LIGHTROOM ESSENTIALS I:

Easy Photo Enhancing

Photo by SPAO alum Lauren Boucher

Check the current part-time calendar to see if this class is running. Email part-time@spao.ca to express your interest in this class!


A powerful tool for the digital photographer, Lightroom has everything you need to organize and enhance your images quickly.

In this interactive course, students will learn the fundamental functions of Lightroom and use them to build an efficient workflow for their photographic process, from import to export and everything in between.

This online class will introduce you to Lightroom’s many fundamental photo enhancing and cataloguing tools. Students will learn a number of basic techniques including editing images individually or as a group, organizing a catalogue of images and preparing and organizing images for export and display.

  • A laptop or desktop computer with stable internet access; with Zoom installed (a paid account is not required), and Adobe Lightroom installed. Course participants are expected to be proficient with their computer and operating system.

  • Digital Post-Production: Foundation or equivalent.

After completing Lightroom Essentials I: Easy Photo Enhancing, consider this potential next steps: