📍 Pickett How Farm, Uldale View, Egremont, Cumbria, CA22 2UD, UK 📞 +44 7707 732391   ✉ admissions@ponypalslakeland.co.uk

Editing & Post-Processing Day

Editing & Post-Processing Day

The photograph isn’t finished when you press the shutter. Bring a laptop with Lightroom Classic (the free trial is fine) and we will build a simple, repeatable workflow — from import and culling to a finished print-ready image.

Duration1 day · 9:30–16:00
LevelAll levels
Group sizeMax 6
Price£95

What you’ll learn

  • A folder structure and import routine you will actually keep
  • Culling fast: choosing keepers without guilt
  • The five sliders that do eighty per cent of the work
  • Local adjustments: dodging, burning and graduated filters
  • Straightening, cropping and preparing files for print or web
  • A gentle critique session on images you edit during the day

How the day runs

  1. Coffee & workflow checkEveryone’s laptop set up the same way — import, backup and catalog basics.
  2. Culling practiceA shared set of raw files from our workshop days, sorted together at speed.
  3. The core editWorking image by image: exposure, contrast, colour and the five-slider method.
  4. Local adjustmentsGraduated filters, spot removal and restrained dodging & burning.
  5. Export & critiquePreparing files properly, then a supportive group review of the results.

What’s included

  • Tuition in a group of no more than six
  • Practice raw files to work on
  • Our Lightroom preset starter set
  • Tea, coffee and home baking
  • Parking at the farm
  • Follow-up email support for a month

Not included

  • A laptop with Lightroom Classic installed (free trial is fine)
  • Lunch — please bring a packed lunch
  • Your own images — though you may edit them in the afternoon
  • Transport to and from the farm

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