One of the first places you will see your camera file in all its glory after making the exposure will be in Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom. Although the functionality of both programmes is almost identical, on this course we will be focussing on Adobe Camera Raw and how to best understand its basic controls.

It is at this point in the photographic journey that we lay the foundations of what the finished photograph will be, and an understanding of the tools is critical to this process. Also essential is grasping how the tools work on conjunction with each other to bring about gradual, but profound changes.

We will set out how the controls directly relate to the histogram, and how this relationship should be utilised rather than the histogram simply being a reference point for checking for correct exposure and clipped highlights and shadows. It is at this point in the photographic journey that we lay the foundations of what the finished photograph will be and get an understanding of the tools is critical to this process.

Also essential is grasping how the tools work on conjunction with each other to bring about gradual, but profound changes. We will set out how the controls directly relate to the histogram, and how this relationship should be utilised rather than the histogram simply being a reference point for checking for correct exposure and clipped highlights and shadows.

Beginning with the Basic Panel, we will set out the importance of how these sliders hugely influence the colours and tonality of your image even before considering localised adjustments. We will go into detail the many tools at your disposal such as the Graduated Filter, Radial Filter and how to best use the Adjustment Brush in a subtle but creative way, as well as sharpening, lens corrections, spot removal and the Hue, Saturation and Luminance Panel.

We believe that if you get it wrong at this stage of image editing, then as you move onwards you are essentially ‘recovering’ the file as opposed to ‘refining’ the file. Editing platforms have changed hugely over the years and this is an opportunity to get the most up-to-the-minute techniques with which to explore your images.

At aspects of expression we don't only teach you how to use Adobe Camera Raw but we also teach you when and why to use the different tools.  You will learn how to get the best from Adobe Camera Raw and create stunning images.  We have been teaching post processing and printing for over a decade to hundreds of people.  You are in good hands.