid common issues like poor cropping or compression, and present your images in a way that feels intentional and on-brand.

This module teaches you to control the ‘first impression’ your audience sees in their feed.”

Virtual Online Lightroom Training in Zoom /Teams /Google

Virtual Online Adobe Training Courses

Online Training is very flexible and delivered via Zoom, Google, Teams. These courses are available for both UK and International 24 /7 booking including weekends and overnight

Learn better in small bite-sized chunks?

1 /2 Day Online Adobe Training

Online training days can be broken down into 1 /2 day slots

Adobe Lightroom Training Course in the Midlands FAQ

Once the Adobe Lightroom Course is booked we arrange a pre-course chat /meeting to discuss the contents and logistics of the training course.

The trainer comes directly out to your premises to deliver the course

Flexible dates and times to suit your schedule

The course can be delivered as a one to one session or for company groups

Find out more about how Greta Powell Training’s Onsite Adobe Training Courses work

Our Online Adobe Lightroom Training Courses are delivered virtually to you at a time and date to suit your diary. 

All of our virtual Photo Editing training runs with a live instructor who you can interact with throughout your course via video, chat and sharing screens in real time. All our digital design courses are available online. 

Do you record the online training sessions?

We do but can only offer this for one to one sessions and closed company groups.

We run onsite Lightroom Training in the Midlands including Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Sheffield. 

They are also available UK wide in all major towns, cities and their surrounding areas including Liverpool, Manchester, Bedford, Oxford, Cambridge, Lincoln

The course is hosted onsite at your premises as face to face training at times and dates that suit you.

Because of the flexibility that virtual training provides our Online Lightroom Courses are available on any time zone so we can offer 24 hour availability including weekends. 

We run our online training sessions via the most popular video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams, Google and WebEx. It’s your choice which one you prefer.

We are happy to record your training session for you to refer back to after the training. 

Booking with us

Please get in touch with us via the online booking form.

We will then get in touch and send the details of booking reservation and find out your timeframe for training.

We will then send across dates.

Once the booking is confirmed we then organise a pre-course call /meeting to discuss the course and any logistics around the day.

Payment

Payment for training is via BACS or Credit Card

Credit Card payment is via Stripe

*Greta Powell Training Ltd does not collect or store your card details.

Purchase Orders

We accept purchase orders from UK registered companies and the public sector.

Adobe Lightroom Training Course Content

Workspace Mode

Using the Workspace Layout

Lightroom Classic /Lightroom Cloud

Solo Mode

Customise Panels

Display Area

Lightroom and Presets

Presets: Applying existing presets and creating custom, unique presets for consistent editing

Working with & Understanding Presets

Use Existing Presets /Design New Presets

Importing Presets Preset Benefits

Library Module

Importing Images: moving photos from memory cards to computers, renaming and creating backups of files

Organisation Tools: sorting, filtering, rating, flagging, and keywording images.

Collections: creating collections and smart collections to organize large image libraries

Book Tab

Create Photo Book Layout

Setting up Photo-Book Size

Auto Layout and Page Numbers

Guides /Bleed /Grid Snap

Global Background

Working with Type and Text

Send to Blurb, JPEG or PDF

Exporting for Print on Demand Options

Lightroom Catalogues & Collections

Catalogue Management: Understanding and setting up Lightroom Catalogs, including using Smart Previews.

Setting up & Understanding Catalogues

Single /Mulitiple Catalogues

Collections /Quick Collections

Adding /Removing /Saving

Lightroom Tools

Library and Navigation

Importing Photos and Files

Library Filters

Switch Views and Flag Photoshops

Working with the Filmstrip

Develop Module in Lightroom

Global Adjustments: Basic Panel for exposure, contrast, white balance, saturation, and vibrancy.

Colour Grading & Correction: Detailed colour adjustment, including HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance) and tone curves.

Retouching: Spot removal, cloning, healing, and red-eye correction.

AI Tools in Lightroom

Local Adjustments: masking tools, including AI-driven select subject/sky, adjustment brushes, and graduated filters.

AI Tools: AI features like Denoise, Content Aware Remove and Adaptive Presets

Generative Remove (Powered by Firefly): remove large objects people then ‘fill in the background’ “reimagines”

Distraction & People Removal: Specifically designed to target and eliminate background people, wires, or poles with a single click.

AI Dust Removal: A specialized tool that automatically identifies and removes sensor dust spots from an entire batch of images

Photographic Slideshow

Slideshow Tab

Slideshow Setup

Slideshow Templates and Customisation

Playback and Playback Settings

Lightroom Advanced Topics

RAW vs. JPEG: the benefits of editing RAW files.

Photomerge: HDR (High Dynamic Range) images and Panoramas.

Photoshop Integration: move between Lightroom and Photoshop

Map Module

Lightroom Metadata

Keywords

Keywords in Sets

Keyword Syncing

Filters

View Meta for Target

Customise Metadata Panel

Metadata Syncing

Web Module

Create a Web Gallery

Collections and Web Gallery

Appearance

Output Settings

Colour Palette

Site Info

User Info

mise Metadata Panel

Metadata Syncing