Best Retouching and HDR tutorials in LR?

[raphaels28255986]

Hi guys,

I know there must be a few, but I turn to you for your recommendations about which you found to be the best (that communicate best) and which teach the most in terms of refinements and the full capabilities of LR in these 2 realms. I am not talking about beauty shots or trick shots - although the tools are the same, but adjustments to street photography images when I'm not in total control of events and/or exposure, toward making museum quality prints. I prefer staying away from Photoshop for now to keep my files smaller. I'll tackle Photoshop later, when I've exhausted all that LR has to offer.

And I realize I may have to turn to more than one LR tutorial to get the full picture.

Thanks a lot,

Raphael

[dj_paige]

I don't for a minute believe that there is a global "best" tutorial, and in fact I have only watched one Lightroom HDR tutorial anyway, it worked well for my needs.

High Dynamic Range Imaging within Lightroom CC - YouTube ​

[raphaels28255986]

Thank you dj.

I'll definitely take a look - although some LR intro tutorials today do touch on HDR I believe; or do they?

[JP Hess · Accepted solution]

There are all kinds of tutorials available that should keep you watching for days. Here is a link to one group of tutorials:

Getting Started with Lightroom CC - YouTube

Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6 are essentially the same. If you are using Lightroom 6 just ignore the tutorials about the newer features. The best thing you can do with Lightroom is experiment. Remember, Lightroom does not alter your master images. You can always reset them and start over. Don't go looking for some magic recipe that will do everything perfectly. You need to learn to use Lightroom the way it will work best for you.

[raphaels28255986]

Thank you Jim.

I've been using LR for a bit and I vouch that everything you said is in fact correct.