A big part of good photography is good craftmanship. But judging from the entries to our competitions and from the photos uploaded to our photo reviews, many of our members could devote a lot more time getting better at the craft of photo editing.
A good number of our members have become proficient at using Adobe Lightroom and Lightroom Classic for their photo editing but have been reluctant to add Photoshop to their "toolbox"--even though it comes with the Lightroom subscription. And this reluctance results in not having the powerful tools at your disposal that only Photoshop can provide. These tools certainly aren't necessary to your success as a photographer, and you certainly won't need them for most of your photo editing. But when you DO need them, you'll praise the photo gods for having motivated you to learn them.
Too many photographers are reluctant to take on Photoshop because they think it would be too difficult or time comsuming. But only a small part of this huge program is designed for photographers, so all you really need is someone to show you what you need to learn and what you don't. And I think there's no one better for that than Matt Kloskowski. Matt offers an excellent, inexpensive course in learning only the tools within Photoshop that are essential to photographers, and I highly recommend it to you.
For a short video from Matt about the importance of learning the basics of Photoshop, go to https://mattk.com/photoshopsystem/. And to sign up for his course, go to https://mattk.com/photoshop-how-to.
And remember: The more advanced members of CCC will be happy to answer any questions you may have and coach you along as you learn and begin to use this amazing program.
Gerry
