I had the pleasure of attending the “Rethink Lightroom” webinar and it was one of the most beneficial and enjoyable web based training sessions I’ve ever experienced. I could easily believe David was born knowing how to teach. His skills come through in the pacing of the presentation (never too fast and never too slow), the organization of the material, the depths to which the instructions went (never too deep and never too shallow), and the time spent on ensuring we all could grasp exactly how to use their innovate approaches to making Lightroom a more effective editing tool. I was also struck by how much I learned about Lightroom just from the tidbits David dropped along the way, like using the radial gradient filter as a vignetting tool, or as a dodging or burning alternative to the cumbersome brush tool. And many, many more. It was a serious “bakers’ dozen” of a class.

For me, it is always of value to see how other photographers use Lightroom, particularly, the Local Adjustment Tools. I found this webinar interesting because of David’s approach. I have watched other photographers who use just about every slider in the Develop module to process an image and then David, who almost seems to be minimalist in terms of the sliders he uses. I will definitely try his approach to see how it works for me. Who knows? One other thing - I really appreciated having the printed summary. I hope other presenters might learn from this and imitate such a great idea. Thanks.

David’s teaching style is very effective- deliberate, organized and easy to follow. These new techniques (new to me!) are something I never would have discovered myself. I started using them right away and loved how my photos looked!