In this class, commercial and fine-art photographer Fritz Liedtke will introduce you to a seamless, efficient method for digitally processing large batches of images from a shoot. These key techniques are indispensable to any serious digital photographer, but particularly to portrait, wedding, and commercial photographers who need to process large quantities of images quickly for clients. Using both Lightroom and Photoshop, you’ll also learn to edit a batch of images and prepare files for client viewing and ordering via an online gallery. Fritz will also show you how he uses the Wacom Tablet, a digital pen tablet, to edit and navigate more swiftly and ergonomically than with a mouse. You’ll see how Fritz’s clean, easy workflow techniques can really make a difference in how you work—taking a lot of frustration out of the process.

Required prerequisite: Basic Photoshop and Introduction to Lightroom.

Portland, Oregon-based photographer and artist Fritz Liedtke began photographing as a youth, carrying his Kodak 110 Instamatic on a US tour with his father at age 14. Twenty-five years later, he continues to explore the world, camera in hand. In the intervening years, he has acquired a BFA in photography; won awards, grants, and residencies for his work; shown in galleries and museums across the nation; published articles and bodies of work in magazines; lectured and taught; balanced both commercial and fine art practices; and traveled the world.

His work ranges from thematic series on adolescence (Welcome to Wonderland and Quite Normal) and eating disorders (Skeleton in the Closet), to personal observation and exploration (Freckles and Cimetiere), to documentary projects around the world.

www.fritzphoto.com