I’ve taken so many Lightroom course in the past. A bunch on Skillshare and Udemy. NONE of them are as comprehensive and fully-featured as Pat’s. I originally discovered him through his calibration video on YouTube and everything in this course is as highly polished and easy to learn from as that. Absolutely worth the price! Thanks Pat!

Early on, one of my friends told me that the best thing to do is to rather than spend money on new gear, learn the tips and techniques to get the most out of the gear I’ve already got. I’ve been binging Pat’s YouTube videos to learn all about photography, but his class is just next level! Well worth even twice the price that I’ve seen other smaller courses by offered by other photographers at. What a treasure trove of information. Thanks Pat!

Such a well thought-out, clear, concise course from a photographer who obviously knows a lot about his craft. As a new photographer, this was everything I needed to get up to speed quickly when it came to my editing game. Thank you Pat. The time you saved me from faffing around on YouTube is incredible. Well worth the money.

Just finished the course. It was really great. I made a detailed review on YouTube about it; if interested check it out.
Before the course I did not really now what I’m doing and was messing around with brightness, contrast and saturation and it was pretty much it. Now I know I was completely wrong and this course gave me a great workflow, structure and overarching philosophy how to edit photos. Beyond that Pat has a module that helps you to become a better photographer and storyteller as a whole.
Pat is a calm teacher with love to detail. The course is structured in a way that it builds on each other and does not overwhelm you. I learned a lot and I’m very thankful!
I would highly recommend it!

I’m an amateur turning pro and this masterclass is exactly what I needed! Pat has a comprehensive knowledge of photography and Lightroom, he manages to convey information clearly and succinctly. The course flows really well, and is divided up into sections perfectly – which will make it easy to come back to for refreshers in future.

Thanks so much Pat! I am so happy with this investment in my photography.

What we’ll cover in our 11 hours together:

1) Introduction

Hey! Let’s get to know what we’ll be going through together in the masterclass. We’ll also cover the different versions of Lightroom and which we’ll be using to learn with.

2) Importing and organisation

We’ll orient ourselves with the basics and a good foundational knowledge of how to organise our images, because things can get kind of out of hand when we’re talking about hundreds of thousands of images, ya know?

3) Editing fundamentals

While this module has the word “fundamentals” in it, I assure you that even the most seasoned of Lightroom users will pick up a few new things they didn’t know about the Develop tools in Lightroom. I go in to *technical detail* about how the tools work, rather than just sliding a slider and saying “look, it does this”.

4) Local adjustments

Masking and local adjustments can really shape your images into unique pieces of art, and this module introduces you to the tools that do it well. This is where we introduce the new Masking feature for the first time; a tool that will change the way you edit in Lightroom forever.

5) Editing workflow

I take you through my exact workflow that I use for every single image. It’s a workflow that has taken tens of thousands of edits to perfect, and it’s one that I feel is the most efficient, scalable, and non-destructive methods you’ll find out there.

6) Creative editing

If things weren’t interesting enough by this point in the masterclass, they will be from this module. We get into some creative techniques using specific tools and I teach you some ways you can truly make your images unique and stand out from the crowd.

7) Building a visual aesthetic

While we won’t really be using Lightroom much in this module, I feel it’s important to cover the concepts of how to build a visual aesthetic, what style in photography truly is, and a few other concepts, so that you can really get an understanding of the fast-track towards being able to effectively communicate with your images through visual language.

8) Editing sessions

To finish up the masterclass, we spend hours upon hours editing my portfolio images in a real, raw, and unfiltered way. This real-world approach will guide your understanding towards what editing in Lightroom is really like from a professional photographer who does this every day. I’ll talk through every step of the process and show you my favourite techniques to achieve some creative and unique looks that are cornerstones to my unique style and visual aesthetic.